A New Look! Re-wilding Our Language.
"I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news." "John Muir" Every now and then a word creeps into our language and begins to replicate like a fungus, invading every available corner of our consciousness. The word takes on a life of its own and begins to infect our conversations and weaken our powers. One such word is wellness. The word itself can be traced back to the 1950's. In the beginning, it was proposed as a push-back against Western medicine and its mechanical approach to the human body. Critics declared that "health is more than the absence of disease" and advanced a new concept that was supposed to be more complete and holistic. Health just wasn't good enough anymore. But as popular as it has become, wellness is a we