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Feb 27

The Trifecta

I am about to be transparent to help us all through this dark time. Here is my story: In November I had a kidney stone the size of an egg...

Rosanne Bostonian

Feb 3

Healing Crisis

Many years ago I had migraine headaches that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. These came with spells of nausea and vomiting, light sens...

Rosanne Bostonian

Dec 29, 2020

Heart Songs

Over years of working with clients, there is a common denominator that seemed predict success. It was a person’s willingness to look beyo...

Rosanne Bostonian

Nov 16, 2020

Letting Go

Letting go of anything or anyone takes faith. Clinging comes from fear and we can look foolish trying to get nourishment from something t...

Rosanne Bostonian

Oct 27, 2020

Humor

As I look back on my career of teaching and working with people in their darkest times, the skill I cherish most is my sense of humor.

Rosanne Bostonian

Sep 9, 2020

Cauliflower?

The cauliflower lobby must be on steroids because this vegetable is showing up everywhere! It is in pizza crust, cereal and is hiding in ...

Rosanne Bostonian

Aug 26, 2020

Perfs and Folds

My followers know that I am an observer of “why” on a daily basis! My latest “why” may seem small, but it is a subtle aggravation that needs

Rosanne Bostonian

Jul 20, 2020

Upward Mobility

For many of us these times of quarantine have been a tough row to hoe. The absence of our usual distractions and spending times with ours...

Rosanne Bostonian

Jun 18, 2020

Act Two

These last three months have felt like a long intermission...

Rosanne Bostonian

May 22, 2020

Hollywood Squares

Is it me, or do Zoom meetings remind you of Hollywood Squares? I half expect to see Zsa Zsa Gabor and Morey Amsterdam pop up on the scree...

Rosanne Bostonian

May 7, 2020

Mother’s Day 2020

No one would be here without a “mother.” In the 3D world, everyone has an individual mother, complete with her strengths and vulnerabilit...

Rosanne Bostonian

Apr 21, 2020

Right Soothing, Wrong Soothing

Everyone needs to be soothed, especially now. Unfortunately, there is no Soothing School.

Rosanne Bostonian

Apr 10, 2020

The Hierarchy

There are the masked and the maskless. But even more compelling, there is a hierarchy of those who are masked!

Rosanne Bostonian

Mar 31, 2020

Living with Fear

Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face …

Rosanne Bostonian

Mar 15, 2020

Our Responsibility

What is our responsibility given all the distractions we currently have? The number one responsibility is to identify our values and not w...

Rosanne Bostonian

Jan 31, 2020

Problem Solving

If we could unscrew the top of everyone’s head and have their thoughts spill out, it could be pretty shocking. It would probably be a com...

Rosanne Bostonian

Jan 10, 2020

Post-Holiday Blahs!

After all the anticipation and celebration, we have the ceremonial divestiture of hoopla. This starts with the stripping of the Christmas...

Rosanne Bostonian

Dec 20, 2019

Freedom

I grew up in a family that endured the #ArmenianGenocide. It was another in a recurring story of brutality that repeats itself too often....

Rosanne Bostonian

Dec 12, 2019

Forgiving Ourselves

I’ve found that the hardest thing in my life is self-forgiveness. That’s probably an “ego thing,” the belief that I was and am supposed t...

Rosanne Bostonian

Dec 2, 2019

2020

As we take the old calendars down and put the 2019 planners away, the idea that it’s “20/20” has me hoping that it’s more than a number a...

Rosanne Bostonian

Nov 17, 2019

What are Cannabinoids?

Cannabinoids are a class of chemical compounds native to the hemp plant. After a considerable number of scientific studies, 85 cannabinoi...

Rosanne Bostonian

Nov 7, 2019

Tsunami

Nature whispers wisdoms we often miss in our mad rush to get to the “next thing.” Take tsunamis for example… Tsunamis are huge waves tha...

Rosanne Bostonian

Oct 22, 2019

Motivation

There are two places where we can find motivation; one place is to avoid pain. This works, but the problem is that we get locked into fi...

Rosanne Bostonian

Oct 9, 2019

Global Warming

Who convinced us that we’re the superior species? And who said subjective thinking was all that and a bag of chips!? The Buddhists say t...

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Essential Spirit

Rosanne A. Bostonian, Ph.D., RMT

Essential Spirit

The Trifecta

Healing Crisis

Heart Songs

Letting Go

Humor

Cauliflower?

Perfs and Folds

Upward Mobility

Act Two

Hollywood Squares

Mother’s Day 2020

Right Soothing, Wrong Soothing

The Hierarchy

Living with Fear

Our Responsibility

Problem Solving

Post-Holiday Blahs!

Freedom

Forgiving Ourselves

2020

What are Cannabinoids?

Tsunami

Motivation

Global Warming

Rosanne posts her teachings and observations in this part of Essential Spirit. Enjoy her wisdom and learn from her years of study and practice.