Category Archives: Stress Relief

I Resolve…not to make Resolutions!

By Susan | December 10, 2008

As the end of 2008 nears and 2009 faces us, I have been pondering life’s changes, both self-imposed and those thrust upon us. And quite honestly, if I added “make some new year’s resolutions” to the mix, it just won’t get done!
 
Oh yes, I have succumbed in years’ past: Lose weight. Exercise more. Read more [...]

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The Necklace and other metaphors for life

By Susan | November 12, 2008

 
I think my deep love of reading started in the fifth grade when my teacher welcomed us back from lunch and recess by reading to us for a half hour. Flushed from playing, hyped from carb- and sugar-loaded school lunches, I settled in my chair with an almost painful sense of expectation. Laying my overheated [...]

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Tis the season…for stress

By Susan | November 1, 2008

The holidays and winter are upon us, bringing changes, beauty, memories, as well as stress. For me, winter engages all my senses: the aroma of turkey cooking, the beauty of icicles hanging from every branch and contrasted with the blue sky after an ice storm passes, the feeling of warm slippers on cold feet, the [...]

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