Article Index

Suzanne Eller writes articles on a variety of subjects. Most of the links below will take you to the newsletter, blog, or other websites where the article appears.

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Guest articles that have appeared in Warp & Weft and also included in this index and are attributed.

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Animals

Includes articles about animals

• Adopting a Pet
• Gifts Amid the Grief (Death of a Pet)
• My Pastor Said Animals Don't Have Souls by Gary Kurz
• Pet Loss Support: Coping with the Sudden Loss of a Pet by Marcia Breitenbach
• Sgt. Stubby: K-9 World War I Hero

Books

Includes recommendations on fiction and nonfiction books

• Reading List, Oct. 2004: Beauty, Truth, and Goodness
• Reading List, Nov. 2004: Clutter and Feng Shui
• Reading List, Dec. 2005: Superego, the Judge, Peace, Presence
• Reading List, Jan. 2006: Tai Chi and the Inner Smile
• Reading List, Nov. 2006: Miscellaneous
• Reading List, Apr. 2007: Forgiveness & the Silencing the Superego
• Reading List, Aug. 2007: Losing a Pet
• Reading List, Jan. 2008: Winter Picks
• Reading List, Nov. 2008: Books that Entertain and Enlighten
• Reading List, Dec. 2008: Seasonal Suggestions
• Reading List, Mar. 2009: March Suggestions
• Reading List, Apr. 2009: Suzanne's Picks
• Reading List, June 2009: Suzanne's Summer Picks
• Reading List, Oct. 2009: Shorter Days Mean More Time for Reading
• Reading List, Dec. 2009: Books that Entertain and Enlighten
• Reading List Feb. 2010: Good Books for a Snowy Day
• Reading List, April 2010: Good Books for Warm Spring Days
• Reading List, July 2010: Books for the Beach or the Mountaintop
• Reading List, Nov. 2010: Fall Reading
• Reading List, Apr. 2011: Hop into Reading
• Reading List, June 2011: Hints and History
• Reading List, Aug. 2011: Summer Reading
• Reading List, March 2012: Books for the Spring Season
• Reading List, June 2012: Read a Classic This Summer
• Reading List, Dec. 2012: Winter Book List

Diet & Nutrition

Includes recipes and recommendations on foods, weight-management
 and healthy eating

• August Vegetables— Corn and Squash
• Cool as a Cucumber— the Health Benefits of Cucumbers
• Health Benefits of Pumpkin
• Health Benefits of Tomatoes
• Health-Smart Holiday Hints
• My Life as a Fat Child by Mary Regina Asriel
• Tips for Slimming Down
• Weight Management through Heart Healing by Mary Regina Asriel
• Yummy Pumpkin Recipes

The Enneagram

Includes articles on this important personality typing system and the Diamond Approach

• Body Talk: What is Your Body Telling You? by Johanna Putnoi
• The Enneagram and Bodywork
• Finding True Will
• Putting Peace into Your Heart

Essential Oils

Includes information and recipes on essential oils and blends

• Essential Blend of the Month: AWEO's Ancient Robbers
• Essential Blend of the Month: AWEO's Breath Easy
• Essential Blend of the Month: AWEO's Inner Voice
• Essential Blend of the Month: AWEO's Purity
• Essential Blend of the Month: AWEO's Serenity
• Essential Blend of the Month: AWEO's Sinus Relief
• Essential Blend of the Month: AWEO's Spirit of the Season
• Essential Oil of the Month: Balsam Fir
• Essential Oil of the Month: Basil or Sweet Basil
• Essential Oil of the Month: Chamomile
• Essential Oil of the Month: Cypress
• Essential Oils of the Month: Frankincense and Myrrh
• Essential Oil of the Month: Helichrysum
• Essential Oil of the Month: Lavender by Aura Cacia Essential Oils
• Essential Oil of the Month: Lemon
• Essential Oil of the Month: Lemongrass
• Essential Oil of the Month: Patchouli
• Essential Oil of the Month: Peppermint
• Essential Oil of the Month: Rosemary
• Essential Oil of the Month: Sandalwood
• Essential Oil of the Month: Sweet Marjoram
• Essential Oil of the Month: Tangerine
• Essential Oil of the Month: Tea Tree Oil
• Essential Oil of the Month: Thyme
• Essential Oil of the Month: Tsuga or Hemlock Spruce
• Essential Oil of the Month: Ylang-Ylang
• Essential Oil Recipes to Banish Bugs & Bad Breath
• Recipes: Sweet Basil Essential Oil
• Recipe: Coffee Scrub
• Recipes: Cypress Essential Oil
• Recipes: Lavender Essential Oil
• Recipes: Lemongrass Essential Oil
• Recipes: Peppermint Essential Oil
• Recipes: Sweet Marjoram Essential Oil
• Recipes: Tangerine Essential Oil
• Recipes: Tea Tree Essential Oil
• Recipes for Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
• Uses for Lavender Essential Oil Compiled by Peggy Brackett (Thanks to AWEO)

