Category: Self Improvement
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The Well-Lived Life
Reading Time: 4 minutes Right here, right now, I’m going to give you the best mental (and maybe physical) health advice you’ll ever receive. It is this: Get this book, read it cover to cover. * Read it again. Think about it, and what Dr Gladys says in it, whenever you have a bit of… Read more
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Aqua Walking
Reading Time: 2 minutes nally, FINALLY, I found a way to exercise that I absolutely love. Since my cancer diagnosis early this year, I’m starting to really understand that exercise, which I’ve avoided like the plague most of my life, is vitally important in preventing a recurrence. As is losing weight and eating right, all… Read more
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5 Frogs on a Log
Reading Time: 2 minutes Five frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to jump off. How many are left? A few years ago I conducted the great Malaise Experiment. The idea was to go 21 days (in a row!) making good choices about what I ate, how and how much I moved, and choosing… Read more
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My Happy Place
Reading Time: 4 minutes You all know I love the beach. The colors, the sun, the warmth, the water, the sand, the sounds, the possibilities of adventure, I love everything about the beach. But I learned something more about myself this week. A week ago today I went to the plastic surgeon and, after 12… Read more
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A New Lease on Life
Reading Time: < 1 minute Most of you know I got a cancer diagnosis in January and have been dealing with that the last several months. Theoretically, today I am cancer free. Any further treatment the medical profession is recommending is to prevent the chance of recurrence. I’ve used the last 6 months to educate… Read more
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Living Fearlessly
Reading Time: 2 minutes I feel completely blessed that somewhere along the way, I’ve learned to not live my life in fear. In fact, even facing a life threatening cancer diagnosis hasn’t triggered any fear and anxiety in me. Understanding and embracing that birth is a death sentence helps give me the freedom to simply… Read more
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Those Try-On Apps
Reading Time: < 1 minute My sister Lisa turned me on to Zenni Optical. You upload your eyeglass prescription, then go to their website where you take a picture of yourself according to their directions. Their app then allows you to see any pair of glasses they sell on your face. I thought it was… Read more
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In Praise of Walking
Reading Time: 4 minutes Full disclosure: I stole the title of this blog from the title of a book by an Irish neurosurgeon named Shane O’Mara. I ran across several YouTube interviews with him recently because YouTube apparently knows everything about what’s important to me in my life at the moment. I wrote a blog… Read more
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It’s True. Dammit!
Reading Time: 5 minutes I have a very sedentary lifestyle. I like it that way. I prefer cerebral rather than physical activities. Always have, always will. I love to read, put together jigsaw puzzles, play cards and board games, and learn things. My activities of choice don’t involve much movement and yes, I am aware… Read more
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Putting Pooped Behind Me
Reading Time: 4 minutes Randy and I spent most of the last 10 days putting our house back together after the contractor claimed they were done with water damage repairs from Hurricane Ian. The repairs started back in mid-February when they ripped out the ceiling and walls in the master bedroom, and the vanity, toilet,… Read more