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Give Yourself To Love

Thumbnail image for Give Yourself To Love by Brooke Leigh Sheldon January 5, 2012

Give yourself to love. Never be afraid to love. Love the tender young, the wise old, animals (big and small). Love the tiniest of plants to the largest of trees. Love the air, earth, the water, the energy all around you. Love new acquaintances and lifelong friends, men, women, your ancestors, your children, your parents. [...]

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Pay It Forward Conversation

Thumbnail image for Pay It Forward Conversation by Catherine Ryan Hyde December 10, 2011

Yesterday in Buellton, CA (which is approximately halfway between Los Angeles and the little town of Cambria, where I live) I met up with Charley Johnson in person. I’ve worked with Charley for years, but I live in Cambria and he lives in Salt Lake City. So it’s been email, phone, Skype…everything but sitting down [...]

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Kangaroo Cuddle

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What can kangaroos teach us about neonatal care? David and Kate Ogg found out when their baby, Jamie, was born barely clinging to life at 26 weeks and was declared dead shortly after birth. Well, Jamie is very much alive, thanks to some very good instincts on Kate’s part. It’s called the Kangaroo Cuddle and [...]

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Let Your Light Shine

Thumbnail image for Let Your Light Shine by Donna Morask February 9, 2011

  “As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same.” Nelson Mandela As I reflect on these words I think about the many people I have been blessed to meet, whose light shone brighter than the Northern Star on a clear starlit night. As I ponder these [...]

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So you thought slavery ended in 1865… think again.

Thumbnail image for So you thought slavery ended in 1865… think again. by Thomas Norman DeWolf January 18, 2011

              Two years ago a powerful book was published about modern-day slavery: A Crime So Monstrous. It’s a harrowing, eye-opening book. A couple of related stories caught my attention recently. One is about a black family in Mississippi that was enslaved until the 1960′s. That is not a typo; [...]

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Growing a Global Heart

Thumbnail image for Growing a Global Heart by Thomas Norman DeWolf November 3, 2010

“We stood in El Mina slave dungeon, on the Cape Coast of Ghana on a recent trip to West Africa, overwhelmed by despair, grief and rage. Without needing to verbalize it, we were both imagining what reaching this spot must have felt like for some long-ago, un-remembered African ancestor as she stood trembling on the [...]

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Train – MTV EXIT

Thumbnail image for Train – MTV EXIT by Brooke Leigh Sheldon October 21, 2010

It happens everywhere. It’s in your country. It’s in your city. It’s in your town. What will you do when it’s in front of you? Please share this story!

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It was a rather hostile email…

Thumbnail image for It was a rather hostile email… by Brooke Leigh Sheldon October 6, 2010
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People will write me at times with hostility or anger. But, I believe what is often behind it is a true desire to gain an understanding of the questions they’re angrily tossing or aggressively pushing at me. Okay, I’ll grab the baton and run the race with you – so here’s the answer……. iPhones use [...]

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How To Be Compassionate: Use Your Imagination

Thumbnail image for How To Be Compassionate: Use Your Imagination by Lauren Rosenfeld October 6, 2010

I wish I knew What it’s like to be A splinter, a bee. A song, a sea. A tree, a shoe. A bird that’s new. I wish I knew What it’s like to be you. – By my daughter Tamar, at age 7   When I was a child, I experienced an awakening moment. My [...]

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VetWow’s Short Podcasts for MST Survivors, Friends and Family

Thumbnail image for VetWow’s Short Podcasts for MST Survivors, Friends and Family by Lily Casura October 6, 2010

Susan Avila Smith Military Sexual Trauma, like PTSD another “invisible wound,” is unfortunately more prevalent in the military than we would want to believe, though little discussed officially. It’s different though when combatants get together who have experienced it. Among female service members in particular, it is all too often a common experience; and whether [...]

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