As Published at: Ashland Daily Tidings Recent research indicates increased spontaneous activity in the ventral ACC/ventromedial prefrontal cortex in older adults was linked to reduced ratings for low arousing negative pictures. (Univ. of Alberta and Univ. of Illinois Psyc. Depts.). Thinking, feeling and acting in a spontaneous manner, in other
Read MoreAs Published at: Ashland Daily Tidings “Dance like nonbody’s watching.” I did. At the headwaters of the Sacramento and got longtime friend, Michelle, to join me who I seldom get to see. There’s something about dancing and singing in nature that is very enlivening. And it feels like being in
Read MoreAs Published at: Ashland Daily Tidings “Thanksgiving and Christmas are the two days I do not work every year.” That was the response two weeks ago that I received when I asked her how much time she gets off from work. My heart sank. She is so very nice. And
Read MoreAs Published at: Ashland Daily Tidings See that glowing heart? Son, Darion, gave it to me, knowing I would use it. I sure did! At Ashland Chamber of Commerce this morning, making a point about my work to keep hearts tuned up with self help and self healing skills. And
Read MoreAs Published at: Ashland Daily Tidings Homeless shelter guests were very welcoming when I arrived as the Xmas Fairy to deliver packages and wave my wand over each person’s head to encourage them to have wishes. Something shifted in their eyes as they received packages filled with food, clothing articles
Read MoreAs Published at: Ashland Daily Tidings Today 30 daycare children learned about inner peace for the holidays from the Xmas Fairy: deep breathing, fairy wing wishes, chime sounds that feel peaceful in the heart…whole body learning; self-regulation with self-calming song, artwork and more. I teach children empowering life long and
Read MoreAs Published at: Ashland Daily Tidings Delifiniti Ixtapa is an amazing center in Ixtapa, Mexico, where dolphins acquaint humans with their sweetness. They are also used for a variety of illnesses where a psychologist or doctor brings a patient who is in the water for 30 min. with the dolphins.
Read MoreAs Published at: Ashland Daily Tidings When I was a child in the 50′s, kids were always daring each other to do something. I’d forgotten about dares until Thanksgiving Day. I was offered a turkey leg to take home after a delicious Thanksgiving meal by the mother of my son-in-law.
Read MoreAs Published at: Ashland Daily Tidings Summertime, 1969. She was treated like she was a witch by family members because she had coal black hair. She lived in an isolation unit in a children’s cottage at a state hospital where I worked one summer during college. No one ever heard
Read MoreAs Published at: Ashland Daily Tidings Beyond the call of duty and service to one’s country, countless acts of good Samaritan kindness took place never heard about. In WWII, my Dad, Major J. Jan Mestrovich, gave rations regularly to an orphanage for blind children. When they learned he would be
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