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Meryl Gwinn

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Conscious Living: Absence Breeds Mindfulness

Small, thoughtful changes can make all the difference By Meryl Gwinn Recent rains have brought some much-needed relief from our epic drought. They also posed…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Conscious Living: A Memoir in Automobiles

Guest Opinion: Musings of times spent driving prompts rethinking of priorities By Meryl Gwinn Cars have been on my mind. Other than natural health things,…

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Conscious Living: Making Universal Resolutions

 2014: A year of scientific discovery and small-scale farming Guest Opinion: by Meryl  Gwinn January can be high pressure. While we resolve to get our…

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Concious Living: Feeding Your People

Guest Opinion: Keeping your table community-centric throughout the year “And the tree was happy.” —Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree By Meryl Gwinn It’s a particularly…

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Conscious Living: Seasonal Food for Thought

Sweater weather is here, slow down, connect, enjoy By Meryl Gwinn November is a month for slowing down, sweatering up and applying ChapStick relentlessly. At first,…

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Conscious Living: Ecology Center Inspires Positive Environmental Change

By Meryl Gwinn Tucked inside the agricultural corner of San Juan Capistrano, the antique Victorian-homestead headquarters of the Ecology Center blends quietly with the backdrop…

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Conscious Living: Finding Wisdom in the Mundane

Even the most tedious everyday tasks can hold powerful lessons if we choose to learn from them By Meryl Gwinn Recently I was struck with…

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Conscious Living: Summertime DIY

By Meryl Gwinn Making your own stuff is really groovy. As a “do-it-yourselfer,” one-third of it is about getting creative, one-third is about rebelling against…

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Conscious Living: A Call to Action and to Oranges

By Meryl Gwinn I’d like to introduce my new wellness column fashioned for a time that is harnessing a shift toward a more—forgive me if…

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