Community Health Fair to Help People meet Wellness GoalsBLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Healthy living is not always simple. Individuals often feel overwhelmed by the amount of information available about health and wellness, and synthesizing that information and finding local resources to help meet wellness goals also can be a challenge. To assist the public in this task, Northwestern Health Sciences University is sponsoring a community health fair - "Catch the Wellness Wave: Natural Approaches to … [Read more...]
Sex Ed For The 21st Century: A New Paradigm For Sexuality
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change things, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." - Buckminster FullerSex and sexuality, and intimacy and love, are not well understood in our culture. People tend to repress their true nature or inappropriately express it in relationships. Our society does not encourage frank discussion of the topic, leaving only guesswork for young people who are becoming more mature and adults who have never been … [Read more...]
Living with a Tree
One of the common exercises given those working on their "spiritual journeys" is to go out in the woods and live with a tree for a few days. When anthropologist Michael Harner lived with a tribe of South American Indians, he reports that he "spent three or four days in the company of a tree," It was one of the most valuable experiences he had for learning about himself. Now, how on earth can "living with a tree" be useful psychologically and spiritually? Here are … [Read more...]
Confronting The Questions That Always Come Our Way
When the children first come home from Guatemala, I ache to hear one simple thank you. A grunt. I joyfully would accept a grunt in acknowledgement of my sleepless nights, of my exhaustion, of how much care they take. Is this too much to ask? I snivel knowing it is. The children can't speak...they're seven and eight months old.People ask, "Do they know Spanish? Do you have to teach them English?" I want to shout, "DO ANY BABIES KNOW HOW TO SPEAK?" But instead, I say politely, … [Read more...]
A Conversation with Guest Speaker Wendi Moore-Buysse
Intuitive readers, or people who are sensitive to vibrations and can receive information from the past, present and future spontaneously, have been with us throughout eternity. Their gifts have helped others navigate life's often-uncertain path. Intuitives have always been a part of Edge Life Expo, because intuitive life coaching is beneficial to all those who are open to such guidance. In addition to a special room of intuitives at the expo, a special workshop is introduced for the second … [Read more...]
Grandparents, Kids and Money
Today I would like to dispel the popular notion that "when you are a grandparent, you are entitled to spoil your grandchildren."Recently I was in New York doing a presentation when Kate (a mother of two) asked me if I had a few minutes to talk with her about a situation that was causing angst in her family. Kate told me she was no longer on speaking terms with her mother (a grandmother of two).While everyone can have challenges with family members from time to time, this situation was … [Read more...]
Resilience
When I was in elementary school, we had to recite certain affirmations daily before class. One that stuck with me through all the years is: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, and try again." In other words, if you fall, get back up. Don't give in. Each time you make a comeback, you have taken yourself to a new level. This is how we develop physical, mental and spiritual strength. During my first year of chiropractic training, one of the most-liked professors was a Chinese … [Read more...]
Spiritual Progressives: Listen To Numerous Sides
BERKELEY, Calif. - The Network of Spiritual Progressives, founded by Tikkun magazine, assembled 1,200 left-leaning spiritual activists from across the country in July for its inaugural conference.The conference cited three goals:- To challenge the misuse of God by the right to justify militarism, dismantling of social justice and ecological programs, and assaults on the rights of women and gays and lesbians.- To challenge anti-spiritual biases within parts of the left.- To support a new bottom … [Read more...]
Pilot Program In Madison To Teach Students How To Manage Emotions
MADISON, Wisc. - Beginning this fall, a unique, cutting-edge 18-week study involving all fourth and fifth grade students, their parents and teaching staff at Lowell Elementary School in Madison will be taught the 3S Smart Learning System.Wisconsin is the first state to premiere this new paradigm for effecting positive behavioral changes in the increasingly disruptive public school classroom. Sanctioned by the Madison Metropolitan School District, the 3S Smart Learning System pilot study is the … [Read more...]
A Conversation with Guest Speaker Rita Louise, Ph.D.
Rita Louise, Ph.D. runs a private practice and is a professor of Health Studies at Westbrook University. She is a medical intuitive and a Naturopathic Doctor and has written two books, Avoiding the Cosmic 2x4 and The Power Within: A Psychic Healing Primer. Based in Dallas, Texas, her passion is to help people understand themselves as energy beings, so that they can take responsibility for their health. I spoke with Dr. Louise about her life and work and upcoming appearance at the Edge Life … [Read more...]
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