“Restrict and Avoid” type diets often miss the mark…of health!
"Restrict and Avoid" type diets often miss the mark...of health! For health reasons I have previously posted about, I am on the hunt for an extremely heart friendly, cholesterol lowering diet. As you surely know, there is a cornucopia of conflicting advice "out there" regarding what is best to put in [...]
Shockingly sugar is as toxic to the body as alcohol
Shockingly sugar is as toxic to the body as alcohol As part of my quest to find the best diet for heart health, I've been investigating the three macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates and fat). While looking at carbohydrates, I have come across this YouTube video by Dr. Robert Lustig, which was [...]
The search for the best diet… aka the “heart whisperer”
The search for the best diet... aka the "heart whisperer" Last month, I had an epiphany about the importance of fully inhabiting each and every moment I have available to me. This has led to more consciously evaluating how I'm spending my time and in particular the quantity of time I need [...]
The no longer parallel reality of RIGHT NOW
The no longer parallel reality of RIGHT NOW Something clicked in me yesterday about what I'm doing here on earth. I read the chapter, "This is It", in Hugh Mcleod's, Evil Plans book. He told me to fight like hell to get to that place where love and work combine [...]
Chasing inspiration
Chasing inspiration What if I could capture every single moment of fleeting inspiration I had? Capture and package them up in a secret bundle of "zing" that would become my sacred talisman to carry with me through the dry patches of life? I sure need that today. I feel so [...]
Creating yourself vs. being yourself
Creating yourself vs. being yourself I have always been an inventor of my personality. I think my love of words highlighted to me their ability to conjure up whatever personality I could imagine. It was quite freeing actually, but also an exercise in losing myself. If I could be anything, [...]
How wide a frame can you put around your future?
How wide a frame can you put around your future? I love this quote from Cathie Black, former president of Hearst Magazines, who wrote a letter to her younger self in the book by Ellyn Spragins: What I know now about success: Letters from extraordinary women to their younger selves. [...]
What does it mean to thrive?
What does it mean to thrive? I have been getting acquainted lately with what some of our philosophical forefathers had to say about living a joyous life. Aristotle's words about living a three pronged life based on what is true, good, and beautiful, really touches me. Aristotle on the [...]
Getting into hot water
Getting into hot water I have a new obsession. Lately, I have been fixated on Dragonfly Teas, and before that it was about a month long relationship with Marriage Frères teas from my trip to Paris last month. What a joy it is to have a soothing, steaming, nose tingling warm [...]
Waiting for permission to shine
Waiting for permission to shine I sing. I've always liked to sing but previously kept it a bit on the down-low. Humming a bar here and there. Belting one out in the shower, if noboby was home. But as far as hobbies go, I turned my attention to other musical [...]