We picked up our first box from the St. Simon’s Farm and are excited about adding more greens to our diet while celebrating local food, social entrepreneurship, and community. Here’s a not-so-polished un-boxing video of Week 1’s greens and veggies. (Maribel and I recently got a new camera, please be patient with us as we… Continue reading Recipes for Week 1 of the Green Challenge
Category: Heart
Going Nuts for Cardiovascular Health
Cardiovascular disease has run in our family for generations. In my case, it was my mom. For Maribel, it was her dad. We both saw how this disease affected these beautiful souls and ultimately took their lives. Although both of our parents lived longer than expected, and did so thanks to modern medicine, numerous surgical… Continue reading Going Nuts for Cardiovascular Health
Three Dimensional Guidance
In today’s post we go back in the week to the Martin Luther King holiday this past Monday. We opted to post today rather than on Monday to in some way extend the holiday and to honor his life. As the years go by and the memory of King and the Civil Rights Movement gets… Continue reading Three Dimensional Guidance
Reversing Heart Risk with Exercise
A study published January 8, 2018 adds evidence to what we already know: Exercise is good for you! The study in the journal Circulation followed 53 middle-aged participants (45-64) who were healthy but lived a sedentary life. Participants were placed in two groups. One had supervised high-intensity exercise training, and the other followed an exercise plan… Continue reading Reversing Heart Risk with Exercise
What Does It Mean To Be Unconventional?
In today’s post we want to share a conversation that could help you in your health journey. Over the last couple of years Maribel and I have been paying more attention to the root causes of many of our own health struggles and have been inspired by the work of both Mark Hyman and Chris… Continue reading What Does It Mean To Be Unconventional?
The Gap
Between Muspell and Niflheim was a void, an empty place of nothingness, without form. So begins a Norse myth of creation as told by Neil Gaiman. The gap between these two places, one of intense cold and the other of fire and heat was called the Ginnungagap. This story became a grounding for our fall… Continue reading The Gap
National Symbols and Sensitivities
Remembering Elie Wiesel on his birthday–beautiful reminder, a timely one. “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men or women are persecuted because of their race,… Continue reading National Symbols and Sensitivities
Dance Me to the End
When faced with the possibility of complete destruction and loss, what is our emotional, mental, or spiritual default, our point of reference? I kept thinking about this question as we faced what could have been a devastating storm for Miami. I felt dread and fear the days leading up to the storm and at some… Continue reading Dance Me to the End
Do you know GRACE?
We want to share what may be a useful technique for our times. (We offer no introduction as to why this may be important. It seems obvious.) Please explore it and see if it may be of help. We found this some time ago in Roshi Joan Halifax’s article, “Practicing G.R.A.C.E.” In it she describes five… Continue reading Do you know GRACE?