Category: Must-read articles
A Legacy of “Stuff” (Part 2)
July 14, 2011
This week we continue with the difficult subject of being overwhelmed with the “stuff” left behind by a loved one who has passed away. (You can read Part 1 here.) The struggle is that we are trying to find practical ways to survive having someone’s lifetime-of-stuff joining our own lifetime-of-stuff, while also trying to survive […]
A Legacy of “Stuff” (Part 1)
July 7, 2011
Emails arrive so often describing how — in addition to all the heart-rending emotions of a death — there is the overwhelmed experience of not knowing what to do about all the “stuff” of a beloved person who has passed away. One woman wrote that her usually uncluttered home is filled with all the items […]
Do You Know What You’re Cleaning With?
February 2, 2011
According to the National Research Council, only 20% of chemicals have been tested for acute effects less than 10 % have been tested for chronic or reproductive effects and 80% does not have toxic information available and only 1% of toxins are required to be on a label. Yet, all of these things are on […]