After a fruitful holiday season, BLISS Studio owner and award-winning artist Kelly Grace Field is embracing the introspective pull of deep winter with a special reopening on Saturday, Jan. 24, from noon to 4pm. The event, “A Makeover of BLISS”, will feature the studio’s new healing arts space, Field’s latest artwork, a New Year sale, […]
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Breast cancer and the trapeze of self-empowerment
How a people-pleaser became a Tough Twinkie Guest opinion by Shea Courtney October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I’d like to honor the recovering people-pleasers — like myself, who apologize to furniture after bumping into it (only after swearing for stubbing a toe). The statistic still stuns me: 1 in 8 women in the […]
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Gathering for balance, healing and respect
Breathing in the fresh mountain air, Will Evans of Carbondale sat with reverence by the rushing waters of the Crystal River. In a quiet state, he became entranced by the intensity of the river’s movement as it cascaded down from the mountains to the valley we call home. At that moment, he realized how society […]
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Current Ritual brings holistic health to the light
Kat McAfee, founder and owner of Current Ritual, is not your average occupational therapist. With over 12 years of experience working in various healthcare settings from the newborn intensive care unit to hospice, McAfee knew she was ready to break away from the mainstream healthcare model to offer her clients a different approach; an approach […]
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Are our relationships at a healing junction?
A junction point is a meeting place where trails converge. In modern times we may think of an intersection where two streets or highways cross. Our world is much more than street intersections. Our world is a beautiful web of life-sustaining junction points. Originally, our ancestors were in direct relationship with the land and water […]
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Overcoming long-hauler symptoms
I’m back. Did you miss me? I’ve been laying low recovering from long-haul COVID and certainly lacking any creative mojo. I read my last column in quarantine, while eating soup I could not taste or smell, extremely anxious about being sick with the virus. I suppose I had every reason to be worried as this […]