It’s time to update your summer reading list with more must read books!

It’s been almost a year since I wrote the last “must read book list,” and a bunch of you readers responded by including must-read books of your own. I present you another compilation based on reader suggestions – and some of my own personal favorites.

Beyond Fossil Fools: The Roadmap to Energy Independence by 2040 by Joseph M. Shuster

If you’re on the fence about peak …

Tags: best books , books , change , holistic , list , paradigm shifting , peak oil , Voluntary Creative Simplicity

2 Comments |

Link to this post |

|

Bookmark

Donna Karan, whom many know as the famously successful clothing designer, has gone far above and beyond her call to duty.

Karan recently donated almost $1 million to Beth Israel Medical Center in New York for a Zen center that will provide holistic healing therapies to cancer patients, USA Today reports.

Her “Urban Zen Initiative” being piloted in Beth Israel Medical Center will feature therapists and caregivers’ integration of yoga poses and breathing techniques taught to cancer patients to ease the pain and anxiety that so often come with …

Tags: Beth Israel Medical Center , Donna Karan , holistic , Urban Zen Foundation

1 Comment |

Link to this post |

|

Bookmark

Uh oh. You feel that little tickle in the back of your throat. You want to deny it. It’s nothing, really, it’ll go away after a cup of tea. But it doesn’t. By the end of the day you have to admit, you’ve got a full-on, hurts-to-swallow sore throat.

Don’t rush for the antibiotics just yet; most sore throats are caused by the flu or common cold, which are viruses and won’t respond to antibiotics. Sometimes your sore throat might simply be a symptom of mouth breathing, sudden changes in the weather …

Tags: health , holistic , medicine , natural , remedy

3 Comments |

Link to this post |

|

Bookmark

Do you remember how you first found out about sex? Not just how babies are made, but the…ins and outs, so to speak? For most of us, our first introduction to sex as more than just a reproductive act probably came from chatter with friends, a copy of Playboy or racy scenes in your aunt’s secret stash of adult novels. All of this titillation with no adult guidance whatsoever.

Abstinence-only education doesn’t work, and neither does fear-mongering with frightening statistics while kids inevitably experiment in back seats, figuring out …

Tags: alternative , education , health , holistic , parenting , sex

1 Comment |

Link to this post |

|

Bookmark

Accidentally shot at the age of 9 and paralyzed from the waist down, Chanda Hinton didn’t let her disabilities stop her from participating in activities with friends throughout her school years. But in college, she began to experience chronic pain. The best her physician could do was prescribe narcotic painkillers, which only caused Chanda depression, severe weight loss and substance dependence.

Through the advice of her sister, Chanda tried alternative therapies such as acupuncture, massage and dietary changes. She regained her weight and health and her self-esteem improved dramatically. Her …

Tags: alternative , good cause , healing , health , holistic , personal improvement

Add Comment |

Link to this post |

|

Bookmark