by Dalinda Reese | Mar 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Fear is a powerful emotion! Rightly so! It is intrinsically linked to our basic survival instinct. In nanoseconds (far faster than we can think about anything), fear can catapult our nervous systems into a full blown “fight, flight, freeze, or all-out faint”...
by Dalinda Reese | Jan 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
(January 25, 2022 — A reflection on well-being within the ongoing challenges of our times.) We have forgotten. We once seemed to know the importance of social determinants of health (food security, shelter security, loving human connections and community, access...
by Dalinda Reese | May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
(Written May 2020, this is a reflection several months into the by-now-global covid-19 crisis.) A clerical error twelve years ago included me in an email invitation to join a two year Lev Shomea (Heart Listening) spiritual direction training program…. The timing was...
by Dalinda Reese | Feb 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
(Written in February 2020, this is a reflection during the initial phases of the evolving covid-19 situation.) This pandemic is not the first, nor is it likely the last, to threaten the survival of the human species. Throughout history, humanity has faced natural...
by Dalinda Reese | Dec 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
(Written in December 2019, this winter reflection preceded the covid-19 awareness and impact in the US by several months.) Pause? A look at the “Power of Paws” might be more interesting. There are studies that examine the association between pet ownership and health....
