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Top New Year's Resolutions in America
Every year millions of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, and only 10% will actually achieve success. Anything in this list sound familiar?Spend More Time with Family & FriendsImproved diet and fitnessQuit SmokingQuit Drinking (alcohol)Enj...
Thoughts for the New Year: Never Give Up
Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and have had time to reflect on all that happened during 2007. As I think back to the years that have past, I realize that each year has been better than the last. 2007 was no different. I'...
Motivation Comes from Within
My mom happened to call while I was riding my bike (on an indoor bike trainer) today and she said "What are you doing that you're huffing and puffing?" "Exercising, mom," I answered. She went on to tell me how she bought a yoga calendar for 2008 th...
Yoga Studio Review - Yoga Spot Wellesley, MA
On Saturday I attended, for the first time, a yoga class at the Yoga Spot in Wellesley. It’s a heated Power Yoga Studio right across from Whole Foods on Route 16. I took the 9:30am Power Yoga Class with Renata (owner).Physical EnvironmentThe studi...
Why Meditation is so Hard (For me!)
Meditation works for me. When my mind gets all crazy and I feel myself being pulled in a hundred directions, sitting quietly works to calm me down. It works when I can get myself to stay seated for an extended period of time.Yesterday I had an early ...
Snow, Driving and Stress
So often people ask me if I have stress. Yes, I do and I've written about it before. However, today reminds me of the one thing that probably stresses me out more than anything - more than my health, my business, my family, my finances - driving in ...
A changing personal yoga practice
My personal yoga practice has changed. I'm not exactly sure when this happened, but I think I can trace it back to the weekend of November 16 - my first visit to Kripalu. My body has changed since coming back from the Berkshires - for two reasons.F...
A burlgar, a 92 year old woman...and God?
This morning I was watching the Today Show. One of the segments was about a 92 year old woman who recently "fought off" a burglar by offering him a connection to God.While I consider myself to be on a personal spiritual adventure, I'm not a religiou...
New Study: Fat and Active better than Skinny and Lazy
A new study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine says being overweight and active is better for you than being thin and sedentary.This was a 12 year study conducted with American men and women aged 60 and over. The bottom line: thos...
A Lesson in Stress: Patriots vs Ravens
Last night's Patriots game was enough to stress me out for a month. I don't stay up much past 10pm on weeknights, but the Patriots had me until the end last night. Talk about stress!Often we think about stress as negative - headaches, muscle tension...
I get stressed, too
I've recently been asked if I have any stress. For the most part this question is asked of me after a stress management presentation. The answer: of course I have stress! Just like everyone else, I get stressed out. Sometimes I'm able to manage it ...
Spending or Wasting Time?
Do you ever feel like there's just never enough time? I know when I worked in corporate America I truly felt like that. Commuting 1 hour each way, working 9 hour days and still trying to fit in a workout, cooking dinner, cleaning, oh yeah, and a li...
Deal or No Deal: A Lesson in Risk Taking
Wednesday night I watched Deal or No Deal. I was flipping channels and paused long enough to learn the contestant that evening was from Boston. There wasn't much else on so I decided to cheer him on.He was doing extremely well and he truly seemed c...
Make Up and Exercise a Match?
I read a short article on Boston.com tonight about wearing make up during exercise. I personally do not. Sweat band on my head or not, the sweat drips down my face and into my eyes, contact lenses and all. Add make up to the mix and I'd be a compl...
Lesson on Stress from an Elder
Tonight I gave a short stress management talk to an attorney's group that meets at an assisted living facility on the South Shore. We talked a bit first about stress and then I led the women through a progressive relaxation exercise.After the exerci...
Cars, Fuel, Obesity and the Environment
I took my car to Sullivan Tire the other day for an oil change. While waiting, I picked up a copy of Reader's Digest, the April 2007 edition, and started to flip through it. I came upon a small article about a small new research study regarding fue...
Living instead of complaining
Yesterday's Oprah was about living life. She had a number of guests who have terminal cancer - they are young, with families. It was heart breaking and inspiring at the same time.I'm not sure I have to explain why it as heart breaking. What made it...
