Weekly Musings: Housework Healthlift
My house is dusty. Yes, we burn wood in a wood stove, which is notorious for creating dust, but my house is dusty because I haven't made dusting a habit.
Author: Carol Bedrosian, Spirit of Change
Weekly Musings: My Immunity Challenge
During 2015 I noticed my immune system weakened as I fell victim to sinus headaches, colds, coughs, a flu and tooth decay. For years I have enjoyed very good health with only minor ailments, all of which I use natural medicine to treat, so I was surprised to see this giant crop of symptoms seemingly sprout up like an overnight mushroom patch.
Weekly Musings: 5 Bold Ideas for the New Year
The practice of making New Year’s resolutions reminds us that setting an intention combines the unlimited powers of brain and belief together.
Weekly Musings: Where Does ISIS Get Its Funding?
Despite the boredom of having to sit through pundits, promises and data breach discussions during the Democratic debate on Saturday night, I was startled awake at one point to realize how stark the divide is between the Democratic and Republican visions for America.
Weekly Musings: Recovery High Schools In Massachusetts
Last week at the monthly Wellness Roundtable Holistic Networking Group I listened to Susan Strong speak about the epidemic of teen opiod addiction.
Weekly Musings: Alternatives To .Org Charitable Holiday Gifting
The holiday season of gifting is upon us. Americans give over forty percent of their annual charitable donations in December…
Weekly Musings: Your Body Is Talking To You
After years of uneventful dental visits, I discovered it was time to pay attention to what my body was telling me.
Weekly Musings: Every Little Bit Helps
Last week at the Natural Living Expo I bought some alpaca felted dryer balls from Plain View Alpaca Farm. It’s winter and my clothes have taken on a life of their own from the static electricity in my dryer.
Weekly Musings: Expo Afterglow
I believe this is the first year I actually enjoyed the Natural Living Expo! While I dearly love the expo, the staff, vendors, speakers and all the 9000 attendees who somehow find parking spaces, producing an event this big makes you reach deep, both during the weekend production and all the months preceding.
Weekly Musings 11/10/15: Natural Living Expo
Today we're launching the new Weekly Musings column in celebration of the ninth annual Natural Living Expo being held this weekend, Nov 14-15, in Marlboro, MA. The big day for 2015 has finally arrived!
Musings: Embracing Life Change
A favorite postcard tacked up on my wall is from writer Nancy Slonim Aronie of Chilmark Writer’s Workshop fame on Martha’s Vineyard. Xeroxed across the front of her happy family photo is a typewritten strip: “Right now is exactly where you are supposed to be.”
Eliminate the Risk of Colon and Skin Cancers Forever
An interview with holistic medical educator and humanitarian Dr. Adiel Tel-Oren…
Meet Amma: From Hugs To A New Humanity
An extraordinary humanitarian creates enduring local impact bringing hugs, houses and hope to people around the world...
Musings: The Original Healing Tradition
Perhaps there was a time even earlier than our recorded history where we lived in perfect health — the original health condition.
Musings: Healthy Aging Gracefully
Ageless American icon Bob Dylan noted in a recent interview, “Young people can be passionate. Older people gotta be more wise.” I’m discovering that one of the healthiest things I can do as I age is to slow down.
Spirit of Change Welcomes New Staff Member Erin Abrams
When 8-year Natural Living Expo staff veteran Erin Abrams saw the large sign at our booth during the Natural Living Expo seeking an advertising director, she said, "That's me!"
The Energies of Love: Harnessing the Invisible Forces of Your Relationship
An interview with Donna Eden and David Feinstein, PhD
Musings: Vibrational Healing Is Logical and Elegant
Despite all the evidence of mind/body medicine’s success and the significance of its unlimited potential, our healthcare mindset remains stuck in the mud.
Flu Vaccine Insert Admits Safety and Effectiveness Not Established, Product Contains Mercury
Natural health activist Mike Adams released results from his forensic food lab where he runs ICP-MS instrumentation to test foods, beverages, dietary supplements and other items for heavy metals contamination.
Bringing Cannabis Out Of The Shadows And Into The Light: An Interview With Cannabis Reform Leader Steve DeAngelo
Steve DeAngelo is the owner of Harborside Health Center in Oakland, CA, which offers a unique industry business model as one of the largest medical marijuana dispensaries in the country.
Musings: It’s Time For a Return to Plant Wisdom
We are completely dependent upon plants for our existence; it’s time to hear what they have to say.
Musings: Sacred Circle
Ideally, we will use new technology for all its worth to clean up the planet and lift humanity out of its poverty, war and disease...
Monsanto Loses GMO Labeling Battle in Vermont
On April 16, with a landslide 28-2 vote in the Vermont Senate, and well over 90% of citizen support, Vermont becomes the first US state to require labeling of food containing GMO ingredients sold within the state's borders...
The Three Drugs Christiane Northrup, MD, Advises Against
Trusted holistic physician Christiane Northup, MD, writes, "Many of the most popular drugs being prescribed for millions have significant side effects that just don’t outweigh the risks"...
