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Why Black and White Thinking Perpetuates Problems And What to Do About It, Part 2

4/1/2021

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Why does stress hurt people’s health, mom? I’m stressed sometimes, does that mean I’m going to get sick?
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No, son. While it’s true you go through stress, it’s not the same type of stress as a kid like you who is living in the middle of a war zone, hiding under his bed from bombs. Or a kid your age who doesn’t know if he’ll be able to eat today. Or a kid who lives in terror of what a grownup will do to them. That’s the kind of stress that can make you sick.

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Why Black and White Thinking Perpetuates Problems And What to Do About It, Part 1

3/23/2021

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​A few days ago, the hubs and I were discussing intuitive eating. He was trying to wrap his head around some ideas, and he had questions.

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Valentine's Day Musings, or 10 Ways Loving Yourself Will Turn You Into a Better Love-er

2/10/2021

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“If you don’t love yourself you’ll never feel like anyone else does either”
-Bridgett Devoue
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“Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.”-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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Nudity + A New Year = 10 Novel Ways I'm Practicing Radical Acceptance

1/10/2021

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​When I was a teenager, I had this dream every now and again. 


In the dream, I would be walking along the grimy streets of Puerto Ayacucho, a small Venezuelan town.

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Why I Gave Up On Dieting and "Clean Eating"

12/14/2020

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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold it would be a merrier world.​

I am a recovering natural health fanatic. 

I have followed a “coffee and gum” diet. I have restricted calories and implemented intermittent fasting. ​

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On Grieving the Faith that Let Me Down...

10/20/2020

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Sometimes, you’ll tune into a podcast, a sermon, a song, a poem or a story, and you will be surprised by tears. And as those tears wet your tender cheeks, you will realize you’ve been sad, sad, sad, for so very long.

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Aarrgh...

10/4/2020

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These past weeks have been tough. 

I wish I could say I was a really healthy, super disciplined person. The truth is, I fall somewhere close to the middle of the continuum between lazy, good-for-nothing and winner, winner, chicken dinner. ​

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Longish Thoughts on all the Bass-ackwardly-ness of Everything...

5/1/2020

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Backwards.

Rearwards. Back to front. In reverse. Toward the rear. Inverted.

Guys. Life has never been stranger.

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What to do When Hangin' Out on Social Media Sucks...

4/6/2020

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How many times?, I wonder. 

How many times?, or, When will I ever be healthy enough to handle this?

Because, guys, I don’t do social media well. I just don’t.

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My Three C's: Cancer, Coronavirus and Control

3/18/2020

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Three years ago, if you would have told me my son would soon be diagnosed with a dangerous form of cancer, I would have…

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