CartWhen my wife was a teenager, her stepmother once advised her that if she didn’t have anything nice to say to someone, she could instead try saying, “Thank you.” Not… Read More
Three Ways to Invite More Life into Your Life
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been looking at the factors that make for a longer, richer, more alive life.: (1) Loving life and living for the present (2) Working,… Read More
The People We Live For
For the past several weeks, I’ve been writing about the factors that contribute to longevity. Some of these are (mostly) beyond our control – like having good genetics, being female,… Read More
Eat Less, Live More
Welcome to part six in my series on longevity. If you missed the first five parts, you can read them on our site. In a nutshell, they were: (1) Live… Read More
Don’t Forget to Breathe
Welcome to article number five on longevity. I wrote a series on the topic ten years ago and I felt it was time to revisit it because the world needs… Read More
Fasting for Longevity
We’re living in a time when the bulk of news headlines are threatening in some way. Whether it’s the pandemic, wildfires, climate change, storms, or political corruption, there’s always bad… Read More
Dance Through Your Day
Welcome to part three of my series on longevity. I wrote a few articles on this subject ten years ago and felt it was time to revisit it. We’re exposed… Read More
How to Be More Alive
Last week I began a series on longevity – the factors that have the biggest impact on our lifespan. I started with what I think is most important – living… Read More
How to Live a Longer Life
Perhaps more than ever, mortality is the focus of our news – day after day, week after week, month after month. Over time such persistent messages find their way into… Read More
TOPSY TURVY TIMES
by Dr. Peter Borten One day last March we got word that when we picked up our kids from school they wouldn’t be coming back for the rest of the… Read More
The Bitter Truth
Bitterness is a taste most of us try to avoid. Expressions such as “bitter enemies” and “a bitter pill to swallow ” show how averse we are to this flavor…. Read More
Living Your Purpose
The new 2021 Rituals for Living Dreambook+Planner will be released in a couple weeks, and there’s been a huge surge of interest in it this year, so I decided to… Read More
Deeper Self-Care: Making Space for your Essence
So much of what we do through The Dragontree – both at our spas and with our products, courses, and articles – is meant to assist people to prioritize self-care…. Read More
What’s Better than Video Games? Peace, Balance, and Perspective.
One of the things I love about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is its ability to distill complicated problems down to simple ones. If you were to look in a textbook… Read More
