Aikido & MOGO: The Art of Peace is the Art of Wise Response to Conflict

Posted on November 30, 2009 by zoeweil

My Aikido sensei (teacher) was discussing Aikido with us after class last week, and he shared some thoughts on the translation of Aikido as “the art of peace.” Although some do translate Aikido this way, the literal definition is open to interpretation. The word breaks down this way: AI – harmony, KI – spirit, mind, [...]

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MOGO Bookshelf: The Help

Posted on November 27, 2009 by zoeweil

I finished the bestseller, The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, this weekend and I recommend it wholeheartedly. A novel set in the early 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, The Help tells the stories of black maids working for white families in the tempestuous shifts from segregation and Jim Crow to civil rights. It is riveting, heartbreaking, uplifting, [...]

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Thanksgiving: Be Thankful for What You Can Do

Posted on November 25, 2009 by zoeweil

Thanksgiving is always a bittersweet holiday to me. I love the whole idea of Thanksgiving – a time to reflect upon the gifts we’ve received and offer our thanks, but when I think about the origins of the holiday and the ways in which the European settlers committed genocide upon the Native peoples in the [...]

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Listen Live to Zoe on KBOO Radio – Wednesday, 11/25 at 11 am PST

Posted on November 24, 2009 by zoeweil

IHE President Zoe Weil is being interviewed on Wednesday, November 25 on KBOO radio in Portland, Oregon at 11 am PST as a guest on Recovery Zone, with Stephanie Potter. Zoe will be talking about the MOGO Principle and creating a better life and a better world for all. Listen live! (Posted by IHE staff.)

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Born to Run Revisited

Posted on November 23, 2009 by zoeweil

In a recent blog post, I wrote about my response to an article on the evolution of distance running. A reader of my blog, Molly Suber Thorpe, posted a comment in which, among other things, she recommended the book Born to Run. I promptly purchased it (on my Kindle) and found it quite interesting. Although [...]

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Claude and Medea: Mystery, Adventure and Youth Solutionaries

Posted on November 20, 2009 by zoeweil

I’ve written six books. I don’t know if authors always have favorites among their books, but I do: Claude and Medea. I try not to shamelessly plug my books in my blog, but Claude and Medea – which won the Moonbeam gold medal for juvenile fiction last year – is languishing. Hardly anyone knows about [...]

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Is Mindful Choicemaking Burdensome or Liberating?

Posted on November 18, 2009 by zoeweil

Some fear that if they look too closely at their choices and discover that those choices have harmful effects on other people, animals, and the environment, they will experience a number of negative emotions. They may worry they’ll feel overwhelmed, despondent, hopeless, conflicted, disempowered, and even bad about themselves if they continue to make choices [...]

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Before You Support Causes, Even Good Ones…

Posted on November 16, 2009 by zoeweil

Last weekend I participated in a breast cancer walk-a-thon. What I appreciated so much about this particular walk-a-thon was the choice of charities to which we could contribute. For years I’ve been asked to support breast cancer walks, and I always ask what organization the money is going to. Often it’s an organization that supports [...]

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Mushrooms, Monsters, Gay Marriage & MOGO: Fear of New Things

Posted on November 13, 2009 by zoeweil

A couple of summers ago a large mushroom grew on the path to the ocean by our house. My dog Ruby and I walk this path frequently, but she’s often prancing through the woods and not necessarily paying attention to everything on the actual path. On the particular day that this story takes place, the [...]

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Invest in a Humane World & You Could Win a Humane Educator’s Library Worth $500

Posted on November 12, 2009 by zoeweil

This past spring I was asked to be the speaker at our local high school’s National Honor Society induction. I invited the audience to analyze the effects a conventional, pesticide-sprayed, sweatshop-produced T-shirt had on people, animals, and the environment. I also asked them to consider what clothing and what new systems of production and distribution [...]

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