http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Americans exist in a Zombie state because they think our employer based healthcare system is acceptable or inevitable. Just because it's what we've always had doesn't mean we have to continue with an insanity where we keep chipping away at a broken syste... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1244839_18.html 23rd November 2009 Giant Squid Open Mike Monday had its debut this past Monday, August 3. Originally, we planned to have the show once a month. Judging from the flow of the show, which stimulated interest from our listeners, we now will have the show every week. We start... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1225421_3.html 11th November 2009 Chef Keem aka Achim Thiemermann joined us once again for our second show: Giant Squid Open Mike. The chat room was active with interesting sidelines going on. You'd think that keywords, tags and Google searches were the most stimulating topic in the Unive... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1095182_22.html 17th September 2009 Our guest on Giant Squid Open Mike was Alex Crabtree aka Drifter 0658, who recently created Factor Y on Squidoo, a new group of male lensmasters. Rocket Moms, a woman's Squidoo group, has been wildly successful for Squidoo and for all of us who participat... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1069214_22.html 07th September 2009 Ron Passfield of Squidoo fame was our guest on Giant Squid Open Mike 8/17. By the way, I like the sound of Giant Squid Talk Radio, don't you? As I was reading over Ron's lenses and his most recent Twitters, I discovered he is an expert on a Social Book... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1069207_22.html 07th September 2009 Cooking is a necessity of life and for some, like Jaguar Julie and Chef Keem, perhaps, cooking is is one of those great enjoyments of life. I certainly admire that. And I wish I could muster up the same enthusiasm. But I'd rather go dancing! I am one o... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1031615_26.html 12th August 2009 We had fellow Squidoo Rocket Mom, Abundant Babe Master Mind member and online business genius on "Moon, Moo & You: The Collective Wisdom" June 2, 2009! We were going to discuss "Women In Business" but a day or two before the show, I began to feel adrif... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1013048_24.html 02nd August 2009 Gypsy Owl aka Deb Bryant, was on Moon, Moo & You: The Collective Wisdom on 6/23/9. Deb is a graphic artist, Squidoo lensmaster, and entrepreneur. She currently is finishing up a course of study in Business Administration with an emphasis on Global Mark... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1011605_24.html 01st August 2009 Wendy G. Young was on our radio show 6/16/0: Moon, Moo and You: The Collective Wisdom. She is the creator of the Spiritual Grid Manifestation. The Spiritual Grid Manifestation "came to" Wendy in 1987, when she observed an experience at a Tony Robbins e... http://www.articlealley.com/article_985706_24.html 17th July 2009 Laura Whitelaw and Liz Lichti, EFT and ZPoint coaches who work together in Canada, and are Master Mind friends, were our guests on Moon, Moo and You: The Collective Wisdom 5/19/09. As the show got started, all four of us had a deja vu experience where ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_957278_24.html 30th June 2009 Amanda Goldston was on "Moon, Moo & You: The Collective Wisdom" again, 6/2/09, this time discussing the meaning of Taro Cards and how to develop intuition by using them. I received Amanda's book in the mail that very day: "How To Develop Your Intuition... http://www.articlealley.com/article_948733_24.html 23rd June 2009 The Pediatric Guru is the greatest doctor I ever met, and is a friend. For these reasons, he deserves a lens of his own! I remember when I interviewed for the Nurse Practitioner job I had for 13 years. I was told that the Pediatric Guru was by far the ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_942756_24.html 18th June 2009 Joan Adams and I are intensely interested in journaling techniques. So keeping pace with this, we had a guest on the "Moon, Moo and You: The Collective Wisdom," Jeannette Maw, who has an entirely different perspective on Journaling. She calls it "Pray... http://www.articlealley.com/article_936163_50.html 15th June 2009 Chef Keem is a beloved Squidoo Lensmaster, entrepreneur, chef, musician, and much more! We asked Chef Keem: How did you land on Squidoo and when? He said the date was 1/29/2008. He was browsing the internet, looking for a site that would allow him t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_927644_24.html 11th June 2009 Velma Gallant, aka the Queen Of Joy, is a testament of someone who has gone through some rough times in her life and has overcome these adversities triumphantly! She has a passion for teaching others how to do the same in their own lives, and this is e... http://www.articlealley.com/article_926975_24.html 11th June 2009 Captain Robert Lee was on "Moon, Moo and You: The Collective Wisdom" 4/28/9. Captain is a regular on the now famous Milagro World, Pat O'Bryan forum. Cap has written five Electronic Books that are on sale on-line, plus has other internet marketing enterpr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_907583_3.html 29th May 2009 Pat Hicks was on our show this week, 4/21/09 and his passion is the history of trees in America. He helps to utilize those trees which have been discarded and left at the bottom of rivers, protected by silt and cold river water, which have left them intac... http://www.articlealley.com/article_897190_22.html 18th May 2009 When you first meet Todd Silva, you'll be greeted by his warm smile, and short of me telling you otherwise, you might regard him as a very normal, even typical husband, father and businessman. But Todd has an alter ego, a hidden identity, so to speak! ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_888354_19.html 12th May 2009 Joan Adams and I decided to do a radio show together as a New Years Resolution, 2009. Now we've done four shows and are booked to the middle of May. Synchronistically, I received an email about an educational call that was about becoming a radio tal... http://www.articlealley.com/article_876088_3.html 01st May 2009 Amanda Goldston was our guest on Moon, Moo & You: The Collective Wisdom on 3/31/09. It was a great show. I liked how we all shared our collective wisdom regarding angel encounters, because we've all had them. Naturally those of us on the show were alre... http://www.articlealley.com/article_872731_24.html 29th April 2009 Trapper Sherwood is the "Wisdom of Sleep Guy," and he was a guest on "Moon, Moo & You: The Collective Wisdom," 4/7/09. We asked what attracted Trapper to the Niche of Sleep disorders and deprivation. Sleep disorders are a major problem in the world tod... http://www.articlealley.com/article_867454_24.html 23rd April 2009 Healthcare for All Pennsylvania held a public hearing on HB 1660: the Family and Business Healthcare Security Act on 3/18/09 at the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg, PA. Our audience was the Pennsylvania Rural Republican Healthcare Caucus, per inv... http://www.articlealley.com/article_847439_15.html 04th April 2009 Moonvine aka Joan Adams, and Moo aka Kate Loving Shenk and You, openedup the radio waves for our radio show called "Moon, Moo & You: The Collective Wisdom,"3/3/09. We had a practice show 2/25/09. The purpose of this show was to make sure we knew how t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_844427_3.html 02nd April 2009 Where I work and I imagine where all nurses work, and any other place I have ever worked, it's like tip toeing through a land mine where people's emotions erupt and detonate at strange and unpredictable times. Women aren't easy to work with and women w... http://www.articlealley.com/article_843511_24.html 01st April 2009 I just got off the phone with Chuck Pennacchio, who is our tireless facilitator here in Pennsylvania to spearhead the passage of Single Payer legislation. Perhaps we will be the first State in the Union to pass Single Payer, otherwise known as HB 1660/SB ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_835596_18.html 25th March 2009 Ram Dass was and still is a legendary figure of my generation of Baby Boomers. For those of us who love him, his story is a testament for one who has gone before and brings us with him. Ram Dass wrote most of this book before he had the massive str... http://www.articlealley.com/article_827631_24.html 17th March 2009 This is an interview I did with Velma Gallant: The Queen Of Joy. She has her own radio show called: "Welcome Changes Radio." She is an innovative woman, and I am sure you will agree! 1) I am sure our readers would like to know the origin of your name, ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_822177_24.html 12th March 2009 There are many social networking platforms. My Space was perhaps one of the first and was considered something only kids liked to use but now many adults like and use My Space, too. Where I work in health care, if a crime is committed by a juvenile,... http://www.articlealley.com/article_814004_45.html 10th March 2009 I never went to Omega Institute to be in the presence of Tulka Thondup's healing aura, but my husband, Tom went twice and I saw a renewed sense of calm and dedication to his meditation practice when he came back home, again. When he returned, he taught... http://www.articlealley.com/article_795535_24.html 23rd February 2009 Our grassroots organizing campaign to get an economic impact study to pass HB 1660, a Single Payer, guaranteed healthcare program for all Pennsylvanians, also called "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act" has reached higher ground�as three separa... http://www.articlealley.com/article_791127_18.html 20th February 2009 Deepak was on the Ellen DeGeneres show on January 7, 2009 and told us all his New Year's Resolution, or intention for 2009: "To have at least 100,000,000 people join me in taking a vow of nonviolence in thought, speech and action as soon as possible." ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_784847_24.html 13th February 2009 Larry Dossey, MD, took a leap of faith fifteen years ago when he wrote the book "Healing Words," about the power of prayer to heal. The only study to prove the power of prayer to heal at that time was done by a cardiologist names Randolf Byrd. He praye... http://www.articlealley.com/article_751346_24.html 12th January 2009 I have loved Julia Cameron from the moment I discovered her in 1993, and started haltingly to do the Morning Pages, which I do off and on to this day. I've read nearly all of her books, although never saw her plays. I just finished "Floor Sample" by... http://www.articlealley.com/article_743689_50.html 08th January 2009 I was having a conversation the other day about all the ways I could think of for my son Devin to get out of going to Jury Duty in Brooklyn, New York, where he lives. Suddenly I found myself ranting about the American Judicial System, particularly the ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_742934_24.html 08th January 2009 I met Claus Jensen on Pat O'Bryan's new forum. This is a great place to meet new friends, JV partners, people to write articles and Squidoo lenses for and about. Claus sent me three compact disks called Music for Mother and Child: Wind Chimes; Lullabie... http://www.articlealley.com/article_742651_24.html 08th January 2009 When I was a new Labor and Delivery nurse, I was shocked to learn of the number of labor inductions scheduled at year's end for the sole purpose of saving a family money on their IRS return. Yet for the seasoned Labor and Delivery nurse, this is simply... http://www.articlealley.com/article_740954_17.html 07th January 2009 Dr. James L. Woods came to our hospital today and as a member of our bereavement team, I showed up to welcome him. Dr. Woods is a perinatologist and head of Ob/Gyn at the University of Rochester, New York. He is well known for his contribution of te... http://www.articlealley.com/article_735568_24.html 05th January 2009 I just got a laptop computer a few weeks ago: my love machine! The moment I purchased it, I felt free-er, my work more portable, like I can take it (my work) anywhere at all: my yard or everywhere in my house or to a coffee shop, accessing every corner... http://www.articlealley.com/article_731662_3.html 30th December 2008 As I prepared to write this article, I gathered around me several Wayne Dyer's books. Once these books were all around me, I could gather my sense of calm and write one word, and then the next. One of Wayne's favorite Patanjali aphorisms defines ins... http://www.articlealley.com/article_726889_24.html 19th December 2008 As I continue with my study of right and left brain magnificence, I came upon the Daniel L. Pink interview on Oprah's soul series. He wrote the book, "A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Rule The World." Oprah was so excited by the book that she bo... http://www.articlealley.com/article_724655_24.html 17th December 2008 In my study of right and left brain directed thinking, I spontaneously came upon John Reeses' phenomenal exercise, Why You must Reboot Your Brain, as I was surfing the internet, a decidedly right brain activity according to Daniel L. Pink, author of "A Wh... http://www.articlealley.com/article_713504_3.html 05th December 2008 Elizabeth Lessor is co-founder of Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY and author of "Broken Open" and "The Seeker's Guide." Omega is a Mecca for Spiritual Seekers all over the world who come there to commune with others on the spiritual path. Everyone the... http://www.articlealley.com/article_709524_24.html 03rd December 2008 I love my pedometer! America On The Move has come to the hospital where I work, and all my friends as well as myself are getting free tiny pedometers that attach to our waist bands and measures every step we take. Over the years, I've entered simila... http://www.articlealley.com/article_705948_24.html 02nd December 2008 After reading "My Stroke of Insight," by Jane Bolte Taylor, Ph.D., and watching Oprah interview Jane on the Oprah Soul Series, I began to think of my mother's stroke on June 19, 1987. I just completed an intense dyadic four month period completing phas... http://www.articlealley.com/article_695802_24.html 26th November 2008 As I watched the entire "A New Earth Webinar" with Oprah and Eckhart Tolle, I often thought of the similarities between Tolle and Byron Katie. They were both clinically depressed before their parallel awakenings which changed both of them forever. For ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_678578_24.html 30th October 2008 The October 6, 2008 Nursing Spectrum Magazine has a great fear inducing headline. It reads: "Cancer Risk On The Night Shift" with a white cup filled with coffee directly below the headline. The coffee looks cold, which certainly would be true to life for ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_677786_23.html 30th October 2008 When does customer service equate good down home hospitality? The answer to this question is: all the time without exception. Baby Boomers know something about hospitality, because we were raised pre-computer, pre e-mail, pre-cell phone technologies... http://www.articlealley.com/article_671681_24.html 21st October 2008 Morton Mintz sat on our panel for "Guaranteed Health Care For All," a Forum that Progressives For Pennsylvania organized 9/18/08. He is a media critic, freelance journalist at this point in his long and illustrious (sixty year) career. He was a reporte... http://www.articlealley.com/article_664630_15.html 14th October 2008 I predict that Michael Moore's new movie, "Slacker," will lay the groundwork for an Obama/Biden Presidency. I am a great fan of Michael Moore. The movie, "SiCKO" changed my life. It did this by inspiring me to become a Community Activist/Organizer f... http://www.articlealley.com/article_653188_18.html 30th September 2008 As a result of my involvement with the passage of HB 1660 here in Pennsylvania, I have learned many things. The burden that the health insurance companies place on employers is one of them. The fact that in five years, if Single Payer is not enacted... http://www.articlealley.com/article_651471_18.html 29th September 2008