Mindful Presence
Psychology offers 5 ways to help keep your new year’s resolutions
"A common mistake is being overly ambitious with our new year resolutions. It’s best to prioritise goals and focus on [...]
Creating Community
New Year’s resolution tips for 2021: Focus on getting to the end of COVID-19
"The future has become less predictable, which also means that setting long-term goals is much more difficult. It’s hard to [...]
Mindful Presence
Great time to try: travel writing from the home – 2nd in a series
Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on [...]
Creating Community
How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities to today’s pandemic
"Humans, Boccaccio seems to be saying, can think of themselves as upstanding and moral – but unawares, they may show [...]
Mindful Presence
Retrospective from this side of the mountain
A wrap-up of some of the highlights of recent weeks follows... Words that resonate: I’m not afraid December 16th, [...]
Music as Medicine
“Music gives a soul to the universe”
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” (Plato) [...]
Music as Medicine
Still Miss Ethel
“A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” – (author unknown) [...]
Creating Community
Stop pathologizing! Start humanizing!
“People without dementia are not used to enforced isolation, or social and physical distancing, whilst people with dementia experience it from [...]
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Celebrating soul care
Not long after being introduced to Gaby, a graphic artist skilled in animation and a graduate of the university here [...]
Food for Life
Words that resonate: I’m not afraid
I don’t worry. I’m not afraid. “I’ve done a lot of thinking about what I want my life to look [...]
Mindful Presence
Why Denmark dominates the World Happiness Report rankings year after year
"Yes, Danes have a stable government, low levels of public corruption, and access to high-quality education and health care. The [...]
Music as Medicine
Giving Voice Chorus performs “Love Never Forgets”
"The first concert of it's kind in the country, 'Love Never Forgets,' with music and lyrics by Louisa Castner and [...]