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How I Get My Kid To Eat Carrots
How DO you get a kid to eat carrots? To which you should ask, “ah, how old’s the kid?” My short list: 1. Add sauce. 2. YOU have to eat it (and look like you’re enjoying it). 3. Do a song and dance number about how much you LOOOOVE carrots. 4. Don’t make it …Continue Reading
Daily Effort/Involvement/Engagement Required
I’ve never been much of a “daily” person. Let me explain what I mean. I’m inconsistent. So when I decided that I needed to be posting on this blog daily, I was doubtful. I made the decision largely because it’s not part of my nature. It scares the crap out of me, honestly. But I’m …Continue Reading
And Now The Practice of Yoga Begins
I began my wellness journey — my journey to being well — while sitting in a cubicle in the earlier days of the internet, circa 2000. Sitting in this box, with fluorescent lighting humming overhead and taking much-too-frequent smoke breaks, I knew deep down that this was not the life for me. I saw my …Continue Reading
Don’t Be Such a Softie
Are you American? You’re soft. Says Gary Vaynerchuck. And I agree. So how can you toughen up a little bit? Do some yoga. But wait, you may say, I thought yoga would make me softer, more woo-woo, more walk-the-middle-ground. True. It may. But more than likely it will ask you to be very painfully honest …Continue Reading
There Is Nothing Left To Do But To Do It.
You know how you get rando mems that pop out of nowhere and into your head? This is the time of year that I always do quite a bit of reflecting and, as I age, there are more memories that flood back to me. As you age, your friends pass away, time goes faster (it really …Continue Reading