By Susan | December 15, 2009
Giving gifts during the holiday can be a wonderful custom, full of fun and memories. But it can sometimes cause extreme stress due to lack of time and, in this economy, lack of money. But using a little imagination and maybe a little time, can turn this holiday tradition back into the thing it was [...]
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By Susan | November 2, 2009
In this season of materialism and stress, it is important to put things into
perspective. Consider focusing on one of these each day in the month
of November. And maybe you will find that it lasts longer than one month!
Allow others to be right
Be content with what you have
Count your blessings
Dream
Examine your motives
Forgive
Go out into [...]
By Susan | October 13, 2009
Back in the day, colleges sent out letters to inform students whether they had been accepted. The thickness of the envelope told you whether it was a “yes” (additional forms to fill out and probably the instructions for turning over your life’s savings ;-), or a “no” (really, how many words does it take to [...]
By Susan | August 12, 2009
The soil is rich and fertile, fed by the generations before, watered by tears, warmed by smiles.
The seed is placed gently and deliberately into its home; great care taken to select just the right spot because after all, a dream is growing.
Days and months and years go by. Memories and experiences are added that nourish [...]
By Susan | August 4, 2009
Yesterday’s newspaper contained a small article, buried near the back and easily missed, about the discovery of the remains of the first American serviceman killed in the war in Iraq in 1991. Navy pilot Scott Speicher had been missing and presumed dead for almost two decades but the US government still had him on the [...]
By Susan | January 2, 2009
It’s the season of it’s-the-end-of-the-year-and-we must-do-a-top-(or bottom)-10 list…… Are we sick of lists yet? Well, just in case you aren’t (grin) here is the Calm and Sense List of 10-Ways To Less Stress in 2009:
Sing in the shower or car. No one needs to know that you are tone deaf and can’t carry a tune. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Susan | October 18, 2008
Welcome to the first blog on the Calm and Sense website. My hope is that this can really be a two-way dialogue, even if I never meet you face to face. I see this as our place to discuss new products, to share tips about relieving stress, and to help each other find the path [...]
