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Misogyny--Alive And (Never) Well?

By Kate Loving Shenk · 16 years ago

Gender and race in Politics: Is it real? Is it important? Is it a distraction? Is it a way to divide and separate people from important discourse and meaningful discussion? Or when someone blurts out ...

Happiness And Your Thoughts

By Kate Loving Shenk · 16 years ago

Happiness: the elusive life ingredient we all seek and only find when letting go of the need to have it. The need to be happy versus the act of being happy in the moment is ...

Fun Is A State Of Mind

By Kate Loving Shenk · 16 years ago

I was recently drawn to the book: "Merv: Making the Good Life Last." Aside from the fact that Merv Griffin was a business genius, as one of my Second Life friends recently pointed out, I ...

Confessions of a Loyal Blog_a_holic

By Kate Loving Shenk · 16 years ago

My name is Kate Loving Shenk and I am a Blog-a-holic. Blog-a-holism can be defined as when you have 4 or more blogs you religiously add content to. I presently have 11 blogs. I think ...

Pennsylvania's Single Payer Health Care Bill

By Kate Loving Shenk · 16 years ago

Pennsylvania is in a unique position. She has a Single Payer Health Care Bill, HB 1660, that has a great chance to eventually pass in the House. Of all the State sponsored bills, this one ...

The Consequences of Unexamined Thoughts

By Kate Loving Shenk · 16 years ago

Recently, I decided to meditate on a situation that happened 34 years ago, where I had so far failed to forgive a person who killed 8 of my dogs. I practiced the ancient Hawaiian healing ...

Freedom Is In The Mind

By Kate Loving Shenk · 16 years ago

I am sitting with my deep blue Irises on this perfect spring morning and I inwardly chant: Thank you, I love you dear Irises for showing me the meaning of beauty and transcendence here on ...

A Personal V-Day Monologue

By Kate Loving Shenk · 17 years ago

I recently watched the creator of the Vagina Monologues, Eva Ensler, on an internet broadcast. I was immediately inspired to celebrate my 20 year anniversary as a Woman's Health Nurse Practitioner. I can't even begin ...

The Achievement Mindset

By Kate Loving Shenk · 17 years ago

Recently, after going to an on-line business building "bootcamp," I made some interesting observations when I returned to the work-a-day world, where the time clock and hard work "by the sweat of your brow," sent ...

Transforming The Beliefs That Strangle Us

By Kate Loving Shenk · 17 years ago

"Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs." Dr. Maxwell Maltz 1899-1975, Author "We ...

Your Greatest Compliment

By Kate Loving Shenk · 17 years ago

Women are twice as likely as men to get depressed. Nurses as a group, still mostly a women's profession, internalize their feelings, their ability to express themselves and their ability to support one another. From ...

The Secret

By Kate Loving Shenk · 17 years ago

We went to a New Age Church on Sunday with the intention to watch the movie: The Secret. But the equipment wouldn't cooperate. So our friend and minister gave us the DVD to take home ...