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Field Notes – Spring 2013

May 13, 2013

Greetings from the field, the neighbor’s field, Cliffside Golf Course, the Great Miami River, and Fulton’s Farm. We received our new herd of young heifers this week, and it appears that this group of young ladies aren’t as excited about Harmony Farm as the last group. Or maybe it’s what I always believe; when you [...]

What We Can Learn from the Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Have you ever wondered what advice the dying might give us about how to live a happy life? Bronnie Ware thought about it, and has written a collection of stories on the topic. Bronnie is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives.

Throttle Through Those Fears

My 9 year old son is a dirt bike rider—has been for the last few years. It’s his love, his outlet and his challenge to himself. This statement reminded of Max learning to ride his dirt bike through rough terrain, stretching his riding skills and abilities as a rider even though he was scared to do it. He tried last year by himself (he can be stubborn like someone else in this family) and gave up in frustration, fear and tears. A couple of weeks ago he wanted to try again—this time with his dad’s help.

Why Diets Don’t Work

Diets are a billion-dollar industry. Companies spend millions luring you to try the latest one (low carb, high protein, low fat, no fat, you name it) with promises that this will be the solution—the answer to a thinner body and a happy you.

Bleeding Heart

Dicentra Formosa (pink) Positive qualities: Ability to love others unconditionally, with an open heart; emotional freedom Patterns of imbalance: Entangled in relationships based on fear, possessiveness or neediness; emotional co-dependence. Bleeding Heart flower essence is a very powerful heart cleanser and strengthener for those who must learn the deeper spiritual lessons of love and freedom. [...]

Main Street of Tipp City Closed through Downtown

May 3, 2013

Tipp City is in the process of completing their Downtown Utilities & Streetscape Project. Clients coming to Harmony Farm from the Tipp City/I-75 exit 68 should stay on 571 East, as if to go through downtown Tipp City…

Field Notes – Winter 2013

February 4, 2013

by Rich Dinsmore Greetings from the barn (it’s way too cold in the garden)! We continue to be busy at Harmony Farm; our extended warmer fall weather allowed me to “plant” our cow horns on the winter equinox! We have 65 horns down, filled with liquid gold from my girls. Translation here; BD500 preps are [...]

How to Overcome Obstacles in Life: Five Strategies That Life Coaches Use to Help Clients Succeed

by Elaine Voci, Ph.D., Life Coach Obstacles are what turn simple things we want to do into difficult things. Obstacles can be caused by external forces, like time and money, or by internal ones, like our own habits and fears. They require us to change, and that is universally something that human beings struggle with [...]

Soul Food

by Tamara Gaitten, CHC, AADP Think for a moment of a food from your past, that you love and crave and makes you feel wonderful when you eat it. Maybe it is meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy, slow-simmered chili with cornbread, warm chocolate chip cookies or a favorite casserole. For me, it’s my grandmother’s [...]

Quickening Moon “In the Belly” and your Liver 

by Renee Price, L.M.T. A great way to de-stress and calm yourself is to follow the cycles of nature. We are so busy going from our climate controlled cars to our climate controlled homes; we can totally miss the subtle cyclic changes that happen yearly to our planet Earth. Our ancestor’s lives revolved around the [...]

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