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Father’s Day Gift You and the Kids Can Give That Only Requires Imagination, Not Cash.

June 16, 2010

Father’s day is coming up, and surely you are under the spell of a thousand media messages to buy some THING for Dad, rather than celebrate his paternal grandeur an meaning in your life and the symbolic role and energy of “father.” Such is our Western society. We are in the clutches of media’s hypnotism, and [...]

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Worry Dolls, Power Houses and Om for Children’s Anxiety

January 10, 2009

    A few weeks ago I mentioned that my 8-year-old daughter was having a lot of anxiety. Naturally I had to look to myself for my own anxiety that was churning around that I was unaware of. One thing I always says it that if your child has anxiety, look to the parent! But [...]

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Celebrating the Season in Community

December 13, 2007

It had snowed heavily all day and I was so worried that people wouldn’t come to our school’s first Community Wellness Night, Tuesday Dec. 11.  Roads were slick, but schools had been open. The day before it was sunny and we were expecting 64 adults and 77 children. But we had a fantastic turn out [...]

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