Dorothy's Blog - Aging Abundantly

Happy Rachel Carson Day! (AKA Earth Day!)

A member of the Aging Abundantly Community reminded me this morning about Rachel Carson and the enormous impact she had on the world’s perspective on the environment. Just one woman, with drive and dedication, left her mark. Just one person can make a difference. The Story of How One Woman…

New Beginnings – The Blooms of Easter

SPRING BLOOMS – And New Beginnings Spring has long been my favorite time of year, precisely because it holds within its essence the gift of new beginnings. In college, and well beyond, I lived in the midst of a dark night of the soul. I was searching, but for what…

ENGAGING THE SENSES to Manage Stress

MANAGE STRESS BY FEEDING YOUR SENSES Awakening and engaging our senses provides us with valuable information and guidance that can assist us in evaluating and managing stress. Rather than forcing our body to submit to the direction of our mind alone, we can learn to work with it, instead of…

We All Need Support to Maintain Our Equilibrium

Support, given and received is essential to maintaining our equilibrium through life. I am not an optimistic person by nature. That’s my husband’s job. My job seems to be to temper his enthusiasm with a healthy dose of reality. It doesn’t always work. Some days he goes completely off the…

THERE IS MUCH TO LIVE FOR

…In those moments, when things seem dark, unsettled, hopeless. . . when it seems there is nothing to look forward to, no purpose or goal yet to attain…I want nothing more than someone to convince me that the reverse is true. Today is not a dark day for me,…

HOW TO TREAT ADRENAL FATIGUE – Recovering from Stress Overload

Learning how to treat adrenal fatigue is part science, part intuition and part trial and error. It requires that we tune into our body’s signals, learning as much as we can about interpreting them and then addressing the issues. This is best done by paying attention, noticing, charting, and working…