Mary Lou Logsdon

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  • Brain Health

    “The brain can be continuously and consistently enriched throughout your life no matter your age or access to resources.”  ― Sanjay Gupta, Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any… read more…

  • Retreat Revisited

    The Phoenix · Retreat Revisited Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. —Hermann Hesse I love retreat… read more…

  • Minding the Mind

    The Phoenix · Minding the Mind “Mindfulness allows you to live deeply every moment that is given to you to live.” Thich Nhat Hanh Zen Buddhist master, teacher, and… read more…

  • Threshold to 2022

    The Phoenix · Threshold to 2022 “Thresholds are dangerous places, neither here nor there, and walking across one is like stepping off the edge of a cliff in the… read more…

  • In Gratitude

    In Gratitude

    The Phoenix · In Gratitude “The root of joy is gratefulness…It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” ― Brother David Steindl-Rast I enter… read more…

  • Pause

    Pause

    The Phoenix · Pause Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. —Rollo May Consider the pause. A… read more…

  • Summertime

    The Phoenix · Summertime “In summer, the song sings itself.” — William Carlos Williams We are in the fullness of summer, the season of light, vitality, and rest. A… read more…

  • A Retreat for Grieving

    The Phoenix · A Retreat for Grieving “Give the sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.” William Shakespeare, Macbeth… read more…

  • The Time is Now

    The Phoenix · The Time is Now The eyes of the future are looking back at us, and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time. Terry… read more…

  • Becoming Community

    The Phoenix · Becoming Community “The most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” – Kurt Vonnegut I miss… read more…