New this Issue:

Welcome to our February/March issue "Integrity." I would first like to thank everyone for "going with the flow" with the change of theme for this issue and for all the great input on the subject. Our April/May issue will feature the theme of Animalwize, so the deadline for articles will be moved to the 25th of March. I look forward to the additional contributions and thank everyone for those that have already been sent in.

I would like to thank everyone for their contributions in the past and the support of the changes that have been made in the journal. I look forward to seeing the new emerging, alternative practices, the growth of the established ones and the willingness for everyone to participate in them to their full potential. To our columnists, my thanks for their continued work in their fields to keep at least one step ahead, bringing us closer to who we can choose to become.

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Take some time to come and participate in the many offerings, the Whole Health Expo will be in Cromwell, Ct. January 31st and February 1st, The Yarmouth Wellness Fair is April 4th at Rowe Elementary School. The Midcoast Maine Women's Health Conference in Belfast will be held May 15th.

With the completion of 2008 and the new energy of 2009 many people have been feeling the shifts and changes. We are seeing previous ways of being in the world are no longer being supported and we are all facing the exploration of new and different expressions ready to emerge.

In this time there can be much angst and frustration within us. Not "knowing" is something that immerses each of us in a range of feelings. The path may not have been known in the past, but there was a safety in knowing the search. Now we have arrived. To the knowing that we are "it." We are the path and the search. That search has led us right back to home, to ourselves. Though we may feel lost, we are not, for we are here, within ourselves and with each other. So we are not alone, we walk together each day, believe it or not. The belief that we are alone can be overcome by stepping out into the world and letting someone into our experience and allowing ourselves to become a part of someone else's.

The idea of purpose is also taking on new meaning for many. Now we know that purpose does not exist outside of ourselves, nor in the doing of life... For some that brings an incredible sense of peace. For others it fosters the angst and frustration of our minds and for most of us it is a wonderful combination of the two. The one thing I do know is in that moment of angst and frustration I ask the question... Am I safe? The answer is in Yes, and so a new belief is created.

So where does integrity fit? I stated to someone "truth is only what you are willing to see." A distressed look crossed their face. "Truth is what you are or are not willing to see... if you are not willing to see something your truth will be one thing. If you are willing to see beyond, you'll find your truth will shift." So willingness is key in integrity. The willingness to... When we are willing we are open. When we are open we embrace all that is and then respond according to who we are consciously "willing" to be in the world. Some call that relationship with self-integrity. Thus we hold integrity as ourselves.

Integrity once again is something that we already are, not something that we do. Once again the journey delivers us home. So as you read this issue of the journal realize that the journeys that you will take are designed to lead you home, to self, to a genuine expression of who you choose to create in this moment of time.

Happy travels...