Wholesome Reflections 2/5

Sep 13, 20223 min read

Fasten Your Seat Belts

If we’re always busy fastening the seat belts of others, it’s easy to forget to put on our own belts before the turbulence of life...

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Eliza Bailstein

Sep 6, 20222 min read

Tuning In

What frequency are you tuned to? The harsh rhythms and deafening static amplified in our world can get overwhelming. It can leave us so...

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Eliza Bailstein

Aug 31, 20222 min read

Making Friends

Making friends with all the versions of ourselves can be tough. I imagine we all like the joyful, confident, relaxed versions of...

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Eliza Bailstein

Aug 22, 20222 min read

Choose Your Own Adventure

Life reads like the ultimate choose your own adventure book. There are so many pages to turn down and many of them are just as riveting...

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Eliza Bailstein

Aug 6, 20222 min read

Anti Anti-Aging

I must pass over a dozen “anti-aging” clinics on a typical ride through town. Must we be sliced open, pricked with poison, filled with...

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Eliza Bailstein

Jul 27, 20222 min read

Catching Feelings

I’m not great at gauging coolness as I’ve never been particularly cool myself. But I find it disturbing that it’s become “cool” to date...

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Eliza Bailstein

Jul 19, 20222 min read

What Are You Waiting For?

How many important conversations have you put off for just the right time? What have you been waiting for? For the other person to bring...

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Eliza Bailstein

Jul 5, 20222 min read

Liberty and Justice for All

It seems strange to celebrate Independence Day when liberties are actively being stripped and denied in this country. But I am a fervent...

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Eliza Bailstein

Jun 28, 20222 min read

Alone in a Crowd

Have you ever felt alone in a crowded place? I certainly have and I've spoken to many who experience it frequently. Sometimes pushing...

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Eliza Bailstein

Jun 21, 20222 min read

Summer Solstice Salutation

The summer solstice— such a de-LIGHTFUL time of year. As we look around, everything seems to be abuzz. The flora and the fauna are out in...

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Eliza Bailstein

Jun 14, 20222 min read

As long as our brains can still think and our Hearts can still beat...

We are equal and all are deserving of respect, love, and to freely, peacefully, healthily live and prosper. For a person or whole group...

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Eliza Bailstein

Jun 7, 20222 min read

The Great Escape

Must we toil - grind - hustle our way through life or feel guilty and ashamed when we resist that mindset? What if life isn’t about...

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Eliza Bailstein

May 30, 20221 min read

A Day to Remember

Memorial Day isn't just a day off work to go to the beach and drink. But what are we remembering? Perhaps that… 1 and 4 homeless...

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Eliza Bailstein

May 25, 20222 min read

The Spinach in Our Teeth

Sometimes when we gaze in our inner mirror, the reflection isn’t pretty. There are things that others see in us that we don’t see in...

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Eliza Bailstein

Feb 4, 20226 min read

Gentle Man Clubs

Many men have been bamboozled into believing the only value they bring to this world is measured by their ability to attain material...

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Eliza Bailstein

Jan 28, 20222 min read

I Approve

Social anxiety has been along for the ride with me for so long that I just assumed that it was just another fact of who I am-- I’m...

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Eliza Bailstein

Jan 21, 20222 min read

Free Spirits

Whenever I hear someone label me or another a “free spirit”, I always wonder— does that mean they consider most spirits imprisoned? My...

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Eliza Bailstein

Jan 11, 20221 min read

A Friendly Reminder

In case you forgot-- you bring value to every space you occupy. Your energy. Your wit. Your thoughts. Your smiles. Your voice. Your...

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Eliza Bailstein

Jan 7, 20221 min read

It's OK not to be OK

Not everything’s going to be okay all the time. And that's OKAY. In life there is misery, suffering, confusion— sometimes those moments...

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Eliza Bailstein

Dec 30, 20214 min read

New Year, New Me?

We hear, “New year, new me!” But is that how it works? A new year, a new town, new job, new friends—these new circumstances can certainly...

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