Fun Facts

Includes miscellaneous informational tidbits

• Fun Facts about Baby Boomers from Cooper Law and Life Two
• Fun Facts about the Body from Funny2.com
• Fun Facts about the Feet from WackyOwl.com
• Fun Facts about Independence Day from Purple Trail and Encyclopedia Britannica Blog
• Fun Facts about North Carolina from fun-facts.com
• Fun Facts about Stress, Massage, and Other Trivia
• Fun Facts about Sneezing
• Fun Facts about Thanksgiving from coolest-holiday-parties.com
• Fun Facts about Turkeys and Pumpkins from Aristotle's Thanksgiving on the Web and The Pumpkin Patch
• Fun Facts: Did You Know? from Specialized Kinesiology College of South Africa
• History of the Candy Cane
• Memorial Day Trivia from Purple Trail
• Old-Fashioned Christmas Trivia from Brain Candy

Holidays & Seasonal Activities

Includes articles on holiday themes and seasonal interests

• Dazzle Them with Odd Holiday Facts by J. Gardener
• Gardening Tips for Avoiding the "Green-Thumb Blues"
• Fall Fun Outdoors
• Midsummer— The History of Solstice Celebrations
• Put a Little "Spring" into Your Soul
• Putting Peace into Your Heart
• Stay Cool This Summer and Every Summer without Using Air Conditioning by Beverly Frank
• Thinking about War, Peace and Serving One's Country (Memorial Day)
• Tips for Beating Holiday Stress (2008)
• Tips for Beating Holiday Stress (2009)
• The Tradition of the Yule Log

Inspirational

Includes poems, reflections and personal stories

• An Attitude of Gratitude
• Earthbeat poem by Lisa Sarasohn
• Living with Beauty, Truth, and Goodness
• Memorial Day poem by Joyce Kilmer
• My Experiences of Healing at Centurion House
• The Rainbow Bridge poem by Paul C. Dahm
• Rescuing Hug

Journaling

Includes writing ideas

• Writing a Travel Journal: Finding Your Voice by Mo Redman

Massage & Bodywork

Includes articles on types and benefits of massage
and thoughts on being a massage and bodywork therapist

• Add Massage to Your Weight Loss Program
• Ayurvedic Body Types and Massage
• Beating a Holiday Headache with Massage
• Benefits of Reflexology
• Chronic Back Pain: Massage Can Help
• Combining Massage and Chiropractic— Treating Your Bones and Muscles
• Connective Tissue Release Massage
• Craniosacral Therapy— Description and Benefits by Mike Russell
• Craniosacral Therapy Provides Gentle Relief to Clients
• Deep Work Does Not Have to Hurt
• Fertility, Prenatal and Postpartum Massage
• Fibromyalgia and Massage
• Giving a 4-Handed Massage
• Halting Heel Pain— Treating Plantar Fasciitis and Heel Spurs
• Headaches and Massage
• Head Massage Can Release Sinus Pressure, Pain
• Health Benefits of Massage
• How to Give an Infant Massage
• Join Your Professional Organization
• Learning Hot Stones Massage
• Lymph Drainage Therapy
• Making Massage a Part of Your Healthcare Practice
• Marketing during a Slow Week
• Massage and Mental Health
• Massage Can Help You Beat the Blues
• Massage Helps Repetitive Stress Injuries & Nerve Entrapment Syndrome
• Massage during the Economic Downturn
• Massage Therapy and Its Benefits by Sammy Kay
• Mixing Modalities
• Myofascial Release
• Pillossage®: Thermal Connective Tissue Release
• Raindrop Therapy: Essential Oils for Detoxification
• Rotator Cuff Problems
• Senior (Geriatric) Massage
• Sinus Massage
• Touch for Health Benefits the Entire Person
• Touch for Health on the Table
• Understanding Elbow Pain— Tennis Elbow and Golfer's Elbow
• Usui Reiki II
• What is Energy Work? (Reiki, Polarity Therapy, Huna, etc.)
• What is Deep Tissue Massage?
• What Is Hot Stones Massage?
• What is Massage Cupping?
• What Is Neuromuscular Therapy?
• What Is Reiki?
• What Is Swedish Massage Really?
• When Massage Won't Help— Contraindications for Massage
• Why Do They Call It Swedish Massage?

