MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT

Tag: health

  • Vision quest

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, June 6, 2025 “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller Traveling recently, I saw something in an airport bathroom that got my attention. It was one of those moments: you see something and you wonder why you’ve never tried it, you give…

  • Curation inflation

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, May 23, 2025 “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.” — Buddha In 1974, the book most often seen in the halls of my Catholic girls’ high school — invariably wrapped in brown paper — was The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. Reading as we walked from…

  • Skin check

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, April 25, 2025 “The finest clothing made is a person’s own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.” – Mark Twain If those ads about crepey skin have started meaning something to you (or if you simply live here at altitude, no matter what your age), it could…

  • Cognitive overload

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, April 11, 2025 “I use journaling as a tool for organization, stress reduction and clearing my head.” — Tim Ferriss I have been thinking hard about certain aspects of mental health. Mine, yours, all of ours. How do we floss our brains the same way we floss our teeth — to…

  • Holding space

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, March 28, 2025 The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths. –Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Some months ago, I read an editorial about a certain national crisis line and its needed place in…

  • Outlandish creatures

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, March 14, 2025 “Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as a prayer.” – Dean Koontz “There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” Albert Schweitzer It…