And so it is with luck – unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. … Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. From Be lucky – it’s an easy skill to learn from [...]
[16 Feb 2010]
From The Christian Progressive Liberal piece The Gift of Good Mental Health on Jack & Jill Politics: We value good physical health, but somehow, many of us believe we don’t deserve good mental health as well. That we deserve to live life to the fullest without dealing with soul-destroying depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, [...]
[30 Nov 2009]
From New York Times Well Blog post Why Exercise Makes You Less Anxious: But the youngest brain cells in the running rats, the cells that the scientists assumed were created by running, were less likely to express the genes. They generally remained quiet. The “cells born from running,” the researchers concluded, appeared to have been [...]
[18 Nov 2009]
I have struggled with depression and anxiety for most of my life. In second grade, for example, my teacher made me stand in the hall because I had interrupted class for the umpteenth time. My reaction? I tried to strangle myself with the blouse’s tie (it was the early 80′s when such a shirt was [...]
[19 Oct 2009]
Right now, I have a tightness in my chest. I have a tightness in my throat. Right now, I am taking deep breaths and reminding myself that it’s the anxiety doing that. Right now, my head is starting to throb. Right now, I am scared, tense, anxious, overwhelmed, drained — but most of all, I [...]
[2 Jun 2009]