Menstrual cycle kits empower women around the world

Menstrual cycle kits empower women around the world by Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on January 31, 2017 It’s about the pads and tampons, the stuff women need when the blood comes out of their “wherevers.” But not everyone has access to feminine hygiene...

Know Thyself through crystals

Know Thyself through crystals by Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on January 24, 2017 Shimmering beauties surrounded me, and a decision was impossible. Quartz, Selenite, Obsidian piled on tables in a dazzling color spectacle at Infinite Stones, Fort Myers. ...

Stepping out after a knee replacement

Stepping out after knee replacement surgery By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on January 10, 2017 After his knee replacement surgery, doctors and nurses called Gary Granza “Yoga Guy.” Medical professionals huddled in his hospital room doorway and watched...

Meditative tools for taking control of your day

Taking control of the day in three steps By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on January 3, 2017 Some days don’t begin.  They launch. Are you moving through the hours with deliberate intention, committed to purpose, or are the hours smacking you around? Don’t...

Interbeing and what defines a spiritual experience

What defines a ‘spiritual’ experience? By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on December 27, 2016 It was either an out-of-body experience or an inner-body experience.  I can’t decide. It happened during an afternoon meditation while I lay on my back.  Blue and...

Angels, coincidences and magical thinking

Coincidences and magical thinking By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on November 21, 2017 When I raced a marathon in September, I hid a plastic bag of my dead friend’s ashes in my sleeve. Around mile three, I sprinkled a handful of her on the wet pavement. ...

Rethink the TMI

Rethink the TMI By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on November 14, 2017  There is such a thing as oversharing. The combination of our celebrity fixation with our social media crutch makes Citizenfour’s observation so apt: What we used to call freedom, we now...

Twenty tips for letting go

Twenty tips for letting go By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on October 31, 2016 If I’m angry, it’s not advisable for anyone to say,” Just let it go.” I’ll let go when I’m ready even though I’m always ready. The challenge is how. Twenty Tips for Letting Go...