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A Mindful Response

A Mindful Response

Imagine if instead of First Responders, all that arrived in an emergency were “First Reactors.” Instead of a calm and calculated approach to the situation at hand, there would be more recording, screaming, panicking, running away, freezing in shock, … A mindful...
Concerned

Concerned

He said this in 1994. Before the internet was in our homes. Before it was in our hands.
Bleach Swaps

Bleach Swaps

A little more about bleach: The main ingredient in most chlorine bleach is Sodium Hypochlorite. It’s pretty toxic. ⚠️ Bleach is a known asthmagen. It can exacerbate existing asthma and it can also contribute to new asthma diagnoses. Bleach also has links to...
Bleach

Bleach

Bleach was one of the tougher things for me to let go of. I didn’t think I could do loads of white laundry without it. It was one of the later things I tried to replace or just remove. I knew it had to go but kind of ignored how toxic it is so I could hang on to it a...
Long Term Peace or Long Term Chaos

Long Term Peace or Long Term Chaos

I picked up this concept in a parenting book or child development class, or somewhere like that. I can’t remember anymore. But it struck me and is just so true. I think on this idea probably daily, raising little ones. But this could apply to so many other areas and...
Beauty From Ashes

Beauty From Ashes

Beauty from ashes . . . While driving through some of the hills that were severely burned in the California fires last year, I was struck by tiny pops of green amid so much char, barrenness, soot, and desolation. Fires are destructive. They are wild. They do not...