Many people are curious about Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. If you want to join nearly a billion devout Muslims in the fast, for whatever reason, read how to do it correctly and safely. Could you do it? Or rather, could you do without any food or water for 14-17 hours per day for an entire month? Or even a week? Across the globe, … Continue reading The Non-Muslim Guide to Fasting During Ramadan
With the Baby Boomers hitting their stride, it’s time for them to also hit the gym. Sessions with a personal trainer can prevent common aging issues. Meet Roger Pries- Early 30s, uber fit, with hairy legs, tatt-free arms, and an engaging manner. Roger is a personal trainer, and you might think cute young things would be lining up to book a session with this catch-of-the-week. … Continue reading Personal Trainers Teaching Seniors How to Keep Growing and Going
TEDx Rainier 2015 was a treasure trove of scientific breakthroughs, social advancement, and mind-blowing innovation. Equal place was given to those speakers who asked the audience to take a close, perhaps uncomfortable look at themselves. Never an easy task when the notion of unwelcome knowledge looms, these self-awareness requests, within the ebulliently hopeful atmosphere of TED, were met with a bit of “not me” disbelief … Continue reading TEDx Rainier 2015 – Maura O’Neill and the Curse of Narrow Mindedness
Offered the opportunity to create a new super hero comic character, G. Willow Wilson, author and renowned comic book writer, decided to buck all the known rules of comic craft: New characters don’t sell. Minority characters don’t sell. Female characters don’t sell. With this marketing, memeing trifecta suspended, Wilson gave rebirth and voice to Kamala Khan, a second generation American of Muslim and Pakistani heritage … Continue reading TEDx Rainier 2015 – G. Willow Wilson and Ms. Marvel
The first speaker at TEDx Rainier 2015 was Dr. Dan Diamond, a practicing physician and first responder at dozens of disasters around the world, who shared an observation peculiar to those chaotic, frightening, and devastating events. He has seen hundreds of people reacting to the shock and horror of a tragedy unfolding. Their response, often the desire to close themselves into a safe and contained … Continue reading TEDx Rainier 2015 – Dr. Dan Diamond and Those Who Assist Outside the Box
Here is my latest article for Landmark Graduate News. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to interview Buck Blodgett. http://www.landmarkworldwidenews.com/society/issues/women/lovehate/ Continue reading LOVE>Hate Project – One man’s tragedy transformed
Follow this link to a story I recently wrote on a wonderful, take-charge organization in India. http://www.landmarkworldwidenews.com/featured/volunteers-of-i-love-my-city-contribute-instead-of-complaining/ Continue reading Volunteers for “I Love My City” Contribute Instead of Complaining
We are informed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand that “We don’t want to believe what we know.” Whether it is oil sands, coral reefs, the plastic world of the seas, global warming, glacier reduction, overfishing, hunger, deforestation, or refugees, “…our life is tied to the well being of our planet,” he says. Yet, we, as a specie, are in a state of denial so boundless that we … Continue reading New Year on Earth Resolutions
Like everyone else on the planet, I hate looking for a new job. The only thing worse than hunting for a new job is having to find a job when you are already unemployed. We have all read accounts about the latest thumb-screw technique for sifting out prospective employees; these include companies that code applications and resumes as “unemployed“, which effectively makes you the girl or … Continue reading Five Hints to Help Your Job Hunt
A recent Ted Talk by Paul Bloom explores what happens in the human brain when it learns, via various synaptic firings, that something it thought was genuine turns out not to be genuine at all. Certainly, many of us have purchased or at least been offered one of those genuine gold Rolex watches, perhaps behind the mammoth pillar of an anonymous train station, foreign or … Continue reading Disclosing Dross and Dreams
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