Musical Monday: Shake It Off by Taylor Swift I haven’t been able to get this INSANELY catchy song out of my head for the past week. At first it was kinda of frustrating me that I kept singing “Shake it off! Shake it off!” in my head, but then I noticed that phrase came in… Continue reading Musical Monday: Shake It Off
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The Power of a Lunar Eclipse
The Power of a Lunar Eclipse Last weekend, we had a Lunar Eclispe. Did you see it? I actually didn’t, but I sure as s**t felt it. Boy oh boy. It was as if something completely and totally shifted in me. I couldn’t put my exact finger on it, but the Silver Lining was that a… Continue reading The Power of a Lunar Eclipse
3 Words to Help Retrain Your Brain
3 Words to Help Retrain Your Brain “I DON”T KNOW.” Yepper, that’s it! Those are the 3 magic words to literally retrain your brain. Sound fishy? Well, Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, authors of Think Like A Freak, both argue that people in today’s society are overly confident about what they think they… Continue reading 3 Words to Help Retrain Your Brain
How Exercise Aids Cancer Treatment
How Exercise Aids Cancer Treatment Though I think that common sense probably tells us that exercise aids cancer treatment (heaven knows that I felt better when I did restorative yoga or took walks when I was sick), but when there is science behinds something…well, then it REALLY seems to matter. Mark W. Dewhirst, the Gustavo… Continue reading How Exercise Aids Cancer Treatment
14 Surprising Ways to Boost Your Creativity
14 Surprising Ways to Boost Your Creativity As much as I wish that creativity came naturally and easily – without pulling out my hair – the truth of the matter is that it just doesn’t. Ha! In fact, lately, I have been feeling in a bit of a creative deficit. The Silver Lining was coming across… Continue reading 14 Surprising Ways to Boost Your Creativity
Friday Fixin’s: Fruit Infused Water
Friday Fixin’s: Fruit Infused Water Have you ever met someone in her 50s and thought to yourself, “Wow, she has fantastic skin! Why no wrinkles?” Well, I am not going to say that genetics doesn’t play a role (because it does!) but a MAJOR reason why some women are able to postpone the wrinkle… Continue reading Friday Fixin’s: Fruit Infused Water
Angelina Jolie Pitt: Diary of a Surgery
Last night, I received an email alert from the New York Times with an article entitled, “Angelina Jolie Pitt: Diary of a Surgery.” My first thought was “here we go again.” As you may recall (who in the world doesn’t), two years ago, Angelina Jolie (pre-Pitt) underwent a “preventative” double mastectomy. I wrote about it here shortly thereafter. Please allow… Continue reading Angelina Jolie Pitt: Diary of a Surgery
Musical Monday: Jimmy Fallon & The Roots
Jimmy Fallon & The Roots Happy Monday! There is absolutely NO WAY that you can’t have a fabulous day if you watch these videos of Jimmy Fallon and the Roots with various musical performers. The BEST PART? All are played with CLASSROOM INSTRUMENTS. It really and truly and positively does not get better than this!… Continue reading Musical Monday: Jimmy Fallon & The Roots
Courage
Love love love this quote by Winston Churchill. Sometimes courage means STANDING UP and speaking and other times it means SITTING DOWN and listening. Wisdom – I believe – comes from knowing when to do either.
Ways to Minimize Decision Fatigue
Ways to Minimize Decision Faitgue One of the many challenges of navigating the world of health care after a cancer diagnosis is that there are a trillion decisions to make (or at least it feels like there is!). I remember feeling so incredibly overwhelmed that it felt like my brain would just shut off and… Continue reading Ways to Minimize Decision Fatigue