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Sara S. Nichols

The Conscious Reality Show with Sara Stevens Nichols has launched

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I launched a webcast last week and barely told you about it. It's what the restaurants call a "soft opening," so I shouldn't publicize it further until we're ready for the hoards to watch. But in some quarters, posting on snicholsblog doesn't yet … [Read more...] about The Conscious Reality Show with Sara Stevens Nichols has launched

Do you Vote in California? Register to Attend Our California Ballot Measure Forum Tuesday, October 15th

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On Tuesday, October 15 at 7pm Pacific Time (natch), my husband Bill Magavern* & I will convene our 2024 California Ballot Measure Forum on Zoom. The focus will be entirely on ballot measures, predominantly the Ten statewide propositions. No … [Read more...] about Do you Vote in California? Register to Attend Our California Ballot Measure Forum Tuesday, October 15th

Try My New Spot-Check Inventory: How Much Do You Know about Your Body, Food & Healing?

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Spot-Check Inventory: How Much Do You Know about Your Body, Food & Healing? How much do we really know about what best serves our bodies? what food is ours to eat? and what healers to consult and when to believe them? To find out … [Read more...] about Try My New Spot-Check Inventory: How Much Do You Know about Your Body, Food & Healing?

Is Thinking the Same as Knowing?

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Since I'm writing a book on how to know what you know, I thought I'd treat you to some thoughts about what is knowing, and what is not. In Western culture, many human survival strategies masquerade as knowing. Today I'm starting a limited series to … [Read more...] about Is Thinking the Same as Knowing?

While the candidates focus on Fear & Joy in the November Elections, My Focus is Faith (what’s yours?)

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Let's not mince words: Each of the presidential candidates is focused on a particular quality in the 2024 election: Republican Candidate for President, former President Donald Trump is focused on fear. Democratic Candidate for President, … [Read more...] about While the candidates focus on Fear & Joy in the November Elections, My Focus is Faith (what’s yours?)

Are you a Chef or a Jeff? Spiritual Lessons of The Bear

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My husband and I just finished binging the third season of The Bear on Hulu.* The story of a highly dysfunctional family (you discover just how dysfunctional over the course of the series) trying to run a restaurant is, as all critics will and … [Read more...] about Are you a Chef or a Jeff? Spiritual Lessons of The Bear

Pay Attention to Coincidence

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As the grandchild of a Jungian, I was raised on "synchronicity"--the Jungian term for paying attention to coincidence. My grandmother, Sally Stevens Nichols, author of Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey, lived by it, and my mother definitely … [Read more...] about Pay Attention to Coincidence

real love and republicans

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as a minister and someone who believes strongly in the power of love, i pay attention when i don’t love. that could be outright hate; it could just be a whole lot of judgment. or it could be just that i feel distant and separate from a group or … [Read more...] about real love and republicans

five snouts up for ramy – who knew god was so funny?

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(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) this series, a hulu original, starts out fresh, funny and fairly light and by the end of the third season is fresh, funny, dark and deep. i lived many decades of my white middle-aged american existence without seeing any depiction of … [Read more...] about five snouts up for ramy – who knew god was so funny?

e bikes, knees and pure joy

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riding my e-bike, especially living in downtown sacramento’s flat easy-to-navigate grid with increasing bike paths, combines relatively easy transportation with knee rehab, actual exercise and pure joy.  i’ve had a high end e-bike for years. i … [Read more...] about e bikes, knees and pure joy