On A Limb with Claudia

It’s the time of year when Holiday gift lists begin to pile up and everyone feels a strain on their wallet. It is very stressful.
Did you know that feeling poor can actually impact your longevity? Check out this Scientific American article: Scientific American: Sick of Poverty [ PUBLIC HEALTH ] This [...]

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Have you read Po Bronson before? Our friend Steven gave us a copy of
What should I do with my life? as a way to explain his experience of the world. It’s a fascinating mix of stories about life and one of our favorites here at the Open Grove.
The Freakonomics blog announced Po [...]

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This comes from Carla Wills Brandon:

News Report out of the Galveston Daily News last week (November 2005) from the AP
Otherworldly Benefits
Des Moines, Iowa
Here’s an out-of-this-world reason you can’t be denied unemployment benefits in Des Moines, seeing ghosts on the job.
This issue ended up in court when security guard Wade Gallegos alerted his supervisor at Neighborhood [...]

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You saw the hair… and the flying spaghetti monster… then it’s been fairly quiet here. Don’t fret! We haven’t run away. We have been working on some of the backbone of the site, which we hope to unveil in the coming months.
I mean really, don’t you hate the archives section? [...]

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Here’s a Monday distraction for you! Have you heard of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM)? Bobby Henderson was between jobs after graduating from college. He decided to write the Kansas State Board of Education to discuss intelligent design and his idea that the world was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
In [...]

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I started my sabbatical from my private psychotherapy practice on November 1, 2005. I wanted to significantly mark the occasion so decided to shave my head. Using a #1 comb, my husband cut off all of my hair.
And now it’s all gone. Here’s the pictures:

12 days later, it’s grown out quite [...]

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Now that I have more time, I have noticed some odd things. My next door neighbors push their leaves into the street rather than taking them to be composted. Our dog likes tuna fish but not with miracle whip mixed in. And oddly, British and Canadian people say “zed” instead of “zee”. [...]

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Well… I guess the inner slacker has been released. Actually we were a bit over confident in our capacity to get everything unpacked and settled. We are postponing the release of our next audio magazine - Choices - until next week to give us some time to present something really interesting.
We apologize for [...]

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Yesterday, November 1 2005, I began a year long sabbatical from my psychotherapy practice. 365 long days without emergency phone calls, deep inspirational conversations, intense growth spurts, and intimate looks into strangers lives. For the last 11 years, my life has existed on the 50 minute hour. 50 minutes of intense intimacy [...]

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We spent most of the weekend moving our offices. It’s amazing how much you can pack into such a small space. I sit here with boxes piled around me. It’s going to be a while before we sort this out.
Speaking of sorting things out - have you ever heard of anguish languish? [...]

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