STACIE ROSE 

By Stacie Rose As the season of giving gets underway, many of us will likely ask ourselves the same burning questions we ponder year after year. What do we want? What do we need? And what in the world can we give to our friends and loved ones? These are straightforward questions, albeit with complex undertones. They can conjure a multitude of thoughts and emotions like excitement, joy, anxiety, fear, and even existential contemplating. Why must this time of year create so muc

How to decrease stress by managing your expectations By Stacie Rose Many schools of thought and modalities incorporate what we have come to call mindfulness. You may hear it in yoga, modern culture, in circles of friends and on social media. It's what we make of mindfulness that matters most. How we internalize, externalize, and synthesize the notion makes all the difference. Perhaps getting comfortable with the term mindfulness has led you to that pleasant offshoot kindfulne