Anxiety. Digestive disorders. Chronic pain. They all share a relationship to our stress response. We are all, unconsciously, making a decision in each moment as to whether or not we are safe. This is happening deep within us and we are not in direct control of it. When a…
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1. Pick a room that doesn’t work well for you. Stand in the most used doorway and look around. How does it feel? Awkward, cramped, tired, or uncomfortable are common responses. Verbalize your goal: cozy, calming, happy, etc. 2. Now it’s time to remove the small furniture and accessories, even…
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When working with a patient in my office, the conversation often turns to their claim that I am a healer. This always makes me feel uncomfortable as this view does not conform to what I observe as to how people heal. To see people heal is a stunningly beautiful thing.…
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Tithonus, in Greek legend, was a prince of Troy who married the goddess Eos. Eos, wanting her husband to be immortal like her, beseeched Zeus to grant Tithonus eternal life. Zeus granted Eos’s wish for her husband to have eternal life, but she forgot to ask for eternal youth as…
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I remember running downhill as a child. With gravity pulling on my little legs, I could move faster. It was such a rush, throwing my feet forward, faster and faster until inevitably, the crash would come. Tumbling, skinning knees and bending limbs into unnatural positions. I tried it again and…
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Mountain Meadows sits on rolling hills just inside Ashland’s city limits near the end of North Mountain Avenue. Twenty-seven years ago, it was Madeline Hill’s dream to create and adult, “aging-in-place” community where those 55 or older could buy or rent, not have to pay a non-refundable buy-in fee, and…
Read More »It is so hard to believe that we are just about halfway through the year. 2023 has proven to be rolling along just as fast as it rolled in. As real estate professionals we are constantly asked, “so how is the market doing?” We found the best way to answer…
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Having a tree removed can be a spendy proposition. Having a huge tree removed will be spendier still. Having a huge dead tree that has to be rigged either by crane or climbing moves the decimal point to the right. The cost of having a huge dead tree looming over…
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A testimonial from one of our inspiring clients: “I have a decades long history of physical and psychological trauma that has expressed itself in anxiety, depression, and difficulties with intimacy. I worked for many years with a traditional therapist, which was useful in identifying the source of my traumas and…
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As we shake off the last of the winter blues and start to look forward to summer our thoughts turn inevitably to the HEAT. Last summer was brutal for a few of my heat loving plants. I found myself moving patio umbrellas to shade my tomatoes, adding shade cloth behind…
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Driving. What a wonderful experience. I’m going to ramble for just a second before I write anything of value here. I’ll never forget my first time legally driving a car. It was almost as good as my first driving experience. During the 90s in the Midwest, kids could get their…
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