by Maureen Whitehouse | Feb 9, 2017 | Soul-Full Living Blog |
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Stephanie Clairmont, a very knowledgable dietician whose work includes developing strategies for good health, delicious food and how to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle. I love hearing about the latest findings around food,...
by Maureen Whitehouse | Jan 29, 2017 | Soul-Full Living Blog |
According to Greek mythology, Narcissus (Nárkissos) was a handsome youth who never valued the people who loved him, even to the point of being cruel to them. When the gods saw that he had rejected the love of a nymph named Echo, they were furious and cursed him so...
by Maureen Whitehouse | Oct 28, 2016 | Soul-Full Living Blog, Uncategorized |
When my girls were young one of their favorite stories was Stone Soup. It’s the tale of two travelers who come to a village hungry, with nothing but a big empty cooking pot. When they find that the villagers are unwilling to share any of their food, they head to a...
by Maureen Whitehouse | May 3, 2016 | Soul-Full Living Blog |
As many of you who follow my work know, I have the good fortune of being a teaching fellow this semester at Harvard. The class, Rethinking Mental Health: Spirituality, Healing and Culture, attracts students from widely diverse backgrounds. From counselors, and...
by Maureen Whitehouse | Apr 18, 2016 | Soul-Full Living Blog, Uncategorized |
When my girls were small, our strawberry picking excursions marked the beginning of our favorite time of year… spring! We’d head to our local farm and fill our baskets to the brim with “nature’s candy”, often stuffing our faces full (which the grower’s signage...
by Maureen Whitehouse | Mar 27, 2016 | Soul-Full Living Blog |
Easter season for many people is the perfect time to cultivate a more tangible Soul-Full connection… In numerous parts of the world, spring is in the air and families are celebrating the Easter holiday with cheerful gatherings, tasty treats and, of course,...
by Maureen Whitehouse | Mar 24, 2016 | Soul-Full Living Blog |
What a wonderful week for food lovers across America! Four major food companies have announced that they will now be labeling GMOs. This is especially amazing because these are some of the very same companies that initially spent millions of dollars fighting...
by Maureen Whitehouse | Nov 5, 2015 | Soul-Full Living Blog |
I have been a world traveler for much of my life. I feel one of the many reasons I love travel is that it propels me out of my typical element. Travel, more than anything, catapults us into a “beginners” mind – a temporary setting aside of all we think we know....
by Maureen Whitehouse | Oct 19, 2015 | Soul-Full Living Blog |
I’ve always had a strong affinity for goats… When my girls were small, we often spent summer days visiting kids – baby goats that is – and chickens at local farms. But the humble goat’s importance to so many people world-wide didn’t really...
by Maureen Whitehouse | Oct 14, 2015 | Soul-Full Living Blog |
As a long-time practitioner and advocate of prayer, mediation and yoga, I’m intregued by the research being done on these “relaxation-response techniques” at prominent universities world-wide. One such study was recently done at Massachusetts General Hospital...
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