Monthly Archives: October 2015

Pay attention and change your life

Posted on October 24, 2015 by stillalife

Why pay attention? In my last blog post I talked about paying attention while walking outdoors as a way to become more aware of our surroundings.  But paying attention can do much more.  The people at the ToDo Institute focus … Continue reading →

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Meditation on nature

Posted on October 18, 2015 by stillalife

“Pay attention,” is a demand most of us have heard from teachers, parents or spouses. It usually means, “Listen to me.” But paying attention means more than listening. I attended a recent conference, in which speaker Linda Anderson Krech spoke … Continue reading →

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Happy to be an only child

Posted on October 7, 2015 by stillalife

As an only child, I was surprised to read a recent Seattle Times article in which the writer urges parents who have only one child not to panic.  Apparently the prevailing fear in this era of hyper-parenting is that the … Continue reading →

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