by Norma Thatcher | Oct 23, 2018 | Healthy Living, Thought provoking
Raise your hand if you’ve consciously thought about breathing over the last 24 hours. Unless you have a breathing issue or have recently participated in yoga, Pilates, or mediation, you likely may not have given your breathing a single thought. We take breathing for...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 6, 2018 | Healthy Living, Inspirational
When my niece Jen was expecting her first baby eight years ago, I sent her a card that included my list of “Ten Things I Meant To Tell You About Having a Baby.” Yes, I realize we’re not in the “little house on the prairie” way of life where one woman actually NEEDS to...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 3, 2018 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Spiritual
When someone we know has broken her arm, we send an optimistic get-well card that conveys our good wishes for quick and complete bone mending. If a friend has the flu, we commiserate and say we hope he feels better soon. But what do we offer up when we learn someone...
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 8, 2018 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Thought provoking
You read last Tuesday’s article, right? If not, read it here now because it ties into today’s post. Go ahead. We’ll wait for you to catch up. Raise your hand when you’re ready to move on. OK just admit it. You were highly impressed not only by Capt. Sullenberger’s...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 28, 2018 | Healthy Living, Thought provoking
My last post pointed out that in 2017 the pharmaceutical industry spent six billion dollars on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. It turns out that’s just a quarter of what that industry spent in marketing those same drugs to the healthcare...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 26, 2018 | Healthy Living, Thought provoking
Advertising…from pop-up ads online to glossy double-page spreads in magazines to television commercials—we can’t seem to escape the constant barrage of companies trying to sell us stuff. In 2017 companies spent 206 billion dollars on advertising in our country. So...
