Nancy Peden D.D.

Aug 19

How a Seat at the Table Helped Me Lose the Wait

Ruth Glendinning

ACTIVISM HEALS

ACTIVISM HEALS I am an experienced epigenticist/environmental wellness activist, and have COVID weight issues. I am doing 10-minute youtube Senior exercises, and diet changes, and I need a project that supports ME and my love of advocacy. I consider myself a spiritual philosopher, too. I have helped many with trauma. …

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Jul 30

Proud?…boys.

How the Gift of Strength Overrides Love, Joy, and Wellbeing HOW DOES ONE BECOME ANTI-SOCIAL AND DESTRUCTIVE TO SELF AND OTHERS? EVEN TO THE POINT OF DEATH? I have long been fascinated by culture. Here is some of my story. What kind of childhood did you have? How much time did your parents help you learn? Perhaps my fascination arose…

Proud Boys

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Jul 16

The Myth of Echo and Narcissus

How to Understand Our Own Power Better: A Mashup of Ancient and New Culture — July 16: Reflecting and Engaging with Power and Humility This post explores how we interact and includes how we have been treated as we engage with the US right-wing, especially with former president trump. I have long felt our inability to reflect on Self and Others in a way that is useful is a great cultural problem. We are…

Mythology

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Jun 19

Agreeing Where the Water Goes: The Enduring Friendship of William Stafford and Robert Bly

Asher Packman

What a Joy to Find You, Asher.

What a Joy to Find You, Asher. So much resonance with your work. I adore STAFFORD and had no idea he and Bly were mates. Long ago I had a Stafford poem regarding "wake me. take me into the night." A librarian helped me re-find it. Now it's gone again. Thanks for all the fingers pointing at the moon in your work. Namaste. Shanti. Shanti. Om.

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What a Joy to Find You, Asher.

So much resonance with your work. I adore STAFFORD and had no idea he and Bly were mates.

Long ago I had a Stafford poem regarding "wake me. take me into the night." A librarian helped me re-find it. Now it's gone again. Thanks for all the fingers pointing at the moon in your work. Namaste. Shanti. Shanti. Om.

Apr 9

The Way to Attract Good People into Your Life: Stop Being Transactional

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Tim Denning

TRANSACTIONAL THINKING: AN IMPORTANT RED FLAG

TRANSACTIONAL THINKING: AN IMPORTANT RED FLAG Bravo, Tim Denning. Your article regarding transactional thinking points to a huge red flag for narcissistic behavior, which seems to be the real plague of our time. While you mention generosity, I might use empathy or the ability to be compassionate with others. Some…

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Sep 13, 2021

Money? Honey! UPDATE 2.

A Mashup of My Life as a Social Justice Advocate, Tree Hugger, and Anti-War Peace-nik and a Resource for YOU dear Friends. Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all. -This newsletter is dedicated…

Economics

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Aug 4, 2021

The Costs of Selling Covid Fear

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James Surowiecki

The Demise of Trusted Research

The Demise of Trusted Research Appreciating greatly The Costs of Selling COVID Fear by James Surowiecki. I actually get stopped in my track by the mention early on of "preprint" research being used by the CDC who above all should know better. …

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Jul 25, 2020

Chaucer and A Good Burger

How a Simple Image that is Juicy can Inspire and Help Writers. As most of those who write here on Medium know, we are a community and generally very kind and supportive of each other. A fellow author/reader Jack Jose encouraged me to share some of my methods for helping…

Food

5 min read

Jul 13, 2020

A Brief Review & Opinion of an Astonishing Book

The Most Coherent Explanation of Microbes and COVID 19 Yet. BACKGROUND: This will be a brief review and opinion of the Kindle edition of “The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance” by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett. Note that I view life metaphorically, spiritually…

Covid 19

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A Brief Review & Opinion of an Astonishing Book

May 14, 2020

Chaos at The Helm: Trump’s Misunderstanding of COVID 19 Testing

He gets tested daily when MASS testing is desperately needed as done in So. Korea. — As usual, everything refers to himself in Trump’s world. Chaos ensues from his confused thinking as it spreads the word virally and hysterically like he is Dr. Trump; he even confuses Fauci in my view. I am intending this to be brief and I hope simple and clear and as…

Covid 19 Crisis

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Chaos at The Helm: Trump’s Misunderstanding of COVID 19 Testing