5 Ways to Be Happy Now

I recently wrote a guest blog for Spin Sucks, (as in media spin), a nationally recognized blog for communication professionals—writers, public relations practitioners, advertising folks. Though the blog was geared to that community, the message is universal. Everyone...

A Concert in Your Living Room

The first time I heard about house concerts, I was in a panic. I’d just learned that my favorite singer, Antje Duvekot, was coming to Seattle, and I had a conflict on the night of her show. I checked her website calendar and read that she was also playing a “private...

How to Meditate

I remember the first time I sat in meditation at the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California. I had just been given my mantra, ( a sacred word that you repeat over and over in your mind). I was so excited!  I was about to begin my training! So, heart pumping, I opened...

Inspired Health & Wellness

Christine LaChance ditched corporate life in favor of following her passion. She created Vital Solutions Health & Wellness to help companies, and the people who work within those companies, create health & wellness programs that save companies on health...

Adventures in the bookstore

I had just taken a yoga class at the Skagit Valley Co-op, a health food and healthy lifestyle store in my town. I stopped in to their mercantile and found my book on the bookstore shelf. I tried to be cool about it, and not make a scene. But I was pretty darn happy...