One of the most overlooked and undervalued aspect of contemporary society is home and family life. Unless you have a particular religious commitment that motivates you to invest your time and energy in your family and the intimacy of what happens in the world you create in your home space, the reality is that allContinue reading “Decolonizing Our Homes”
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The Power of Nurture
How can we create a peaceful society? How can we create a world in which humans live harmoniously with nature? How can we live abundant, joyful lives? The key to these deep and lasting transformations is in weaving web of peaceful and harmonious relationships with ourselves, our loved ones, with the earth. This web ofContinue reading “The Power of Nurture”
Birth Without Fear, Birth Without Pain
Dr. Grantly Dick-Read’s Simple Instructions for a Joyful, Pain Free Childbirth A review of Dr. Grantly Dick-Read’s 1942 book Childbirth Without Fear When I was pregnant I read so many books on managing labor! There are a lot of helpful approaches out there these days for women interested in having an empowered birth experience. RecentlyContinue reading “Birth Without Fear, Birth Without Pain”
The Unbearable Permeability of Being
This post is about the concept of permeability. A strange word, perhaps an unfamiliar one in discussions about health. But recently I can’t stop thinking about how permeable our bodies are. The food we eat, the air we breathe, the creams and soaps and underarm odor preventers we use – all of these end upContinue reading “The Unbearable Permeability of Being”
Health and the built environment – shared problems and shared spaces
Inspired by some of your comments on last week’s post about architecture and anti-depressants, this week I want to pass along another interesting nugget I stumbled across in my research about the role architecture plays in health. Designing Healthy Communities is a project aimed at rethinking the role that the “built environment” has on keyContinue reading “Health and the built environment – shared problems and shared spaces”
