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Nov 16

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

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

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

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

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

Act Two

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

Rosanne Bostonian

May 22

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

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

Right Soothing, Wrong Soothing

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

Rosanne Bostonian

Apr 10

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

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

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

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

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...

Rosanne Bostonian

Sep 27, 2019

Change of Seasons

We humans are tied to our senses, so the subtleties of shifting energy sometimes escape us. We’re in the process of the seasons changing...

Rosanne Bostonian

Sep 12, 2019

Update on Parking Lot Refuse

In the past I’ve treated you to my disbelief over what people leave in the parking lots of various establishments. I’ve noted those litt...

Rosanne Bostonian

Aug 31, 2019

93 Million Miles!

When I was on break in Florida, I did the obligatory sunbathing despite warnings that the Sun ages your skin. The truth is, time ages yo...

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Essential Spirit

Rosanne A. Bostonian, Ph.D., RMT

Essential Spirit

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

Change of Seasons

Update on Parking Lot Refuse

93 Million Miles!

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