Author: Carol Bedrosian, Spirit of Change publisher

The May 2016 Reader’s Digest cover story is “Secrets Your Body Is Trying To Tell You.” I love how RD gives credence to revolutionary cultural memes, like the mind/body connection and self-healing.

Can the mind completely cure the body? The human brain is said to have more synapses than the Milky Way has stars, so that’s a miraculous amount of intelligence the brain is channeling from birth to death. Anything is possible.

It’s frightening to see the reflection of ourselves as a racist nation in the candidacy of Donald Trump for president. It’s the Mexicans! It’s the Muslims! What KKK?

One of the perks of being a magazine publisher is receiving advance review copies from book publishers. Due to the rise of e-book publishing, the volume received is one tenth of what it was ten years, or even five years ago, but occasionally a flurry of books arrives on a single topic that makes me want to know what all the buzz is about.

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.

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.

The practice of making New Year’s resolutions reminds us that setting an intention combines the unlimited powers of brain and belief together.

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.

Last week at the monthly Wellness Roundtable Holistic Networking Group I listened to Susan Strong speak about the epidemic of teen opiod addiction.

The holiday season of gifting is upon us. Americans give over forty percent of their annual charitable donations in December…

After years of uneventful dental visits, I discovered it was time to pay attention to what my body was telling me.

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.

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.

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!