I just want to say THANK YOU for those of you who reached out, posted your feelings and needs, and for those who responded. We’re a truly remarkable, caring, and loving group.  I’m honored to be a part of this wonderful growing community. Here’s the original post, a column on identifying feelings that I wrote…

There’s something about a hot cup of tea after dinner, a couple of hours before bed, to help you feel full.  Just be sure it doesn’t have caffeine to keep you awake, and not have it later than 2 hours or so before bed, so as not to make you have to get up too…

If you are an emotional overeater, or if you eat to change moods such as feeling upset, stressed, or a bit down – try giving yourself some peace and comfort by meditating.  What is meditation?  There are many forms, some are as simple as just closing your eyes and stilling the thoughts in your mind. …

This country was founded on the principle that we are “One Nation, Under God, Indivisible.”  To me that means we work together and celebrate each other, our individuality, independence, and interdependence. There’s a really cool, new initiative a lot of us are celebrating and joining this Martin Luther King Day weekend.  It’s the “Declaration of…

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