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Paying Attention is Excruciating: We Are Not Special. We Have Been Gifted

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Paying Attention is Excruciating: We Are Not Special. We Have Been Gifted. Paying attention is excruciating. Years ago, I wrote an article titled “Electric Shocks or Sitting Quietly? Which would you choose?” In the study I referenced, more participants chose electric shocks over sitting quietly with their thoughts. Meditation is hard. Our inner landscape can […]

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This Really Bugs Me: Insects and Monsters

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This Really Bugs Me: Insects and Monsters. Highlights of insect encounters this summer: Ants In Your Pants The expression “ants in your pants” doesn’t give the ants credit for what they can accomplish in a short period of time. It’s brave and bold work to dash up a pant leg and bite the hell out

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If Biophilia is Radical, We Have a Very Big Problem

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If Biophilia is Radical, We Have a Very Big Problem What do you value, and what inspires you? One of my consistent answers to both of those questions is nature. I’m a biophiliac. Biophilia is an innate human tendency to connect with nature and other living things. Perhaps biophilia is a radical ideology now, given

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Animals Can Be Jerks Capuchin Monkey kidnappers Capuchin in a tree

Animals Can Be Jerks! (Perhaps Time to Reflect?)

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Animals Can Be Jerks. Romantic visions of the animal world were dashed this week, as news of very bad behavior landed. I am a big fan of monkeys generally, so it pained me to read that some boy capuchins can be huge jerks. Some of these guys are kidnapping howler monkey babies. Why should we care?

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Enatured™ – One woman’s surprising discoveries

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Enatured™ makes more sense after you try it! Here is what one lovely woman shared after doing it and being surprised by the effects it had, despite the other practices she did regularly. Is this different from what I already do? When Mara told me about her Enatured™ program I was intrigued. It seemed like something

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Paying Attention is Excruciating: We Are Not Special. We Have Been Gifted

This Really Bugs Me: Insects and Monsters

If Biophilia is Radical, We Have a Very Big Problem

Animals Can Be Jerks! (Perhaps Time to Reflect?)

Enatured™ – One woman’s surprising discoveries

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