Category: health
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Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: I spent yesterday nursing a flareup of my knee injury. Ironically, my knee hurts more when I sit still so I had to keep moving. Writing takes much longer when you have to walk instead of sitting still. So, I had to record into my phone and go voice…
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Today’s power words from my Show Up! Journal free-write. I struggle with hypothyroidism. I have to take excellent care of myself, watch what I eat, exercise lightly, and do yoga or tai chi every, single day, or I will rapidly get to the point where I can’t even get out of bed. Since I have…
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So many of us all over the world are feeling squeezed in a pressure cooker. So, I am calling for a moment of breathing all together. Are you willing? I invite everyone who reads this to join in and share it wide. This afternoon at say five pm (EST)? Who will stop what they are…
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When you live with an allergy or sensitivity that most people don’t know exists, it can be tough. I have a scent sensitivity. It is getting worse as I get older. I am not allergic. I will not die (unless I inhale too much smoke and my airway closes, which has happened once before and…
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Some people run marathons. Some people can bench press 250 pounds. Today, I am just happy that I was able to do 24 angled push-ups (three sets of eight) in my clap push-ups challenge and walk 2 miles without a cane. A couple of weeks ago I could do no more than three sets of five…
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I’ve started this post numerous ways. And I, verbose as I am, have no words for this. Sometimes, I feel like some vital connection to all the other lives on this planet is slipping away. And that connection that used to be inherent must now be nurtured by all of us. Somehow, we have to…
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Why I take vacations I don’t do it often, but it turns out I need the recharge time. I’m crawling back to myself on this break. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my roles in the lives of my friends, my clients, my students, and the world at large. The big revelation? I…
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In today’s episode of Productivity Tuesday, let’s talk about habits. We all recognize that we have “good” and “bad” habits. I think many of us might agree that journaling is a good habit. Many of us might also agree that drinking until you puke every Friday and Saturday night is a bad habit (It might…
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I just wrote this as part of a comment on someone else’s thread, but to me, it bears repeating. “There is nothing wrong with having a strong ego. The word ego has gotten a bad rap. It means knowing yourself. It means having a strong sense of identity.” I’m getting tired of the promulgation of…
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I moved both more and less than the previous days. I spent a lot more time eating. It was Thanksgiving so I’m cutting myself some slack. As an aside, I ate pretty well. The food was delicious, healthy, and wonderful. I ate no sugar and had berries for dessert. I did break my no-wheat rule,…
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I’ve completed two days of my experiment in how much I move. Yesterday proved to be a more active day than day one. I was in motion more than I was sedentary. I cleaned, shopped, walked, hiked, exercised and generally moved more than I sat at the computer, wrote, or watched tv. I’d like to…
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So, I’m running a wee experiment on myself. It occurs to me that I have become a bit too sedentary. Certainly, when I’m on the go, I’m out and running. But, when I’m at home, I’m noticing my tendency to sit (pretty still) and work and get stiff and hurt. It got me to thinking…
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I’ve begun prepping for my next gallbladder/gallstone cleanse. I’m doing the cleanse Sunday into Monday (so look for me to be moaning and groaning if I do make it onto my computer, at all). In the meantime, I’m on black walnut/wormwood/cloves tinctures. And all my water will have apple cider vinegar in it until after…
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Today’s cards: Three of Swords, Justice, Six of Rods. It’s pretty simple today. You will get *exactly* what you want, so be really, absolutely, positively sure of what it is you do want. We let our passions rule us, sometimes. That can be chaotic, cathartic, and comprehensively destructive. But out of the ashes, we can…
