Dr. Paul Hokemeyer is the author of one of favorite features: Shrink Rap, which focuses on hot-button physical, mental and emotional health challenges that influence pop culture. The formula is simple: Paul writes a post on a subject of interest and then we get...
It’s ski season and the lifts are open -- but only Lift Four, Lift Five and Lift Six to See Forever. What’s a ski bum to do with only a few groomers to cruise on? The way I see it is you have two choices: 1)...
Bobbi Brown is a part-time Telluride local and an international brand name. Twenty years ago, in 1991, with the launch of Bobbi Brown Essentials, she changed the face of the makeup industry and established her groundbreaking credo: "Women want to look and feel like themselves,...
December 1 to 8, 2011 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars and Saturn Evening: Venus and Jupiter December is here and it’s the last month of 2011. The Sagittarius sun-time is upon us. It’s time to pull out the stops and surrender to the spirit of giving....
Everyone is talking vitamins. Should we? Shouldn't we? Recently NPR ran a story on this subject– you can check it out here – revealing some staggering data. Dr. Kent Gaylord of the Telluride Medical Center talks about two new studies that reveal vitamins not only help you,...
I always enjoy posting Ted Hoff's videos from Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel. Ted's way of being with dogs is apparent in the videos he shoots, and they are always informative and fun. Sometimes there is a submission that is just too much fun to post only...
My spin on Internet Dating: a mixed blessing Over the last decade, we’ve seen an explosion in Internet dating sites. Today, rather than going into the world to find a romantic partner, we sit alone in front a computer and shop for the man or woman...
Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel sends us at Telluride Inside...
As Mother Nature continues to paint the Opus Magnus of her year, I find myself experiencing perpetual feelings of humility, gratitude and grace. Colors blaze as light ignites the landscape and snow-capped peaks rise up to meet the brilliant blue of Colorado’s autumn skies. It’s spirit-touching and soul-moving, stunning and inspirational, to say the least. The magnificence of seasonal cycles and the mysteries of life and death, birth and rebirth will forever intrigue and seduce us. And the metamorphic month of October is the time when the Libra/Scorpio magic is in full force. Why not surrender to its power and transform?
Good luck and may the beauty of Libra and passion of Scorpio of be with you!
The pressure surrounding motherhood in the 21st Century is extraordinary. Everywhere we turn there’s an expert (yes, including me) telling mothers how to do it “right” and “better.” And while this wealth of information is incredibly valuable, it also sets an impossible standard for the person in charge: mothers. In addition, lofty standards mothers feed the cancer of destructive coping mechanisms, the most common of which is drug and alcohol abuse.
Although we’ve made great strides in the field of addiction by de-stigmatizing substance abuse, society continues to maintain stereotypes and myths regarding what an alcoholic/addict looks and acts like. High on that list is the perception that people who abuse substances live substandard lives. In my experience working as a marriage and family therapist with high functioning and successful families at the Caron Treatment Centers in Manhattan, I’ve found nothing could be further from the truth.
