by Vania | Choice, Healthy Living, Nature, Purpose
I had been looking forward to a nice hike up in the mountains. We were spending a few days in nature with friends, and the hike up on the tall mountain nearby was high on my wish list. The setting was beautiful and the scenery from the top was breathtaking. We...
by Vania | Healthy Living, Nutrition, Purpose
You have recently been diagnosed with diabetes. Perhaps you knew it was coming. You have several family members with this condition and knew it was a matter of time it would happen to you as well. Perhaps you were experiencing some unusual symptoms lately. You’ve been...
by Vania | Choice, Healthy Living, Purpose
Your default life. Are you living your default life or your intentional life? We are daily faced with thousands of choices and often these choices are made as if we’re traveling on auto-pilot, influenced by society, culture, our upbringing, our beliefs. We live...
by Vania | Books, Healthy Living, Nature, Purpose
One doesn’t have to be a scientist to know that nature has a positive influence on us. Time spent outdoors under the big sky and surrounded by beautiful landscapes, has the ability to nurture our souls in ways that can go deep into who we are. There is healing for...
by Vania | Choice, Healthy Living
5:30 a.m., Sunday. The morning was cool as the sun was casting its first sunrays on top of the trees. The neighborhood was quiet as most people were probably still in bed. But I wasn’t. I put on my tennis shoes and headed outside. With temperatures in the high...
by Vania | Healthy Living, Purpose
Aha moments can be powerful! I recently read a book by Dr. Edith Eger called The Choice. In it Dr. Eger tells her experience as a prisoner in Auschwitz, and the healing journey across the years after her liberation from the concentration camp. One of the things I...
