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Published in In Fitness And In Health

·Oct 19, 2021

Chronic Illness and Climate Change Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

How do we build a world that affirms life in general? — As a home health occupational therapist, I work with people in their homes after they’ve come out of the hospital. My role is to help them live as safely and independently as possible. Most of my clients are older, in their 70s or 80s. …

Health

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Chronic Illness and Climate Change Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
Chronic Illness and Climate Change Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

Published in Climate Conscious

·Oct 9, 2021

3 Things You Can Do to Make Your Neighborhood More Resilient

Before the next one hits… — The pandemic caused most of us to step back and reflect on the fragility of our society. It isn’t hard to imagine a virus just as contagious as COVID-19 with a slightly higher fatality rate — just high enough that essential workers decide coming into work isn’t worth the risk…

Climate Action

7 min read

3 Things You Can Do to Make Your Neighborhood More Resilient
3 Things You Can Do to Make Your Neighborhood More Resilient

Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Oct 2, 2021

5 Things to Keep in Mind When Making Difficult Decisions

Lessons from philosophy, physics, and Bob Ross — The word “decide” stems from the Latin “decidere.” “Decidere” is comprised of the prefix “de,” meaning “of” or “from” and “caedo,” meaning “cut” or “fell.” In an important sense, then, to decide is to cut something away from your life. It’s a kind of pruning. …

Philosophy

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5 Things to Keep in Mind When Making Difficult Decisions
5 Things to Keep in Mind When Making Difficult Decisions

Aug 24, 2021

Voyage to Deep Place

A terrestrial adventure — A space is a means to an end. A place is an end in itself. When, in human history, did we create the first space? Was it the first fence being built? Was it the first road? Was it the moment the first farmer pleaded with the sky? Humans have…

Mwc Space

9 min read

Voyage to Deep Place
Voyage to Deep Place

Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Aug 20, 2021

All the Gifts We Have Yet to Receive

A Buddhist reflection on Stephen Jenkinson’s philosophy of death — In the summer of 2009, I was in Bamako, Mali, learning Bambara as a Peace Corps volunteer. It was my fourth day of class. I hadn’t slept well the night before and was struggling to pay attention. Just as I was about to nod off, a man called my name…

Mwc Death

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All the Gifts We Have Yet to Receive
All the Gifts We Have Yet to Receive

Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Aug 2, 2021

Take a Path to Your Destiny, Not a Road

How this one metaphor makes all the difference — In his timeless essay, “A Native Hill,” the farmer-philosopher Wendell Berry distinguishes a path from a road: A path is little more than a habit that comes with knowledge of a place. It is a sort of ritual of familiarity. As a form, it is a form of contact with…

Philosophy

4 min read

Take a Path to Your Destiny, Not a Road
Take a Path to Your Destiny, Not a Road

Published in Climate Conscious

·Jul 27, 2021

Cory Booker Reintroduced a Bill That Would Phase Out Factory Farming

How you can help in this critical moment — “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” — Mahatma Gandhi On July 15th, 2021, Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) reintroduced the Farm System Reform Act, legislation that would put a moratorium on building new factory farms, prevent existing ones…

Activism

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Cory Booker Reintroduced a Bill That Would Phase Out Factory Farming
Cory Booker Reintroduced a Bill That Would Phase Out Factory Farming

Published in Climate Conscious

·Jun 17, 2021

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up the Economy

To solve the climate crisis, we need to ask ourselves “which industries spark joy?” — George Carlin was a comedic Socrates, an invaluable gadfly for our modern culture. If you haven’t heard his bit about how much Americans love stuff, take five minutes to treat yourself: “That’s all your house is: a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more…

Environment

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up the Economy
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up the Economy

Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Jun 5, 2021

Need Perspective? Get to Higher Ground

How elevation broadens our horizons — Near my house in Southwest Washington, there’s a trail that climbs a ridge overlooking the Columbia River Gorge. Emerging from a tunnel of fir and pine, you walk out onto a cliff. The view hits you all at once. You feel the bigness of sky. Eagles, falcons, hawks, and other…

Psychology

4 min read

Need Perspective? Get to Higher Ground
Need Perspective? Get to Higher Ground

Published in In Fitness And In Health

·May 30, 2021

Ditch The Chair To Enrich Your “Movement Diet”

How floor sitting keeps you healthy as you age — As a home health occupational therapist, I saw patients every day whose bodies bore the marks of prolonged sitting. Retired truck drivers, secretaries and other office workers were especially prone to postural disorders. For them, chronic back and neck pain was just a part of life. …

Health

6 min read

Ditch The Chair To Enrich Your “Movement Diet”
Ditch The Chair To Enrich Your “Movement Diet”
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I write about philosophy, health, ecology, and politics.

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