This utterly charming elephant is Ganesha, one of the best known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu religion. Why? Because Ganesha is the remover of obstacles. I just discovered that Ganesha is also known as the patron of letters and learning during writing sessions! After all these years of being so enchanted with his mirthful face, luscious rolls of flesh, and infinitely expressive hands, he’s the patron of writing sessions, too? I knew that invoking the spirit of Gan

If you get caught in the anxiety of overwhelming thoughts more often than you like, you are not alone. In fact, you and 40 million other Americans share this problem. And it IS a problem. These are some of the symptoms: - You go through life feeling more and more stretched. - You wonder how you’ll get everything done. - You feel disconnected from the purpose you feel you should be living. - You constantly relive old hurts. - You suffer from insomnia. - You spend far more time

I was recently the giddy recipient of a fun little book of haikus. It came in this fabulous bag, which is gift-worthy in itself. But who knew the hip, young company that sells eyeglasses would also have created the delightful collection of haikus that brought such warmth to me on a cold winter morning? (Many thanks to my friend, Dr. Dave Johnson, for knowing how much I’d love the book AND the bag!) The first thing I read was the introduction to the book, which says, in part:

the noise in our heads like traffic in india congested chaos Do you ever get trapped in head traffic? If you're a 21st century adult, I'm guessing you probably do. It’s hard not to, actually, when life feels like a race to do it all, be it all, cram it all into living at the speed of light. If we were computers, that might not be a problem. But we’re not. We have bodies, hearts and spirits that get left behind in that madness. And they don't like being ignored. Thus, the head