Mitch Albom has made a career of learning lessons and sharing them in books. His most famous work recounts lessons about resisting greed and selfishness through insights into human goodness shared by his favorite professor, Morris “Morrie” Schwartz, in the weeks before Schwartz died of ALS. The book, “Tuesdays With Morrie,” ranks among the best-selling…
How to Become Stronger: Weight Training for Middle-Aged and Older People
Just exercising will not make you stronger. If it did, marathon runners would have the largest and strongest muscles. If you want to make your muscles stronger, you have to exercise them against resistance strong enough to damage the muscle fibers and when they heal, they will be stronger. A review of 22 studies on how…
Is Your Mental Health Under Your Control?
The number of people struggling with poor mental health and mental disorders has been rising around the world over the past few decades. Those who are struggling are increasingly facing difficulties accessing the kind of support they need—leaving many waiting months for help, if they even qualify for treatment. While it’s clear that more needs to be done to improve access…
Double Agent
Symbiotic balance of multi species in our Family Cow pastures… Sometimes I feel like a double agent privy to inside information. Often it’s sensitive, potentially damaging information on chemical farming to which, if the “chem farm” folks were wiser, they really shouldn’t allow me access. Especially since they should know who I am. You know, one of those…
A Guide to Letting Go of Stress
We all deal with stress on a daily basis — whether it’s the stress of being busy and overwhelmed at work, having to deal with personal crises, traffic, relationships, health, finances … stress can be a big part of our lives. And stress has some strong effects: it makes us less happy, less effective, less…
New Friends: How a 67-year-old Struck Up Lasting New Friendships During her First Triathlon
May 17, 2022
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Jeanne Mitchell, mother and grandmother, had just moved away from the friends she knew. She retired and moved upstate with her husband to a quiet area on the New Jersey coast in 2013. “It’s a beautiful neck of the woods,” she admits, but “it’s not an area where you get to know your neighbors super…
How EMF Exposure May Cause Depression, Anxiety & Other Mental Health Issues
From time to time, even the healthiest and happiest of us have periods when we feel anxious or depressed. Stress, the most common trigger of these emotions, has always been an inherent part of the human experience, and this holds true today. In fact, statistics suggest that stressors are more abundant than ever; nearly 1 in 5 adults in the United States suffer from a mental…
6 Tips On How To Handle Gossip In Your Life
Do your friends like to gossip on a regular basis? It can be challenging to deal with gossip from the people that you like to hang out with. As a result, here are six suggestions on how to handle gossip from the people that you know. 1. Remain neutral: When hanging out with your friends, it…
Staying Positive With a Negative Brain
May 17, 2022
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It’s safe to say nearly everyone has been feeling a bit negative recently, especially in the past two years. A dramatic rise in depression and anxiety is usually a good indicator that we’re collectively not feeling our best. Research from the Boston University School of Public Health showed that the rise in depression during the…
Rock Bottom: The One Big Lie Your Mind Will Tell You When You’re in Your Darkest Moment
This blog post contains excerpts from my new book, Own Your Self, now available for pre-order. “How much longer?” I pleaded in the direction of the long space-time tunnel that separated me from my midwife. My mind had leapt back on stage and grabbed the mic. You can’t do this, it said. You’re going to die. This is…
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