Cosmology of Health Part 2 – The How-Tos

July 19, 2021

As part of my long-ago graduate studies, the following was written years before the Covid pandemic hit. Upon recently re-reading it, I was struck by how recent events cast a new light on these ideas, and I thought I’d share.  This is the 2nd installment. “Cosmology of Health Part 2” delves into some of the … Read More

Cosmology of Health

July 6, 2021

As part of my long-ago graduate studies, the following was written years before the Covid pandemic hit. Upon recently re-reading it I was struck by how recent events cast a new light on these ideas, and I thought I’d share. Health, or the supposed lack thereof, has been an on-going thread in the tapestry of … Read More

What is a Shaman?

April 26, 2021

I get asked this quite a bit. Who better to answer this question than the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS), where I studied. I offer this information now because remembering such fundamental and powerful ways of perceiving and healing is helpful in these transitional and transformative times. From the FSS Spring/Winter/Spring 2021 newsletter: FSS POLESTAR: … Read More

Women Save the World?

March 1, 2021

March is Women’s History Month, and March 8 has been designated “International Women’s Day.”  So in the spirit, I offer the following thoughts: In 2009, at the Peace Conference in Canada, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said, “The world will be saved by the Western Woman.” Yep. He actually said that, or at least that … Read More

The Smithsonian, the Inventors’ Hall of Fame & Me

February 22, 2021

Being asked to go to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to tell them about myself and about inventing the very first sports bra back in 1977 was a humbling moment.  Actually many humbling moments. Many moments because we took time during that trip to D.C. to also visit the National Inventors Hall of … Read More