Tag Archives: Mary Montgomery

By Mary Montgomery  I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, NPR’s TED Radio Hour (online or on your podcast app) the other day, when I heard podcast host, Guy Raz, ask evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel why humans are the only ones who developed language. Pagel’s answer: “It boils down to the fact that other animals don’t really have …

By Mary Montgomery – The closing on my Chicago home was finalized in late December, and now I am a full-time resident of southwest Michigan. As I sit in my cozy office, I can see the frozen lake and snow- covered ground outside my windows. I have a warm house …

By Mary Montgomery – Some people retire to the Sun Belt, but not me! I have moved to the Snow Belt on the other side of Lake Michigan. My beautiful Chicago two-flat sold and the closing was on December 22nd. Now I am officially a full-time Michigan resident. My lovely …

By Mary Montgomery I made my New Year’s Resolution early this year. It started right after the election when I decided to pull both myself and my readers out of the depths of fear and depression with my December CyberWeave column, “Five Steps to Upgrade Your Attitude.” Then I decided …

By Mary Montgomery Holiday season is right around the corner, and I think we should focus on the festive and good will side of the season. But, how to do that when so many of my spiritual friends and I are in a state of deep mourning because of the …

By Mary Montgomery Part 1 of this discussion appeared in my online August Cyberweave column. I focused on answers to this question: Why are we so relieved when tragic things can be tied to a physical abnormality and not just a mental one? This relief is exactly what many of …

By Mary Montgomery In my July column, I asked the question, “Why are we so relieved when tragic things can be tied to a physical abnormality, and not just a mental one?” I also promised to explore further the question, “What is a Spirit to do when the human is …

By Mary Montgomery We’ve all heard or read quotes like these: “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience” (Brainyquote.com). This is a quote attributed to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Teilhard de Chardin was a French philosopher, paleontologist, and Jesuit priest …

By Mary Montgomery It was an email from the Chicago chapter of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (chicagoions.org) that alerted me to the Sacred Sound Meditation workshop at the Theosophical Society in Wheaton (theosophical.org) on June 11, 2016. Two things kindled in me a desire to go: the presenters, Eben Alexander, …

By Mary Montgomery Recently I tuned in to a TED Talk Hour on NPR that was dedicated to play (npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/390249044). What an eye opener! Research is not only showing that play can make us more empathetic and loving, it is also demonstrating the serious effects that play deprivation has on …