By Sandra Dee Owens What is your birth language? I asked my husband if he wanted to get divorced and return to being boyfriend and girlfriend like we were 40 years ago. My words sent him scrambling outside to the […]
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Core: Mindfulness is my favorite medicine
By Sandra Dee Owens Every summer, my skin was covered in ooze. My immune system’s response to the itchy rash of blisters caused by southern Vermont’s most prolific crop—poison parsnip. Minutes after mowing, weed trimming, or hiking, the skin on […]
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Craving, part 2
An easier word to swallow By Sandra Dee Owens Years ago, while contemplating the things I found impossible to resist, I looked up the word addiction. According to Merriam-Webster addiction is “a compulsive, chronic, physiological, or psychological need for a […]
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Craving: Part 1
An easier word to swallow than addiction? About 10 years ago, while waiting in line at the grocery store, someone walked past me holding a box of Pop-Tarts. Frosted with sprinkles. Experiencing an instant craving, I got out of line […]
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New balance: A little mindfulness goes a long way
By Sandra Dee Owens Once upon a time, I was 52 years old. One morning, as I bent over to sock a raised foot, I noticed I was less steady than the day before. And just like that, I felt […]
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Friendly: A solo journey with friends
By Sandra Dee Owens At some point in my life, I decided to go solo. I did not get divorced, or leave my friends, family, or home. I simply started minding my own business. While raising our daughters in my […]
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Empty the room: part 2, The Funologist’s guide to getting ‘unstuck’
By Sandra Dee Owens Have you ever felt overwhelmed, or lost clarity and confidence? I have. “Empty The Room” is my simple approach to removing mind (and room) clutter, to regain clarity and confidence. But, of course, simple—is not the […]
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Emptying the room
The Funologist’s guide to getting ‘unstuck’ By Sandra Dee Owens The smallest room My brain is approximately 6” long. A rather small space to keep organized it would seem, yet of all the rooms I own, this one is the […]
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The blessings of cold
By Sandra Dee Owens Have you ever noticed that young children are not judgemental about the weather? They simply go outside and play in whatever mother nature is dishing out that day. Sadly, our acceptance of weather narrows with age. […]
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Arctic shower; or, getting clean in the snow
By Sandra Dee Owens Living without running water for 8 years was the hardest part for me. In our early 20s my husband and I had bought a small piece of land with a burnt-down house on it. It was […]