Hearts Abode with Abundance Alchemist, Ellen Anne Shapiro

I had the most interesting conversation tonight with a fellow healer friend, interweaving ideas from nutrition, 5 element acupuncture and relationships. We were talking about someone she was dating..and how the experience was giving her a rush, similar to a sugar buzz..but after he left, her whole body went into a very depleted state. Then we were talking about the whole concept of romance in our culture..it's all about the initial "high" or the sugar buzz..and in that way of thinking, when the buzz wears off you just go find someone new. No real relationship or foundation for a relationship ever happens, it's just one romance after another (and all the crash and burn in between). It's very artificial and highly addicting, but leaves you empty. We compared that to the experience of olestra, the fat-like stuff with no calories, that tastes good (I hear) but messes your digestion up. There is so much in America like that, both in the world of food and in popula...

I love the Southside library in Santa Fe. It's a little far out of town, but it's new and huge, and my random walks down the fiction aisles always yield some great reading. I was encouraged by the librarian at the busy circulation desk..she said people are reading more now, instead of just going to the movies and watching videos at home. A little silver lining to the current economic situation, I'm thinking. I've been luxuriating in reading, both stuff related to my work and fiction, over the holidays. I just finished "Love in the Present Tense" by Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of "Pay it Forward." I am so moved by the story...it is about real love and about what really matters. It also shows you life from the point of view of the amazing character of Leonard, whose mother disappears when he is 5, who never stops trusting or believing in forever love..which he knows his mother had and still has for him. here's a snippet..Leonard and Mitch go fo...

Toying around with so many new business ideas and options, but where's the juice, where's the spark, where's the fun factor? (I'm done with the Fear Factor..bring on the fun!). a good night's sleep will reveal all... zzzzz, L

It's late at night here in Santa Fe, our white Christmas has begun early...I can see the snow covered road from my window. A baritone voice (yes, in my head, I admit it) says "Welcome, Ellen to the blogosphere!" Blogger made it easy..took less than five minutes to start this blog. And who knows where it will take me? Will anyone else be interested in reading my thoughts (will I?)... I've kept diaries since I was 16 and have a cabinet full.. but those were private, not on the internet. okay, I've jumped in..more to come, but not for tonight. Oh, and PS, thanks to my friend and fellow blogger, Ariane Benefit, for inspiring me to finally do this after saying "I need a blog!" for years. Her blog is at NeatandSimple.com.