If I could time travel back to my young adulthood and offer up the most important advice possible to make the intervening years oh-so-much-easier to bear, what would I tell Young Lorna? I’ve blown off the question more times than I can count. That’s because, until now, I’ve looked at the question from this side of [...]
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At right: My blood pressure has remained steady (except in stress periods) all my life, but with this latest round of exercise in the past year, I’ve seen my resting pulse slow from high 70’s/low 80’s to the low 60’s.
After a LONG day at the office–often 12 or so hours–I go home to work out, let go [...]
Continued from Losing 20 Pounds in 30 Days: Part 4 — Going It Alone or With Support
When we look back at where we came from and where our weight problems originated, are our parents to blame for our weight gain later in life? Are we to blame for our children’s weight gain in years to come?
Does it [...]
Continued from Losing 20 Pounds in 30 Days: Part 2 — Earliest Indicators of Weight Gain to Come: Intense Hunger
In the previous article, I talked about how I went through episodes of intense hunger, a side effect of a drop in my blood sugar that sent me into a food-focused ravenous mindset where getting to [...]
The view from the dining room, 2 December 2010. The 20-degree weather is coming in a few days, but for now–and again next year–it’s beautiful….and life keeps moving forward. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder.
I used to kick myself all the time because I could never get caught up. No matter how many hundreds of things [...]
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What they don’t tell you about the Empty Nest Syndrome is that there are generally two ways it plays out.
Most often, I see the kids trying to leave home and start new lives for themselves while their parents become very controlling. By the time the kids leave, the kids can’t wait to get away and [...]
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Lorna, in high school and out.
For 9 years and 11 months, I looked forward to this high school reunion. On the last night to turn in my paperwork, I decided not to go.
It was a surprise, mostly to me.
There are lots of tales of people who go back to high school reunions to put ghosts [...]
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Badami Cave Temple Columns, photo by Mukul Banerjee; creative commons license.
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If the body is a temple, then we need to be aware of when we’ve let it fall into disrepair. Nothing makes its normal upkeep more difficult than lack of sleep.
For [...]
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Yoga pose, Prayer Squat, with legs together. Photo copyright by myyogaonline; creative commons license.
Don’t you love how an unlikely conversation can be enlightening? While chatting with 4 acquaintances outside a bookstore—a happenstance meeting—the conversation turned from spirituality to Law of Attraction to … shhhhhh… urinary incontinence in women and occasionally in children. I guess I’m [...]
Next time you’re in a health food store, ask the clerk to tell you his or her five favorite items. Not what sells the best or what might help you with a particular problem—though you may ask about those as well—but which items have they tried that exceeded all expectations. I did this [...]
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It’s my birthday and what am I thinking about? Bella. Bella from Stephenie Meyer’s vampire series that began with Twilight, a title which is still bizarre to me since Maggie Shayne wrote a few dozen vampire novels with twilight in the title and with a very strong following for her books well in advance of [...]
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In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to my self in a dark wood where the straight way was lost.—Dante
I came across this quote today. I’d forgotten it.
Dante would have been about 35 at the time, so I [...]
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What was it you just said? “I’m getting old”? Or maybe, “I must be getting old and decrepit”? Rest assured, with that kind of self-talk, you’ll be feeling older than you are, faster than you can imagine.
How can I wake you up from giving yourself the [...]
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As I write this, it is a Sunday afternoon and I have a few friends coming over for dinner and an in-depth spiritual discussion. Did I say a few? I meant fifteen. Or maybe ten because several just called and said they might not make it because of [...]
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I still keep several pair of reading glasses on hand, but now they’re for friends who attend my monthly spiritual gatherings in my home. Photo by Lorna Tedder.
I discovered multi-focus contact lenses by accident but began wearing them with great purpose. You’d think that as a professional in my 40’s, I’d be a good demographic [...]
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Isn’t this a fabulous photo of a cougar? Photo copyright by digitalART2; Creative Commons License.
He’s 23 and has the physique of a demi-god, but that’s not what attracted me to him. It’s more the fact that he’s a firefighter with a wicked sense of humor. I love it when a man can keep me laughing…in [...]
NASA image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, was part of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey, a deep-sky study by several observatories to trace the evolution of galaxies.
Life is wide open and full of options. And I don’t really know where to go from here. I don’t recall ever having so many options open [...]
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Do regular check-ups and medical tests do more harm than good? Does focusing on curing certain diseases or making war on what we don’t want bring those things to our doorsteps? I’ve seen it in my personal life often enough to know that it certainly can.
Though I’m feeling very confident right now about my medical [...]
Continue reading about Cancer Tests: LOOKING High and Low for the Wrong Thing
As my body tries to heal, I find that the usual drains on my energy are too much for me and I need to conserve and focus on myself. Helping other people has been such a norm for so long that it’s hard to make the switch, but I am slashing through some of the [...]
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I’m a big fan of looking over your shoulder every now and then to know how far you’ve come. I can point to three different events in recent months that have been solid proof to me that I have my self-confidence back, and really, maybe even to a point [...]
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I love this portait of a serene old woman and the way her life shines through her eyes. Taken by Ron Aldaman and provided under a creative commons license.
Since I’ve been reconnecting with people from my past via social networking–as in, from my childhood, teen, and college years–I’ve been astonished to see what’s become of [...]
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There’s an edginess that’s been in the air for the past couple of hours. It’s the kind of feeling you get after a fight with a lover or when a dream just got deferred. I can’t pin it down but it’s been intense. Weighty. It’s nothing new…but I wasn’t [...]
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I am losing one of my super powers, and I’m deeply disturbed by this. It’s been gone for a little over a year, so it’s unlikely I’ll get it back.
It has to do with the way my brain is wired, and it’s almost always been that anyone who knows about [...]
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Lorna Tedder, adding a little spice to life…or at least to a wonderful Winter Solstice feast. Photo by Aislinn Bailey; all rights reserved.
Most people I know make New Year’s resolutions, manage to give up on them in defeat within two weeks, and feel like failures for the rest of the year because they couldn’t manifest [...]
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Certain types of incense make me feel calmer, others put me in the mood for loving, and some just remind me of the serenity and sacredness of home. Seems there’s some science now to back up my weird impressions.
Discover Magazine reports ( http://discovermagazine.com/2008/sep/26-smell-your-way-to-happiness ) that at least one incense has uplifting effects in an article [...]
