Psychology 101: The Placebo Effect. Things that make us feel better but don’t actually do anything. Case and Example: Elevator “Close-Door” button: You can likely stop pounding on the “Close Door” button on that elevator. It’s not there for you. Regardless of every suspense movie you have seen with an […]
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Could this post title sound more like a “white suburban woman?” and perhaps my next post will be titled “I love organic green tea because…” All kidding aside, here are my 8 life lessons from doing yoga over the past year. Like many things, you might not like it the […]
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Over winter break, my sons and I had a discussion about “geniuses” and we talked about Tesla, Einstein, Mozart…along with a bunch of others. I thought….ALL MEN? Huh? I asked my sons if they knew any female geniuses and they could not name even one. Honestly, I felt embarrassed as […]
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I get good parking spots. Usually up front, almost every-time. Why? Luck? (I don’t believe in luck), or: am I more patient to find the good spot have better timing to find the spot take the leap of faith to look in the front row am opportunistic to see people […]
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Recently I was making excuses for falling off my healthy eating wagon to my 20 year old son…”it’s been so busy”, “I was at a business thing…” blah blah….his response, compassionate but matter of fact: “Mom, Just do better”. I looked at him and responded “Ok”
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Over the last couple of months, I lost some weight, so I was excited to investigate my closet for “skinny” clothes and discovered a pair of linen shorts! It had been a few years since they saw sunshine and I was excited to wear them. I happily wore my little […]
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