Beautiful Healthy Skin: Love the Skin You’re In

Every woman wants beautiful healthy skin: ageless, flawless, radiant skin to perfection. Is great skin something we are all born with, or does it like everything else in life, require work? There are some who seem to have flawless skin with very…

A Metaphysical Moment: Canyon River Spa

When Canyon River Spa was destroyed by fire in January 2010, Heather Ripplinger’s vision of a holistic and proactive full service spa did not go up in smoke with it. “Everything was destroyed. Only a few things were salvaged such as the copper…

Is a Dollar Really Worth a Dollar?

What’s a dollar worth? This question constantly comes up on my weekly radio show. A question that prompts several answers, all accurate, depending on your point of view. The dollar is worth less but it’s also worth more than it used to be…

Sex and Intimacy During The Cancer Journey

Cancer is hard. Everybody knows that the journey is long and at times can be treacherous. There are many treatment decisions that are made to help people survive the disease but there are also side effects from the life saving treatment. The list can…

Keep Connected

Isn’t there a book with a title something like “I Learned Everything I Needed To Know in Kindergarten?” Well, sometimes it seems we haven’t progressed too far from that point of innocence and discovery. I was reminded of this by several…

Handling Holiday Grief

With the winter holidays around the corner, those new to loss and grief may find the anticipation and isolation building up to them can be debilitating and confusing. The expectations may feel overwhelming, but the message of hope is this: you have…