I’m convinced that one of the things I’m to learn in this lifetime is how to discern what is mine to do while leaving the rest to Spirit. I’ve found it to be quite a balancing act at times: taking appropriate action, without shouldering what feels like the weight of the world. The traditional American […]
Author: Joanne Deck
Sane Sex May Resonate with Teens After All
When I write about sane sex, it’s always with adults in mind; the life-creating potential of sex renders it strictly adult behavior. So when people ask me if my book is appropriate for their high-school son or daughter, I hesitate. Although I would certainly rather see high schoolers practicing sane sex rather than any other […]
Obesity is Costly and Getting Costlier
Eighteen months ago, I wrote about the high cost of being overweight or obese. George Washington University researchers had estimated the cost of being overweight for women as $524 annually and for men as $432. (While overweight and obese women earn less than those at a healthy weight, men are not disadvantaged this way.) Their […]
Knowing What We Have
Have you heard it said that those who have much will receive more and those who have little will lose the little they have? What’s up with that? For years I’ve heard this story about three men receiving talents (or money) – one got ten, another five, and the third one. The first two invested […]
How Do You Wish to Be Treated?
I recently thumbed through a journal I kept during my dating days and found a letter I’d written. It was an exercise I’d done where I imagined how a letter from the love of my life would have read. There were several purposes to the activity, one of which was to put on paper how […]
Must You Exercise?
In a word, yes. If you want to be healthy, you really must exercise. You may manage to be disease free, but you cannot be truly healthy – experiencing physical, mental and emotional soundness, vitality, and proper functioning – without it. While there are many, many reasons why exercise is essential, let’s consider just this […]
Aligning Giving and Receiving
Because giving and receiving are two sides of the same coin, there is a natural alignment that occurs between giving and receiving. Givers receive the joy of having helped another person and receivers give the giver the opportunity to be blessed by giving. So how do these get out of alignment? One way is when […]
Achieving Alignment with the Sane Sex Model
What prompted me to write my book was the frequent dialogue I had with singles while I was dating. I found many to be confused, discouraged, demoralized, and occasionally embarrassed. These feelings were the result of being out of alignment, primarily because they had been following Today’s Dating Model. You may recall that with Today’s […]
Alignment Enhances Wellness
“Alignment” is our theme for the week and the definition is: the correct position or positioning of different components with respect to each other or something else, so that they perform properly. When it comes to wellness, the concept applies to many things. Consider eating and activity. When calorie intake equals calorie expenditure, there is […]
Receiving Abundant Supply
While I write often about those who resist receiving, there are many people who are trying desperately to receive what they want and/or need. Almost everyone I know would like to receive more money than they have, and many of them need it to cover their basic living expenses. Because I frequently get requests for […]