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Last night I called a friend and talked about the procrastination struggles I wrote about yesterday. She helped me break one task into bite-sized chunks. And then she made me this! Thanks, LT

Valerie’s post on “The Power of the Period” has brought forth so many personal, funny, moving reader stories of the first time “Aunt Flo” came to visit. Reading them, I had a major flashback not to my first period, which didn’t come until I was 14, but to 6th grade sex ed class, which is…

‘K, so I’m sitting at my desk. I have a to-do list as long as a ZZ top beard. I have coffee, water, chocolate nearby. My computer and internet connection are fine. It’s quiet. And yet. I don’t know where to start because everything is important. And even the things I know are most important feel like mountains to…

I snapped this bumpersticker on a morning walk last weekend. A nice reminder to start the day. Wag, wag, wag.

Today we’re deep in detox mode, sharing our ideas for how to cleanse your body, home, and spirit this spring. But what about the major detox diets you’ve seen on bookstore shelves and celebrity mags?  Are they part of a healthy spring cleaning process, or are they unhealthy or even dangerous? Much has been said–and…

                                                         Does it go back to cave times–this urge to purge body, home, and soul as soon as winter starts to wane? Did Cathy Cavesister look at all the pelts in her closet each March, shake her furry head and start loading buffalo bags full of unworn or overly worn items? And then decide she had…

Fresh Living reader Merriel says she starts her morning by taking a garlic/parsley tablet and a vitamin C.  This has kept her cold-free for 25 years, so it’s worth a try! Click here for more natural remedies for the common cold.

In a down economy, one affordable, easy-to-execute home improvement is to give your walls a fresh coat of paint. But what color to choose? The decision can be much fun, as you luxuriate in the knowledge that anything is possible for your kitchen, living room, or bedroom. But it can be overwhelming, especially if you’re…

There’s been a flurry of celebrity illnesses and injuries this week, and two of them jumped off the screen (sigh…remember when things used to jump off of pages?) because in both cases, humor seems to be part of the healing. First, “Today” show host Matt Lauer flipped off his bicycle in an attempt to avoid…

In a recent email chat a friend mentioned his need to make pragmatic choices while being open to “the magic carpet ride” that is his life sometimes. He called this combo “…pragmagic, if you will.” I love that. For me it distills the idea that we can receive the miraculous moments and lovely wind-shifts and authentically sparkly fairy dust life sends our way,…

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