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Whether you align more with conventional medicine, holistic and alternative medicine or some combination of the two, chances are good a lot of it revolves around what you are consuming by mouth, one to three times daily. We live in a health care culture that is hyper-focused on solutions to health and illness being the […]

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the coming weeks, you Bulls must brook no bullies or bullying. Likewise, you should tolerate no bullshit from people trying to manipulate or fool you. Be a bulwark of integrity as you refuse to lower your standards. Bulk up the self-protective part of your psyche so you will be invincibly […]

How do you handle a problem with sexual intimacy when it’s related to sexual trauma? My partner had some memories of very bad events come back to him a few years ago — the events themselves occurred in his late teens. He’s in his mid 40s now and won’t see a therapist (even the one […]

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A famous football coach once said his main method was to manipulate, coax, and even bully his players into doing things they didn’t like to do. Why? So they could build their toughness and willpower, making it more likely they would accomplish formidable feats. While this may be an approach that […]

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I’ve selected a passage to serve as one of your prime themes during the rest of 2023. It comes from poet Jane Shore. She writes, “Now I feel I am learning how to grow into the space I was always meant to occupy, into a self I can know.” Dear Taurus, […]

Life is Precious are the words that led off last month’s message. This month, my starting words are, Life is Interesting. I’ll do my best to be more creative next month… but with that said, minimally, life really is interesting! It’s also amazing, challenging, beyond wonderful, miraculous, at times sadly painful and even horrifying. Much […]

April can be a trickster. This year I’ve been April’s fool, falling for the here and there glimpses of sun. On a recent rare day of warmer temperatures, I pruned and raked and fertilized until dark, certain the drear and cold was over, that spring was finally here. I bet I wasn’t alone. One brief […]

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): After the fall of the Roman Empire, political cohesion in its old territories was scarce for hundreds of years. Then a leader named Charlemagne (747–814) came along and united much of what we now call Western Europe. He was unusual in many respects. For example, he sought to master the arts […]

People are rightly concerned about Artificial Intelligence, but consistently ignore BI, Body Intelligence. The brilliance sitting in our tissues can get us and keep us healthy and save us a ton of money and suffering. Dr. John Upledger, the osteopathic physician who popularized CranioSacral Therapy, made a career of exploring its therapeutic value. Perhaps his […]