Thomas Ramey Watson

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A Growing Movement Of ‘Death Doulas’ Is Rethinking How We Die

“All I can tell you is that from where I have sat there has been a calmness and a sense that I want to be nowhere else but by that person’s side,” Levine said in an interview with HuffPost. Levine is part of a growing movement of nurses, social workers and volunteers who are pushing …

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The Invaluable Lessons Of ‘Watership Down,’ A Dark Classic

“Readers like to be upset, excited and bowled over,” Adams continued in his 2015 interview with The Guardian, remembering his early literary preferences. “I can remember weeping when I was little at upsetting things that were read to me, but fortunately my mother and father were wise enough to keep going.” Of course, not all …

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The Advice Marriage Therapists Give Couples Who’ve Fallen Out Of Love

Therapists often see couples facing a very real dilemma: After years and years together, one or both partners no longer feel as “in love” as they were before. Is it possible to fall back in love? Absolutely, but it takes time and effort from both spouses. Below, marriage therapists offer a short list of advice …

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Different Diseases Have Different Smells

Certain ailments give off signature scents, whether it’s the baked-bread odor of typhoid or the meaty smell of yellow fever. When it’s progressed far enough, melanoma is said to give off the smell of gasoline, whereas trimethylaminuria (a disorder in which the body can’t break down the compound trimethylamine) causes the unfortunate symptom of body …

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“We’re still part of the whole, the web of life, of all that is–God, if you like.”

Yesterday I had another of my unusual encounters with an animal. More important than anything in life is my experience with the soul realm. When such things happen, I always feel wiser, stronger, better centered in ultimate Reality. I attended a monthly Reiki Shares session at the Samadhi Yoga Center on East Colfax in Denver. …

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