How Dogs Drive Emotional Wellbeing

How Dogs Drive Emotional Wellbeing    A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.   –Josh Billings It is said that dogs are a (wo)man’s best friend. The logic behind this sentiment is an obvious one to most dog owners—they are...

At a Yoga Retreat in India: Beach Walks, Body Treatments and Healing

At a Yoga Retreat in India: Beach Walks, Body Treatments and Healing Motoring along the mouth of the Aghanashini River, our torsos stuffed inside bulky, bright-orange life jackets, we passed a fishing village and a patch of sandy shoreline called Paradise beach....

How Do We Move Forward after Losing the People We Love?

How Do We Move Forward after Losing the People We Love?   It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. –Charles Darwin. In 1938, Harvard University began a...

How Can We Build and Nurture Our Circle of Support?

How Can We Build and Nurture our Circle of Support? Last April, my brother passed away suddenly after being in an accident. He was 55 years old and my only sibling. In the days and weeks that followed, I subsisted in a foggy state—unsure how to process the events and...

5 Ways to Increase Resilience, Wisdom, and Well-Being

5 Ways to Increase Resilience, Wisdom, and Well-Being There I stood, surrounded by people from my neighborhood at a cocktail party—our common purpose to celebrate the pristine park that lines the shores of the Long Island Sound steps away from where we live....