Category: Health
Posts on health that meet the whole person — body, mind, emotional life, and the small disciplines that keep them in conversation with each other. Lived experience over prescriptive advice.
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Feeling GROOVY
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Freedom. Okay, I had the last medical test today, and I don’t have the official results but things are looking pretty good. In fact, I’ve been told unofficially to cut out the caffeine, up my intake of Vitamin E, and burn my bra. Wa-hoo! I…
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No One’s Worrying for Me This Time
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Freedom I hate it when a doctor’s nervous. I can tell. They get that sudden oh-I-must-keep-it-cool-and-not-say-anything-to-worry-the-patient-unnecessarily tone of voice and that shift in their eyes and the little twitches in their expressions that set my intuitive antennae on maximum reception mode. And unlike when my…
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Hauntings
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Freedom. Today is Halloween…Samhain. It’s said that the Veil is thinnest now. The Veil between the worlds. Between Life and Death. This year, it’s thinner than I’ve ever known it. I’ve found a lump. An odd little lump that shouldn’t be there. Or rather, it’s…
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Taking Off the Weight, Unawares
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Freedom. I was up way too late last night. Well past 2 a.m. Shopping. In my closet. I found some great skirts, too. The tags were still on where I’d bought them two years ago. Man, I had a blast! About two weeks ago, I…
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5 Great Finds from the Health Food Store
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 several months…
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Multi-Focus Contact Lenses: Trading in Reading Glasses for a New Vision of Me
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 for Bausch and Lomb advertising but I’m not, which is why it’s amazing to me that I found them, and found something that really works for me…after…
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Coincidences Are the Road Signs for the Future
I believe in coincidences. And they believe in me. From the Bookshelf Give Your Life Direction — 23 life-coaching tips to get unstuck and moving again. Available direct from the author → I don’t believe they happen randomly, so I guess you could say that I don’t believe in them in that sense. Instead, I…
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“Going Green” with Fluorescent Light Bulbs–and the Weird Science of Seeing Ghosts?
Finally! The last of my compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs burned out and while everyone else is jumping on the “green” bandwagon I’ve been on for years, I’ve had to jump off when it comes to lighting in my house. I’m back to the energy hogs that don’t save the environment or money, but save…
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Body Positives: Getting Personal but Keeping It PG
Me, late 20’s. New mom. In a world where we, if no one else, know all the millions of physical flaws we carry on our bodies and are reminded of our inadequacies in almost any women’s magazine, is it possible to love your body? Don’t we women constantly look for what’s wrong instead of what’s…
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Saturdays Are Made for Cheating
On this new eating style of mine, the rule is, I get to cheat once a week. I suppose that’s a bit bizarre but there are two reasons for it: 1. I would rebel too much against a diet that said NO MORE OF THE food ever again. Psychologically, that would be difficult for me.…
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Poisoning Myself: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Unheard Good of Spilled Candy’s MySpace Drama
When I’d finished explaining the trauma of being the sudden focus of thousands of people calling me a thief and a scammer, the gifted intuitive on the other side of the table suggested I wasn’t telling her quite everything about why I’d made some particular business decisions to temporarily downsize my little publishing company a…
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Body Image: Are You a Temple or a Tool?
Sitting outside my doctor’s lab and waiting my turn to “donate” blood, I was struck by a conversation I overheard in which the nurse explained that she’d seen everything and it was “all natural.” What bothered her patient about body image didn’t bother the nurse at all. She said that she could easily see past…
