the Anywhere Clinic

Over lunch yesterday, someone was talking about the patron saint of the mentally disabled, St Dymphna, who started the tradition of families taking in a mentally ill person instead of gathering them all in a single institutionalized asylum that is still practiced in Geel, Belgium today. He said that the average stay was 21 years, where the 'patient' really becomes part of the host family and requires much less intervention than those in standard psychiatric care who are institu...

"I want to know how much of your life you spend just giving
and if you love yourself enough to also receive sometimes?"

~Andrea Gibson

My daily self-care routines are fraying, a bit. Yesterday I poured myself hot water with lemon after taking my basal body temperature for my BBT chart on FertilityFriend.com (tracking BB...

I have been starting my day with a large goblet of hot water with lemon. According to my meditation teacher, drinking extra water helps us digest our feelings. Tea is fine, but coffee doesn't do it. (According to my friend who is studying to be a chiropractor, the ideal amount of coffee to consume is 0-1 cups per day. I'm talking about American mugs here, no more than 12 oz. But coffee really ought to have its own post. Back to hot water and lemon.)