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Category Archives: Health and wellness
Life Is Hard
Recently, I’ve read a couple of books about how you can take greater control of your life, particularly your time and your health. But there are lots of things in life you just can’t control. We all face adversity and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Health and wellness
Tagged book review, kieran setiya, living well, nonfiction, philosophy
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Younger Next Year
The authors of Younger Next Year boldly claim you can turn back your biological clock. By following their suggestions, a person in their sixties or seventies can be fitter and healthier than they were in their fifties. The book is … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, book review, community, connection, exercise, fitness, nonfiction, nutrition
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
While bedridden and convalescing from a long and mysterious illness, author Elisabeth Tova Bailey adopts a snail. A visiting friend brings her some potted violets and, living among them, a common forest snail. Bailey is barely able to sit up … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Health and wellness
Tagged book review, elisabeth tova baily, health, nonfiction, snails
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COVID Year 2
A year ago, I posted a reflection on working from home during the first year of the pandemic. A lot has happened in the second year. Back then, I was waiting for my turn to get the COVID vaccine. I … Continue reading
Poe for Your Problems
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most creative and influential American writers of all time. He wrote 70 short stories, published three volumes of poetry, a full length novel plus numerous essays and letters. He invented the detective story. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Health and wellness
Tagged book review, Edgar Allan Poe, nonfiction, personal development, self-help
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Dying of Whiteness
There are two main ideas in Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland: Right-wing policies implemented by Republican administrations attract supporters because they align with a fundamental desire of many white voters to preserve … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Health and wellness, Law and justice, Politics
Tagged book review, health care, jonathan netzl, nonfiction, racism
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Invisible Women
I strongly recommend Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men to half the people of the world – the male half. Women may not need to read this book as much because they are, unfortunately, living it. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Health and wellness, Politics
Tagged book review, equality, feminism, invisible women, misogyny, nonfiction, women's rights
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
You’ve probably had the experience of being completely absorbed in an activity, totally focused, losing track of time, your body moving effortlessly, your mind clear of all distractions and worries. You were “in the zone.” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls this state … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Health and wellness, Inline skating
Tagged book review, Csikszentmihalyi, flow, happiness, nonfiction, personal development, psychology
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A Year at Home
March 5, 2021 is an anniversary of sorts. Today marks one full year since I started working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When I said goodbye to my colleagues at work on the evening of March 4, 2020, … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness, Reflections
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, lockdown, pandemic
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