As we head into another festive holiday season, I am given to contemplation on the power of food and how it plays into our celebrations. Whether planning a scrumptious repast for Thanksgiving or Christmas, most of us have feelings surrounding the holidays that somehow revolve around what happens at the dinner table. I came from a history of confusion and…
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This article is reposted from chezgigi.com Sex and the brain continues with a look at obsession, and the physiological responses to heartache. There is a reason the loss of love hurts so much. When someone has left us in a puddle of grief and desperation, or we have left someone with a cheery ‘ta-ta!’ and no backward glance, there is…
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There are numerous answers to this question. Still, nobody really knows until they go through the gate, so to speak. And death brings up so much fear in our culture. This is not necessarily so in other cultures. Tibetan Buddhists have studied the path of souls through life and death for hundreds of years. The Tibetan Book of the Dead…
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The Damsel in Distress may be the oldest female archetype in all of popular literature and the movies. She is always beautiful, vulnerable, and in need of rescue, specifically by a Knight and, once rescued, she is taken care of in lavish style. When disappointed, a Damsel must go through a process of empowerment and learn to take care of…
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A few months back, an associate asked to interview me on radio in order to share my thoughts on “food and the body.” I came up with the following notes, some which never made it into that dialogue, as we ran out of time. The older I become, the less certain I am of anything. I discover truth in paradox,…
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