Author name: Susan Taylor Brand

Loomings of a California Spiritual Journey

Your first job before leaving on a geographical spiritual journey is to make sure you and the equipment are ready. But tonight as I prepare to leave, the car is out of gas. And I am rushing around the kitchen, making pizza. Thinking that I will eat some now and some tomorrow. And some when

Lifestyle, Travel

Midlife Crisis In Women A Personal Reflection

Midlife crisis in women is potentially a fraught subject. There’s more material on male midlife crisis then on women’s, but the truth is women have them too. anyone can have a crisis when faced with such serious considerations as.. mortality. According to my research, the age of onset for midlife crisis in women (and men

Meditations, Philosophy

The Conference Plank Exercise Challenge

What is the plank exercise challenge and what could plank pose do for you? Plank pose helps you have a flat stomach, lose weight and walk gracefully. This week during conference night those of us who don’t do conferences came up with the idea of plank exercise challenge. I was with the specials team (that

Healthy Living, Lifestyle, Yoga

Book Review: Boy George’s Karma

Being Over 60 Being over 60 isn’t easy, even when you’re Boy George. Maybe I should say, especially when you are. But having finished his memoir Karma, I find that Boy George builds up your optimism for living life fully, for being true to your impulses, even the bad ones, and to sticking around to

Reviews, Reviews and Writing

Self Reflection Using My Bullet Journal

There are many kinds of self reflection meanings and many self-reflection web pages on the web. There’s ones on work, life, relationships … … there’s a lot of ways you can reflect. This post will show that self-reflections don’t always go the way you hope. Below: Annotated Bibliography On the Meaning of Self Reflection The

Reviews and Writing, Writing

Are You There God It’s Me Margaret – Review

A Reflection on the Famous “Banned Book” The book, are you there God, it’s me, Margaret, might be said to be an icon to my generation. Published in 1970, the book details the struggles of one 11 year old girl, Margaret Simon, who faces sixth grade and puberty as she moves from New York City

Reviews, Reviews and Writing

Bullet Journal Planning A Personal Approach

Bullet journal planning. I’ve decided that its time to start. To tell the truth, my bullet journal (or bujo, as they’re affectionately known) is pretty simple and a little bit hetrodox. I think of the way I do bujo as “bujo for sensible person who’s not incredibly self obsessed and controlling.” Because if you know

Reviews and Writing, Writing

Loyalty: a Meditation

 Definition of Loyalty: the quality, or state, or an instance of being loyal. Definition of Loyal: Unswerving in allegiance, whether to country, person, or cause. From Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.   How loyal do you have to be? Is your loyalty something that is required to be “a good person” even if loyalty demands you do

Meditations, Philosophy
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