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Month: October 2018

Evolve
Confluence

The Possibility of Turn Around

Reading Time: 6 minutes When I feel hopeless, I recognize that I am giving the big, hard news the full bandwidth of my attention. I am not looking at the bloom of a flower, the smile of a child or a verse of beautiful poetry. No, I am awfulizing as if this major thing that has happened is the only aspect of reality.

I am not comparing the cold-blooded murder of 11 people during the exercise of their faith to the bloom of a flower. No, I am not. What I am saying is that there is always something good going on, even on the darkest, darkest day.

Focusing on the littlest thing that is good is the way we stay connected to Greater Love, the Love that heals and has solutions.

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Confluence

 Your home can be everything that the outside world isn’t.

Reading Time: 4 minutes We are all in Scorpio season and Venus – that epitome of can’t-we-all-just-get-along – is retrograde. That energy is flowing darkly through all things relationship/power/money/death-and-taxes and most of us don’t like a lot of what we see. There’s a shit storm on every major media outlet, most recently in a place of gentle worship.

A lot of us are feeling really scared, really heavy, really sad and somewhat out of control.

Know this – your home can be the antidote you seek. Your home can be everything that the outside world isn’t. Your home can be a literal recharging station when the outside world depletes even your deepest reserves. And in times like this, I can’t think of anything more important.

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Confluence

An Important Message for My Fellow Midlifers

Reading Time: 2 minutes Personally, I’m not interested in anti-aging any parts of me, I just want to do what I can to keep my body and mind healthy and that requires regular exercise and paying attention to what I eat. Midlifer it’s important to keep your mind and body healthy and alert, that’s something we shouldn’t ignore

Midlifer please don’t let anyone tell you, you’re too old to do this or that. You have the power to achieve that deep desire burning on the inside despite your age. Your experience is valuable. You have so much to offer. More than you realize.

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Informed
Confluence

Podcast: CBC – What should Canada do if there’s a civil war in the U.S.?

Reading Time: < 1 minute Novelist and columnist Stephen Marche, author of a provocative essay in The Walrus magazine, called America’s Next Civil War. (Stephen Marche) According to writer Stephen Marche, all signs point to a burgeoning civil war in America.

Between a series of social and political upheavals, a stream of natural disasters, and Donald Trump’s presidential policy of breaking norms, Marche says it’s only a matter of time.

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Confluence

Meet The Native American Fashion Designer Giving Vans A New Look | TODAY

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Native American artist Charlene Holy Bear’s first foray into fashion came four years ago, when she made a last-minute decision to attend the annual Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, a pan-tribal festival also known as “North America’s largest powwow.”

“Everyone gets all dressed up in their traditional regalia,” says Holy Bear, a member of the Standing Rock Lakota Sioux Tribe who is known for her intricate beadwork. “I hadn’t had any time to prepare outfits for us but I wanted my 4-year-old son Justus to look really cool. He had a new pair of slip-on Vans and I suddenly had an idea, looking at the checkerboard design.” Over the course of the three-day road trip to the festival, Holy Bear started hand-beading the kicks and the finished product—a classic skate shoe tricked out with vibrantly intricate traditional Lakota beadwork—now has a waiting list full of street style–obsessed collectors clamoring for a customized pair.

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Confluence

Podcast: Trying to Fix the Bully Is Not the Way to Help Our Children Being Bullied

Reading Time: 2 minutes Often the approach to dealing with bullying is to try to stop the bully. However, that approach often leaves children less empowered and still at risk of being bullied again and again. 

What if we took our focus off the bully and instead taught our children to be bully-proof? By empowering our children to be confident we can teach them skills that last a lifetime. Bully-proofing our children can be done. The skills are teachable. 

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Health, Happiness, and the Pursuit of Restful Sleep

Reading Time: 3 minutes Sleep is the time to rest, relax, and rejuvenate. When you’re exhausted, you sleep. When you get sick, you sleep it off. When you’re stressed, you sleep so you can wake up to a fresh day. When you’re in pain, you sleep through it. We use sleep as a way to alleviate many ailments, so it’s no surprise that improper sleep can make things worse. A good night’s rest lies within your mattress.

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