Meditation and Guided Imagery

Includes articles about meditation, walking meditation, prayer walking, and guided imagery or visualization.

• Grounding Meditation (exercise)
• The Inner Smile: A Meditation Practice by Elizabeth Reninger
• Tips for Establishing a Meditation Practice by Richard Pettinger
• Visualizing and Letting Go by Ramez Sasson
• Why Should You Meditate? by Steve Gillman

Quotes

Includes quotations that get you thinking and touch your heart

• Beauty, Truth and Goodness
• Being and Becoming
• The Body and True Nature
• Christmas
• Christmas Thoughts
• Father's Day
• Forgiveness
• Gratitude
• Light, Winter, Home
• Love
• Meditation and Following Your Bliss
• New Year's
• Peace
• Some Thoughts for the [Christmas] Season: 2008
• Some Thoughts for the [Christmas] Season: 2009
• Spring (2005)
• Spring (2009)
• Spring (2010)
• Summer
• Thanksgiving and Gratitude
• Thoughts on Thankfulness
• Touch
• Will, Belly Center

Self-Care

Includes suggestions for keeping body, heart and mind healthy and fit

• The ABCD's of Skin Cancer
• Beating the Wintertime Blues
• Clearing Clutter, Part 1: Bedrooms and Closets
• Clearing Clutter, Part 2: Kitchen and Bathrooms
• Clearing Clutter, Part 3: Living Rooms and Foyers
• Coffee Scrub Recipe
• Exercises for Neck Pain
• Feng-Shui Tips for Thanksgiving by Carol Olmstead
• Forgiving Ourselves
• Have You Taken Your Bliss Break Today? by Marnie Pehrson
• Health Benefits of a Hammock by Crystal Sain
• Holiday Heath and Safety from the Center for Disease Control
• Ladies' Footwear and Back Pain by Dr. Todd Sinett
• Keeping the Bugs Away
• Moving Can Make You Smarter(Applied Kinesiology)
• Photosensitivity— When the Sun Makes You Sick
• Poison Ivy and Poison Oak: Home Remedies
• The Power of Forgiveness by Steve Bentham
• Preventing Skin Cancer
• Respiratory Self-Care
• Saving Your Joints: Tips to Keep Your Body Moving
• Seeing the Dermatologist
• Self-Care for Arthritis
• Self-Care for Neck Pain
• Self-Improvement and Self-Growth by Ramez Sasson
• Sources for Light Boxes
• Stay Well This Winter
• Stress Awareness & Self-Help
• Summer Health Tips
• T'ai Chi in the Information Age: Ancient Cure for Modern Problems by Bill Douglas
• Taking Care of Winter Feet
• Tennis Ball Techniques to Conquer Pain
• Tips for Beating Low Back Pain
• Tips for Getting a Good Night's Sleep
• Walking for Fun and Fitness
• Walking Safely in Cooler Weather
• Wear Better Footwear to Prevent Injury
• Your Body's Cry for Water

This and That

Includes articles that don't neatly fit into another category

• Avoiding Identity Theft
• Best Time to Buy— Saving Money All Year Long
• Find your Tan Tien by Lisa Sarasohn.
• Intention(Theta Healing and Matrix Energetics)
• It's a Festival: Fun Things to Do in NC during August
• Let there Be Peace on Earth by Sherri Rosenthal
• Take a "Stay-Cation": Cool Things to Do at Home
• Take a "Stay-cation" in Western NC This Year
• Your Soul Power by Lisa Sarasohn