New Growth Sprouts At Spirit of Change
A crop of new growth has sprouted for New England's favorite holistic magazine — a change of pace we gladly embrace...
Let Food Heal Your Body — An interview with Dr. Brian Clement
For close to four decades, Brian Clement, Ph.D, NMD, LN, has stood at the forefront of the progressive health movement through his pioneering research on disease recovery...
Musings: Beyond Food
The truth is no one could keep up with all the current nutrition advice because there are too many conflicting choices. Even holistic experts cannot agree on a healthy diet...
Obamacare Escalates Drug-Dependent Healthcare
We need access to universal healthcare that includes more than just drugs.
10 Grassroots Activism Victories in 2013
While we surely hear enough of the bad news happening around the world, Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin finds plenty of activism success in 2013 to celebrate...
Musings: Take the Plunge Into Commonsense Good Health
Many people mistakenly believe their bodies are frail and prone to disease. On the contrary, our bodies are infinitely wise in the ways to keep us healthy and adapt even the most unhealthy physical specimen into a living, breathing vehicle...
Enter the Peaceable Kingdom
Tormented by the of plight of distressed animals everywhere, animal communicator Debra White opened Winslow Farm Animal Sanctuary in 1997 in Norton, Massachusetts, to give sanctuary to abused and abandoned animals...
Local Business Success Organically: Living Earth and EVO Dining
Through four decades of expansion and change, including the addition of Sano natural foods café and a second story of health practitioner offices upstairs, Living Earth has dedicated itself to providing healthy shopping choices...
Musings: The Glorious Color of Local Economy
Small business owners value your business. They go the extra mile in providing personalized customer service because local sales are their life-blood. They give back to the community by sponsoring your town's soccer and Little League teams and town charity events...
Before Drugs and Surgery, Consider Giving Laser Therapy a Try for Pain
Laser therapy is particularly effective for repetitive motion injury, such as carpal tunnel as well as chronic issues such as arthritis...
Mercury In Your Mouth Is Dangerous!
An estimated 40-50 percent of dentists in the US no longer use amalgam (mercury) fillings because mercury is a known toxin to our bodies and the environment...
What Would Happen If They Held A War and No One Came?
Defense contractor Brandon Toy resigns in protest of arming US-led wars...
Do This One Very Simple Thing To Combat Seated Stress
The best way to counteract the negative effects of sitting for long periods is not fitness routines or walking, but simply to stand up frequently during sitting sessions.
Drug-free Cancer Treatment: Ketogenic Diet
A ketogenic diet has been used as a first line of treatment in managing epilepsy in children since the early 90's...
Snowden’s Guardian Transcript A Chilling Read
Snowden's articulate rendering of the facts, including the truth about covert government intelligence operations against the American people carried out with corporate complicity, makes for a chilling transcript read...
Call for Articles and Ideas on Growing Local Economies
We're looking for articles to include in Spirit of Change Magazine's "Growing Local Economies" Fall issue...
Don’t Remove Your Breasts Until Reading the NCI Disclaimer
The celebrity-style announcement of Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy to "prevent" breast cancer has injected a new level of fear and disinformation about breast cancer into public discussion.
Don’t Remove Your Breasts Until You Read the NCI Disclaimer
The celebrity-style announcement of Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy to "prevent" breast cancer has injected a new level of fear and disinformation about breast cancer into public discussion...
Smart Meter, Smarter Options
While approximately 40 million smart meters have already been deployed in the United States, serious health, safety, privacy, homeland security, and financial concerns exist over this technology....
Musings: Make Your Home A Healing Haven
In a sense, we are all homing pigeons. Be it ever so humble, there’s no place you will ever feel more comfortable or secure than in your own home...
Beyond 2012: Recreating Ourselves in the Sixth Sun
Sergio Magaña is a teacher of the 4,000-year-old Toltec tradition that understands the timing of momentous shifts occurring in human consciousness at the beginning of this 21st century...
Alarming GMO Corn Results
Research conducted on GMO foods confirms the ability of these products to manipulate the genetic codes of other organisms. Could they also manipulate human genetic codes?
We’re All Running A Marathon
As I stood with thousands of other cheering spectators along Route 135 in Natick on Marathon Monday...
Arkansas Oil Spill Heralds Keystone Pipeline’s Future
President Obama promised Americans a new energy policy that would take us into the future with clean energy research and infrastructure...
More Marriages: Let the rainbow wedding bells ring!
Let the rainbow wedding bells ring! It is time for us to end the persecution of GLBT Americans who can no more change their sexual orientation than a heterosexual person could choose to become gay. Yes, we should allow these Americans the right to be who they are...
Andrew Weil Predicts Healthcare System Collapse
The current dysfunctional system of disease management generates huge profits for the pharmaceutical and insurance industries and must be changed at the grassroots level through education...
Daily Astrology
September 25, 2025
The waxing crescent Moon is in Scorpio. Self-awareness is heightened. Although there are no exact aspects today, the Moon is orbiting between favorable alignments with Venus and Jupiter. To borrow a phrase from John...
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