A Blessed Comfort Day

Oh my, I ‘d love to treat all of you to a day like I just had. As you know, I teach about the power of comfort and how to take time to renew and energize. However, I sometimes forget how wonderful it feels to have a comfort moment or better yet a comfort day. [...]

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Learning Birth Comforts and Joy

“Babies … what a nice way to start people.” Can women enjoy the experience of birthing their baby?  Can a man really help a woman in labor?  Can birth be drug free? As a Childbirth Educator, Doula and Comfort Therapist, I have had the privilege of being at over 200 births. I started to teach [...]

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Mother’s Day Tips

I love being a mom. Having six children, I always get asked if I wanted a big family. I find that question interesting. Like I just woke up one day with a bunch of kids and said, “How in the heck did they get here?! And why are calling me mom!” So no, I can’t [...]

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NICU Comforts

Bringing comfort to preemies is part of the Comfort Silkie mission. I have been involved with birthing mothers and new babies for most of my life. There is no greater joy than to be a part of the wonder of birth and the miracle of new life. The plan is for babies to have nine [...]

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Comfort in Difficult Times

“If you take the stones from the stream, you ruin its song.” I have found great comfort in those words. I prefer life when it is easy and all is going  just  fine . . . I think I experienced that once  … and I really liked it.  Life, however, can take us through some difficult times [...]

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Flu Comforts

What you have been comforted with, you can comfort others. I just went through 7 days of the flu . . . so now I will comfort you. If you do not have the flu or do not plan on getting the flu, think of reading these tips for someone you know who is sick. [...]

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Where is the Love?

Valentine’s Day is Cominggggggg I gave this cookie to my surfer husband today. Valentine’s Day is not for two more days. But hey, gotta set the mood. I hope the surfer and I are feeling in love on Valentines Day. Other wise … I will have to fake it. Anyone who is in love or has been in [...]

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New Year Expectations

Beginnings and endings all happen in January. I always begin the year with new ideas and agendas. It feels so comforting to have a whole year full of time ahead of me. Well, it is almost the end of January … this is when the wheels begin to fall off of many of my creative ideas for the [...]

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New Year Weight Loss Idea

New Year weight loss idea and more … I am so sick of reading and hearing about how to lose those last 10 – 20 pounds. You get a load of ideas in January on this subject. Everyone has actually enjoyed eating over the Holidays. So we tend to pack on a few extra pounds. I like to [...]

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Blame Your Mess on Physics

Definition: Entropy is the quantitative measure of disorder in a system. I just love the word ENTROPHY. Say it with me . . . e-n-t-r-o-p-y. It sounds comforting. Try this: say it with a little sing-song sound to it eennntttrrropppy. Now try shouting it ENTROPYYYY – doesn’t that feel good? Ok, again louder. Now give me [...]

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