Wednesday 28 October 2020

Let yourself express the joy of living

These unnatural hormones in our food can disrupt our own hormones and throw them out of balance, causing all kinds of issues, including skin disorders. I'm certain that the excess hormones in our dairy products and meats have contributed to the increase in the occurrence of acne in recent decades. There are studies that support this belief, which I'll touch upon a little later. For me, a healthy diet is about healthy choices (most of the time! So when it was time for John to REALLY be done, I was caught off guard. I think I thought that we had more time, that I had more time to be sure. I had thought I was sure and all set and ready to be done--but when I was suddenly sitting under a tree, on the third anniversary of our wedding day, staring at divorce papers--I thought, Well, have we really done everything to try to save this thing that I don't even really want anymore but I can't imagine ending? In that moment, it became clear: it wasn't my ending--it was John's. John was clear on his ending. He had done his own searching within, he had made his own Venn diagrams and talked to his people, and he had done enough processing with me, to know it was time to end. In Michigan, when you get divorced, they make you wait this grueling and very rude ninety days for it to be official. I know how long it takes to file a piece of paper, so I can only imagine this is some sort of Christian hoax to see if people will regret their decision to get divorced and miraculously decide to save said marriage. Well, it worked on me. I went into a spiral that was so dark and so painful I honestly thought I would never emerge. Step 1: Write It Down This part doesn't even involve doing anything hard. I want you to free up the mental energy you spend juggling these undones into and out of your consciousness. So on your sheet of paper entitled Undones, write down all the things you're supposed to do that you consider undone. These are only the energy drainers, the things you feel like you have to do (but haven't), the ones that knot your stomach or keep you awake at night. Don't include your dreams, career goals, relationship fantasies, or that kind of thing;

This is just the hard stuff. If you have ongoing projects in which you're honestly making current progress, you've scheduled your next step, and you genuinely feel that they are handled, not undone, don't put those on the list. You're in good shape with those already. It's OK if it takes a while, but stop when you've written everything that comes to mind--you don't have to rack your brain. I also think that, in not bothering to apply anywhere else, she had entirely the right idea. She knew just what she was doing. Less is More It was a local fire. Nobody had perished. But we needed to cover it. We needed footage, interviews. I was a relative newbie at CHCH-TV, otherwise known as Channel 11, in Hamilton. I'd gotten the job during my third and final year at Ryerson. My program, RTA, offered an applied arts degree. Let's run through some life application examples of how to decide once. DECIDE GIFTS ONCE Theoretically, you probably love the idea of giving gifts. Oh, to be generous in spirit and in your choice of premium wrapping paper. But realistically, it's a pain. You already struggle to accomplish what's on your regular to-do list, so when gift-giving situations suddenly arise, you feel a twinge of resentment at having to take care of one more thing.

Sure, that thought feels icky, but the real truth is that we don't resent giving gifts; You could totally deep-dive all the people in your life and make an exhaustive list of their likes and dislikes, create a spreadsheet of all the potential gift-giving scenarios for the coming year, and do your Christmas shopping in April. If that doesn't make you feel like you live in crazy town, do your thing, girl. Thankfully, being a Lazy Genius is much simpler. The goal is to simply be present with whatever thoughts or feelings arise with acceptance and curiosity. Start by sitting in a comfortable position. Allow your eyes to close or remain slightly open in a gentle gaze. It can sometimes be helpful to smile gently to remind yourself that this exercise can be lighthearted, playful, and kind. Sit upright with intention, aware of where your legs touch the chair, how the air feels on your skin, noticing the sounds in the room. Notice as you sit here that you are breathing. Bring your attention to the gentle motion in your nose and throat and chest that happens without thinking, without effort. Notice how it feels as the air passes into your nose and fills your lungs, and then flows out again at its own pace. Don't try to change the speed of your breathing as you breathe in and out. Just let it happen. We've strengthened our team to where we can tackle anything and everything together. KARI BROWN, Menopausing So Hard member THE POSITIVE STUFF When faced with the menopause shit-storm, it's no wonder we are often left feeling like some whack-job crazy bitch who has lost control of life. But an amazing thing can happen when you let menopause in, when you accept that it's happening (once you understand that it is really happening)--it's almost magical. We tend to identify with something more positively when we can name it.

Once you have labeled yourself as going through menopause, you can start making some mental and physical shifts to forge through it, and you can be quite creative and ingenious in your methods. Studies show quite clearly that our positivity and outlook on life follow a U-shaped curve, dropping somewhat in midlife and improving drastically as we age. Carstensen, a professor of psychology at Stanford University, studies longevity and has produced numerous publications showing that our satisfaction with life improves from our mid-fifties until our seventies, when it peaks. We may be in the bottom of the U right now, but there's a glimmer of light at the top of the curve and we have to keep pushing toward it. You turn off the lights, but immediately start thinking about all the things you have to do tomorrow, and how important it is to get a good night's sleep. You begin to worry and fret. Does this sound familiar? If so, then sleep restriction therapy (SRT) could be for you. I am going to explain how you do SRT in full in article 6, as part of my Fast Asleep program. But the principle is simple: for a few weeks, you deliberately reduce the amount of time you spend in bed to ensure that when you do go to bed at night you are really tired. Which means you should fall asleep quickly, stay in deep sleep longer, and wake up less frequently during the night. Critically, sleep restriction will break down the associations in your brain between bed and bad sleep. These beliefs, whether they are conscious or unconscious, are playing a large part in stopping you from getting a good night's sleep. Think of it as a way of getting rid of a bad habit that you have fallen into. The children are going to take turns drawing from the four-card deck in your hand and laying them down in the order that they are removed. The first person to draw with put their cards on the ground for the rest of the group to see. Every child should try to memorize the color order. The cards are shuffled and placed in the center of the circle. The child who just drew the order now picks the person who will try to flip and then place the colored cards in the correct order. The drawer picks the next person to keep the selection random, so no one knows when they are going to be called upon.

The first two people are now ineligible to be selected again until the next round (to keep the game fair). The Cup Game is a classic party favorite and can be used to challenge the sense of sight and memory. The child watches as you place a ball or pom-pom beneath one cup, in a row of three. You will then shuffle around the cups and then ask the child which one houses the object. But in these cases, when the depression lifts or the shock or trauma is dealt with and abates, then normal functioning returns. In the case of dementia, that functioning is lost, usually forever. Often, the transient cognitive impairment that can arise from people without dementia is linked to unbalanced neurotransmitter profiles, malnutrition, or hyper-stressful states which can be treated adequately with good nutrition, coping strategies, psychotherapy, exercise, proper sleep, or lifestyle changes as indicated. Primary Causes As with all illnesses in the complex cerebral tissue, there can be a myriad of different factors that can ultimately cause the development of dementia. As with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, there may be underlying genetic factors, but many of them seem to be environmentally based. Familial links to Dementia - Understanding Your History Having a family member who develops dementia increases your odds of eventually developing it too. Similar to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, the risk for people whose family member has developed Alzheimer's increases by about 30%. However, most cases are not inherited from their predecessors. One of the significant components of memory is the focus. You need to constantly take care of this data in order for information to transfer from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. In a distraction-free space such as TV, music, and other diversions, try to research. It could be difficult to get rid of distractions, particularly if you are surrounded by boisterous roommates or noisy kids. To be alone, set aside a short amount of time. Ask your friends to give you some space or ask your wife for an hour to take the children so you can concentrate on your job.

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