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CONSISTENCY HABIT? WHAT YOU DO IS WHO YOU ARE

If a consistency habit sounds like one step away from living in a rut, then you’re doing it wrong. A rut, or living in a rut, is the hole you’ve been digging. When life said ‘Dig in’ you started and never stopped, never asked why. That’s a rut you’ve been plowing, my friends, and I’m […]

NEW EXPERTS CHECK IN WITH MEDICAL AND MILITARY WIZARDRY

New experts are coming out of the woodwork, crawling out from under rocks, and they need to be heard. Luckily for the rest of us we have social media to learn from them. After enough twitter and Facebook scrolling, I’m ready for class, ready to discover new insights from these evolving geniuses. You know I […]

FEELING BAD? THINK OF OTHERS WHILE YOU SUFFER

Feeling bad, as if it’s not enough, comes with extras, like those trying to help you feel better. Think of them while you’re in the throes of misery. Whether you know it or not, your suffering is their suffering. They feel better when you feel better. This came up at a recent gathering of some […]

FATHER’S DAY FROM OLD DAD TO NEW DAD ALL TOGETHER

Father’s Day comes every year, but that first one is something else. A new dad on his day lays the groundwork of tradition for every Father’s Day for the next fifty years. Will it be like a birthday? Christmas? Or eventually just another day on the calendar? The easy answer: It depends on the kids. […]

CANCER AWARENESS ADVICE: HPV IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Cancer awareness question: What cancer has a vaccine? Cancer awareness answer: HPV cancer. What cancer threat creates a bitter response from parents: HPV cancer. Why would some random advice blogger give a damn? Please continue.

TEETH MATTER MORE TO BOOMERS. HERE’S WHY

Teeth matter because oral health is so important. Google ‘oral health heart risk’ if you want more proof than some blogger spewing online. Better yet, and what sets me apart from your average dipstick, I’ll do it for you. Here to help:

NO PHOTO ZONE? 3 PLACES YOU DON’T WANT TO FIND YOURSELF

The No Photo Zone is bigger than three, but something happened recently to link historical and cultural events. Three days ago an old man paid the piper for: Doing a job in 1940’s Germany. Even now people get arrested for their concentration camp guard pasts.

STRESSED FEELINGS OF PEOPLE, ANXIOUS PEOPLE

Stressed feelings are an overload signal, like a surge protector. If your life is a barrel, it carries everything important inside. We add and subtract, move things around. Now and then it overflows. It’s not a ‘disturbance in the force,’ overflow, not at first. But it is messy. Now what? You need to ask?

ELLEN URBANI MAKES GOOD TROUBLE

Ellen Urbani wrote an essay published in Time Magazine. “Our president wants you to believe I am a terrorist, a professional agitator stalking the Pacific Northwest.“ The title of the essay was, “I’m a Mom Who Came Out to Protest for Black Lives in Portland. I Was Shot by Federal Agents.” That’s where the wheelchair […]

EMOTIONAL RESISTANCE TRAINING RESCUE

Emotional resistance training is more than ignoring bad news and waiting for clouds to lift. It takes a little work, a little effort. The definition of resistance training is clear and plain: improve muscles by making them work against a weight or force. The same definition applies to emotions: When we get challenged in a […]

CONSISTENCY HABIT? WHAT YOU DO IS WHO YOU ARE

FEELING BAD? THINK OF OTHERS WHILE YOU SUFFER

CANCER AWARENESS ADVICE: HPV IN THE SPOTLIGHT

TEETH MATTER MORE TO BOOMERS. HERE’S WHY

NO PHOTO ZONE? 3 PLACES YOU DON’T WANT TO FIND YOURSELF

STRESSED FEELINGS OF PEOPLE, ANXIOUS PEOPLE

ELLEN URBANI MAKES GOOD TROUBLE

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