Darby Koogler

Expatriates—more commonly known as expats can be included as part of the diaspora because expats dwell in countries outside of their homeland and/or country of citizenship.

Our globe is the same size as it has ever been, but the world is shrinking and becoming less localized and more globalized because of diaspora. Diaspora’s Septuagint and Greek etymology is applied to people who have dispersed or scattered across lands—away from homelands and/or areas of ancestry.

Culture are the distinctives of an individual, families, communities, regions, and even nations. In counseling we often use a biopsychosocial-spiritual lens to define culture—and the DSM includes cultural formation interview ideas.

For the past few years, intermittent fasting has gained attention, but intermittent fasting is not new—some of our grandparents and great-grandparents held to fasting by letting the rotation of the earth determine eating and non-eating hours; as in, some would not eat after sundown and continue fasting until sunup. Most are aware that this is where we get the term: breakfast—the time to break the fast.

“Take a look, it’s in a book…” sang part of the Reading Rainbow TV series theme from my childhood. My childhood contains memories of paper books: picture books, books to follow along with on recorded cassette tapes which often began: “When you hear the chime ring, turn the page.