A new friend at RIT shared this very interesting story with me the other day. I highly recommend listening to the recording describing this study that looked into why we make certain food choices. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122781981&sc=emaf “The brain is anatomically organized into different systems….. You have a rational deliberative system which is sort of more to …
Did you ever see the movie Ten Things I Hate About You? There’s a line from it, said by Bianca Stratford’s ditzy friend, that I always think of when I’m overwhelmed. As the two girls are walking along, the ditzy friend says, “I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed. But can …
Kristina and I are learning American Sign Language (ASL) in order to be able to do wellness coaching for the hearing impaired at RIT and the National Technical Institute of the Deaf (NTID). We are both at the same level of skill and comprehension (quite low, but working hard on it!). On Tuesday, our ASL …
I have an irrational fear of toilets. Public toilets and restrooms make me feel very uncomfortable and squeamish (even thinking about it right now makes me want to barf). One time several years ago, I saw a news clip on TV that talked about and showed what happens in a bathroom when you flush the …
I have a short story to tell you…. I love raw plant-based food…..and I also love cheese and wine and bread (and pizza and ice cream and chocolate…). One time, a woman told me that she’d love to be the type of person who craves an apple for dessert. Me too! I have visions of …
I speak with someone regularly who is a behavioral psychologist, and we often talk about what makes people do what they do… a deep subject, for sure. This is what she says about behavior change– “If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting.” I’m not sure why, but this feels like …
I attended a workshop this weekend by David Romanelli, author of Yeah Dave’s Guide to Livin’ the Moment: Getting to ecstacy through wine, chocolate, and your ipod playlist. I have’t read the book…yet. I will. I found Dave’s insights and anecdotes to be refreshingly grounded—he seemed to be a real person with a real message. It …
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I’m not a fan of resolutions, possibly because I am terrible at upholding them. I think it’s a common issue with our society for us to choose something to improve about ourselves and then to do it all at once….only to fail all at once shortly thereafter. In the past, I’ve tried this all-or-nothing approach …
New Year’s Eve in 2003 was the saddest day of my life. It had been a couple months since my sister passed away, it was the first day I was not spending with my 2 month-old nephew, and it was the last day of the last year in which my sister was alive. I spent the day and …
Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours. – Swedish Proverb
