Well Being Magazine

We need a little Christmas

By Lana Turnbull The words of songwriter Jerry Herman in his holiday favorite, “We need a Little Christmas,” suddenly rang truer this year when I heard it the other day. I had been thinking a lot about how to find meaning in a sacred season that has been hijacked by the advertising industry and the manufacturers it represents. From October through December we are constantly bombarded with messages about how we Read more »

We’re kind of crazy about the holidays here at Well-Being. You’ll find that ‘how to thrive during the holidays’ and ‘how to survive during the holidays’ are themes throughout this issue. One of our favorite features in every edition is the BookShelf, but we especially enjoy the November/December issue when we focus on children’s books that will make great holiday gifts for the kids in your life. There is no Read more »

Doing unto others…

By Lana Turnbull When Federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided several chicken processing plants in Mississippi this past August, rounding up around 680 immigrants who were believed to have been working without legal documentation, something incredible, and I might add, very American, happened. As the reality sunk in that hundreds of children, who were attending their first day of school, could potentially return home at the end of Read more »

A Season for Memories

By Lana Turnbull For me, fall more than any other season stirs sweet and nostalgic memories. The strongest memories are often triggered by our senses. Fall days of the past come rushing back to me with the smell of wood smoke, the crunch of leaves, dark cotton dresses and the way pumpkin ‘innards’ feel when you are digging them out of your jack-o’-lantern. It conjures up football games and homecoming parades, Read more »