When improvement has little to do with you
I recently re-read Brené Browm’s The Gifts of Imperfection. I came across her Sisters Strong Summer podcast episodes and decided to buy the 10th anniversa...
Category: Health & Well Being
Working out whilst sick (or not)
God I love the word whilst. I wish I were allowed to use it. I was right when I wrote that post last night. I do feel better today. My nose is still stuffy and ...
West Medicine Fails Again
West medicine can do a lot of incredible things. This is not a post to deride western medicine as a whole. Vaccines especially are proof of western medicines ab...
There’s Always Something
I ALWAYS work out three times a week. I can count on one hand the weeks I didn’t manage to work out three times in the past year. I think it may only be t...
Oh yeah, I’m going there
I have always been sensitive to smells. Strong smells, even if they are supposed to be pleasant, bother me. I am always acutely aware of fragrances and odors &#...
Goods and Bads (Ok, only Bads)
It’s been a really shitty week and I’m feeling pretty down right now. But I also recognize that some good has happened, and I don’t want to ov...
Bracing for Impact
The next four weeks are going to be intense. Really, really intense. It all starts tomorrow and I feel like I’m physically and psychologically bracing mys...
Languid
The days lately have had a certain languid quality to them. It may come from listening to Station Eleven (and I can’t determine if that is because of the ...
The Mirror
We have a new mirror in our house. It occupies the wall across from our bedroom door, so I see myself in it every time I walk in and out of my room. This new mi...
Vision Therapy
Last Saturday we had our first vision therapy appointment. (Have I mentioned how thankful I am that the office is a 10 minute bus ride from our house, and that ...