Do you long for home? Do you feel like you don’t belong here? Well, you’re wrong, and here’s why. We chose to come here, we chose to stay, and it’s time to stop longing for home and to claim the home we came here to create. Earth. It’s here. Really, it’s here. How do I […]
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Mindset: Why Changing Paradigms Changes the World
I will listen to anyone who has something to say to me—as long as they have a healthy interest in me and in building community. That’s actually a big crowd, because most of us are genuinely interested in building a better world, and actively seeking ways to do it. But most of us forget that […]
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Choosing Your Culture
Choosing Your Culture: How Will We Live Our Lives? An interesting thing happened yesterday when I was out running errands: I ran into culture. Then I made a conscious choice to choose my culture. Again. It’s impossible to escape the current debates in our country over gun control. Frankly, I don’t think controlling guns will […]
Pet Guardianship: What Happens When Your Animals Outlive You?
I ended up in the ER on a Sunday evening last month. While I was facing a potentially serious health crisis, there was one thing I didn’t worry about: my dog, Alki, and Grace the Cat were provided for. Sort of. That’s what the human-animal bond, my concept of multi-species families, includes: taking care of […]
It’s a Good Day When…
It’s never fun to be sick. In the last month, all four of us were down: Alki, my Cavalier boy, with a serious infection that required multiple rounds of antibiotics and herbal support and acpuncture; Grace the Cat, with an upset stomach; and me with repeated rounds of bronchitis and an unexpected trip to the […]
Signs, Symbols, and Surviving Grief
It’s been six months since I lost my beloved Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Murphy. The devastating fog is lifting, but the sadness lingers. I’ve received many wonderful stories from people who’ve been touched by my family’s journey through grief as recounted in my e-book, My Dog Is Dying: The Real Life Crappy Choice Diary. Somehow […]
Yes, It’s Lettuce
Add it up! Take one amateur photographer. Discover fascination with brilliant red lettuce. Take up close and possibly way too personal photographs. Don’t make people guess what it is. Happy summer from Seattle. © 2012 Robyn M Fritz
Demystiying Intuition: How to Be a Survivor
(c) 2011 Danny L. McMillin We are all intuitive. I teach this by explaining that there were once two branches of humans: one was intuitive, and the other got eaten. So relax, you are a survivor. Or, at least, you’re descended from survivors. Improve your odds of staying that way by learning to tap […]
Profiling the book, Pearls of Wisdom: Mindfulness on the Run
Needing to pack a mindful boost into your frenetic life? Try the little book, Pearls of Wisdom: 30 Inspirational Ideas to Live Your Best Life Now! It’s a compilation of short, inspirational essays offering simple, ageless wisdom and advice from well-known self-help authors to up-and-coming self-help authors. The key to this charming book? Each of […]