Review of Week 14 – Optimizing Yourself – Get More Sleep BIG time

‘Photo by Michael Phillips https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeyphillips. This week I learned that I have made not getting enough sleep a habit, and habits take some time to break. I did manage to get about an hour extra of sleep each night, but I still did not get as much sleep as I need. By setting the goal to… Continue reading Review of Week 14 – Optimizing Yourself – Get More Sleep BIG time

Our Soul Animates Our Body and Mind

The soul is the essence of the man” – Socrates (470-399 BC) It has been said that our soul exists before we are born, and will continue to exist after we die. The soul is an elusive concept, yet every culture recognizes a spiritual part of us that is separate from the physical body, and… Continue reading Our Soul Animates Our Body and Mind

No Worry Curry at Cloverdale Rodeo Grounds

As we browsed through all the beautiful handcrafted items at the April Artisan Showcase at The Cloverdale Rodeo Grounds today, I was lured by the smell of aromatic spices, and to a man frying butter chicken sauce in a steamy pan, under the “Ace Curries To Go” sign. “Vick” introduced himself and offered us samples… Continue reading No Worry Curry at Cloverdale Rodeo Grounds

Review of Week 13 – Nurturing Your Body in a BIG Way

For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, instead of giving into the demands of daily life and feeling disconnected to my body, I took time to connect with my body. I awakened my olfactory sense with scented creams, soaps, perfume, and bubble bath. I wore soft, fleecy clothing against my skin. I connected to my life… Continue reading Review of Week 13 – Nurturing Your Body in a BIG Way

Thinking About Not Vaccinating Your Kids? Think Again!

Despite recent measles outbreaks in Canada and The US, some parents refuse to have their children vaccinated against the disease, and I think they are risking the lives of their children, and others. My brother got infected with the measles when he was one year’s old. That was in 1956, when there was no reliable… Continue reading Thinking About Not Vaccinating Your Kids? Think Again!

Optimizing Yourself – Week 13 – Nurturing Your Body Each Day in a BIG Way

For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I am going to nurture my body each day. Feeling your breath going in and out is the easiest way to connect with your body. Focusing on breath makes you present, and rids your mind of obsessive thinking, as your thoughts transfer into your body. This creates peace and… Continue reading Optimizing Yourself – Week 13 – Nurturing Your Body Each Day in a BIG Way

Review of Week 12 – Going BIG with Creating Positive Self-Talk

For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I changed to using positive self-talk words like: do, choose, proud, make, and when, on my to-do list, to motivate me to get tasks accomplished. Using decisive words left no doubt in my mind that I was going to accomplish tasks, helped me tackle little tasks easily, and the… Continue reading Review of Week 12 – Going BIG with Creating Positive Self-Talk

Week 12 – Optimizing Yourself – Go BIG With Creating Positive Self-Talk

Behavioral researchers describe the human brain as the most powerful computer there is. We think up to 50,000 thoughts a day, but many of them are negative, and those thoughts are the basis of our self-talk dialogue that we all have throughout the day. Old programming from our past gets stored in our subconscious mind,… Continue reading Week 12 – Optimizing Yourself – Go BIG With Creating Positive Self-Talk

Review of Week 11 – Go BIG with Eating 6 Small Meals a Day

For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I ate six small regularly scheduled meals a day instead of three big meals. For the first four days, it felt like an inconvenience to stop and prepare so many small meals when I didn’t feel hungry, but as I continued to follow the schedule, by the fifth day,… Continue reading Review of Week 11 – Go BIG with Eating 6 Small Meals a Day

Life is Short, Buy The Shoes

It’s the first day of spring, and my Mom beckons me to visit her in ‘The Gardens’ where she peacefully rests. I enter the driveway under the shade of the huge cedar tree, until the warming spring sun meets me, and I circle around beside the lake, and pass by the Chinese pagoda on the… Continue reading Life is Short, Buy The Shoes