All posts by: Sheila O'Connor

Be Well and Get your Nutrients

As I was revising this week’s originally planned post, the global spread of the coronavirus accelerated, and it was declared a pandemic. I found myself relieved to be on a...

I wrote a lot of letters in college and that was a good thing

A few years ago my best friend gifted me all the letters that I had written to her since we had started exchanging letters our freshman year in college. I...

Get comfortable being uncomfortable

(4th in series of working towards achieving New Year’s resolutions. This series will be posted the last week of each month as we work our way through 2020 all together.)...

The Days Fly By

When moving last year, I found this poem that I wrote exactly twenty years ago in February 2000. I was expecting our first child at the time. We chose not...

Quick and Easy Vegetable Curry Recipe

Here’s a simple recipe that we like to make when we need a quick tasty meal. The best thing about it is that you can customize it according to whatever...

Just one day at a time

One Day at a Time – What’s your mantra? (3rd in series of working towards achieving New Year’s resolutions. Future additions to this series will be posted the last week...

It starts with a habit…

“We are creatures of habit, and leveraging our habitual tendencies is one of the best ways to develop discipline.”  -Ernest Cadorin, The Arrows of Zen Establishing a new habit or shifting...

New Year, BEST YOU!

Happy New Year! I hope 2020 is off to a good start for you. In July 2018 I wrote a blog post about titled, “How good are you at being...

Adios to a decade; and thank you

It only occurred to me last week that as we come to the end of 2019, we close the entire decade. During December, I tend to get caught up in...

How to navigate food at Holiday Parties

Holiday parties are the best and the worst. They’re the best because it’s fun to get dressed up and have fun together with family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors; and the...

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