Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

An Exploration of Food, Desire and the Body; part 1 When I first began to counsel people about diet, nutrition and the foods they ate, it became clear pretty quickly that, to most people, food is no more about ?just? nutrition than sex is about ?just? procreation. The years have taught me that most of [...]

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March 21st marks the Spring Equinox in 2006 when the natural world shifts seasonally from greater darkness to a balance of light and dark time (hence the term ‘equi’ for ‘equal’) in the cycle of days and hours. The warming climate brings thawing to the ground, melts frozen water, brings rains and is generally releasing [...]

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[Preface: I left a job and, eventually, a profession I was unhappy with a year ago this May. While at this job, I penned this piece of writing. It was an affirmation that I needed at the time to guide me through a situation in which I felt undervalued and underutilized. Having encountered quite a [...]

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Our senses?taste, touch, sight, sound and smell?are the portals through which our internal biological environment receives and interacts with the external environment. Traditional nature-based healing systems over the millennia have evolved methods of cultivating health and balance through the grounding use of our senses. Here are some suggestions for nourishing your senses to provide grounding [...]

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Tips to relieve those nagging aches and pains Why do body parts so often become points of reference? ?What a pain in the rear!? ?I?ve got a gut-feeling about this.? ?What a kick in the pants!? I think because generally when we react to something, that reaction has a physical component, as well. Perhaps that [...]

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