This essay by its very nature couldnt possibly be an essay. Ive studied this, researched it to the wee hours of the morning and my conclusion is always the same. It just doesnt work. An essay must tel...Full Article
Do you express what you feel? Or do you pretend to feel something different?I think we would be a very different society if as children we would express our emotions but in a functional manner. Channe...Full Article
Sometimes life is traveling along quite nicely, then - BANG - for some reason you fall into a slump. You know the signs: low energy, lack of motivation, a don’t-give-a-f attitude and maybe even depres...Full Article
As much as we hear a spiritual evolution is at hand, in many ways we still live in a very physical, down and dirty world. It can feel like you are competing in a 10K with a bum leg.Whether you are kis...Full Article
There are no shortage of internet articles proclaiming the end of the 9 to 5 working week. But, the reality for many of us is that our job is hard work, repetitive and often not particularly interesti...Full Article
Intertwined: Duncan, here with Jeremy Blake, pushed two storylines: Conspiracies and dream film projects always just around the corner. (Photo by Stephanie Halmos/Patrick Mcmullan.com)IN 2001, THERESA...Full Article
Needless to say, the time after loss is volatile and confusing for most people. Unresolved issues come to the fore and questions we have not answered must often be confronted. Along with a sense of ab...Full Article
In 1969, Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross published her famous book; On Death and Dying and later went on to launch the Hospice movement in America. Even though her studies focused more on those who were dy...Full Article
Death: No thank you. Dying: Gives me a panic attack. Burial: Not today, please. Of all the subjects I could write about, this one is my least favorite. It, in fact, could easily send me into the mothe...Full Article
With my father, his brother and their father having had late onset Alzheimers I cant help but wonder if someday it will be my fate. This is what I have told my family.If it is ever me with Alzheimers ...Full Article
One of the areas where I seem to be placing most of my focus these days is the relationship between creative expression and healing. Something that I have always found to be particularly fascinating i...Full Article
Memories are never to be buried along with the loss of our very loved ones. To be forever remembered as someone whom we always love, they always should be.However sadly to be saying, along the passage...Full Article
There is so much emphasis on emotional intelligence these days that it appears that people are suppressing their emotions and problems in an effort to fit in, to keep their jobs, and using positive se...Full Article
Suicide strikes...AGAIN!This may wind up being the most important article some have ever read. I hope it will not only help a few readers, but that it will open the eyes of others, aiding in their und...Full Article
In a town the size of mine - about 16,000 - can a few suicides within a 90-day period be considered an epidemic? Id say so. Quite a few Christians have contacted me since these tragedies have occurred...Full Article
Recently, several suicides have occurred right here in my own hometown of about 16,000 people. The latest of these involved a friend of mine who was, among other things, the leader of a Christian Busi...Full Article
I am an Angel artist and several weeks ago while listening to the late night news, a news story came on that really touched my heart. On the way home in the wedding limo ... a drunk driver caused a ho...Full Article
September 11, 2001, marked yet another significant turning point in world history. Whatever innocence was left in the world was lost on that fateful day.On lesser numeric scales, equally heinous crime...Full Article
Remember the Eulogy projects we had to write back in High School? Death is a tough subject to broach, and many would rather deny death then embrace it. Someone once said, ...There are only two guara...Full Article
Life has always been a journey, a journey of finding of one true self and happiness. As however destined, all journeys will eventually find its very own destination and it is inevitable that every one...Full Article
