Do you remember, when green was just that, a color? But now it is associated with improving our indoor and outdoor environment for a healthier lifestyle.

In one of this week's episodes, a world-famous expert and founder of The Green Design Center expounded on the importance of being aware of green building products used in our home, otherwise, we expose ourselves to toxic or harmful chemicals.

In this blog, I hope to share what we can do to mitigate the exposure of deleterious products and how to save financially, and of course, I will share my personal perspective or humble opinion of whatever it is worth.

What grows over 75 feet and can survive for a hundred years plus? As you would guess by the title of this blog, the date palm. According to the science of botany, the palm is categorized as a plant in lieu of a tree.

In one of this week's episodes, a historian shares with us how this ancient fruit came to thrive in which many refer to the Californian Sahara, better known as the Palm Springs area.

The date palm is Considered the oldest cultivated fruit on this earth particularly in the middle east of which evidence indicate that dates go back at least to 4000 B.C. and possibly earlier than that.

What does it mean when you lend your ear to someone? The implication is you are going to listen carefully and sympathetically to that person. And of course, this requires hearing comprehensively well enough to possibly be of some good by offering advisement or just quietly listening to understand their feelings and commiserate.

In one of this week's episodes, an audiologist emphasized the fundamental importance of being able to hear interesting conversations with family and loved ones thus enjoying life and all it offers. Such as hearing your children at play, the natural world around us and so much more in how we perceive it.

My guest indicated that on average it takes seven years to finally conclude that there is an issue with hearing ability, it is subtle, therefore, she encouraged for those of fifty-years of age and up to visit an audiologist to arrive at a base line and determine what needs to be done  to improve our hearing. Incidentally, as of October of 2022, over-the-counter hearing aids are now available and are much more affordable.

In NYC Central Park a mother with her baby in a stroller sees a man in a clown costume and runs away in a hysterical panic leaving her baby behind. What is it that would cause a mother to completely forget her maternal instincts? This was one of the stories my guest shared with me and obviously, there is a deep seeded negative experience that has carried over into her adulthood, and psychologists will tell you that all of us have gone through some trauma reflecting itself in later years.

In one of this week's episodes, an expert in the field of phobias explained the reason and also gave some tips on how to overcome such fear by means of neuroplasticity, a changing of thinking patterns.

In fact, the fear could be an experience with spiders, snakes, riding an elevator, an airplane flight or anything that we personally may see as harmless, but to that person, the phobia is much too real and impossible to deal with emotionally. I am reminded while growing up, I would sometimes come home with a snake in my jacket, needless to say, my mother never tolerated it whatsoever. However, I wonder because of the exposure to creatures and other things like that prevented me from being fearful as an adult.