Barbara Morris
The Older Man Looking For Love
A man had been married 40+ years. He is 75 + years of age. His wife cooked and cleaned and he provided income. They had sex once in a while. They took each other for granted. Kids have moved away. He was content, she was sort of happy and then she died and now, OMG! he's on his own. As mundane as his marriage was, he sure misses sex. After he settles into his new life, and is going crazy with loneliness, he joins a dating site. He writes ( or has someone do it for him) a sizzling profile he hopes will attract a younger, sexy woman, unlike the conventional wife he recently lost. He … Read more
Pat Garner
Our Dysfunctional Relationship With Food
As I’m working with people in a clinical setting I’m finding many people… okay, most people, have a very dysfunctional relationship with food. In my practice one of the steps I have clients do is keep a food/mood journal for 3-4 days. They need to keep track of everything they eat and drink, keep track of mood and how they feel after eating. I track movement (exercise) and their sleep quality. When I ask clients to track their food and mood there’s guilt and shame associated with the task. Initially, I hear “I’m embarrassed to show you what I eat”, or “I’ll try to be “good” these 3 days”. … Read more
Joyce L. Shafer
Yes, Something Wonderful Happens Today!
Emma Curtis Hopkins’ words may not be easy to hear and digest, but they are on point: “The world in which we live is the exact record of our thoughts. If we do not like the world we live in, then we do not like our thoughts.” I’m sure some are ready to disagree with that. "It never stops," a young woman once said to me after listing situations that were happening in her life and her family's. I wished it were possible to download some of my inner lessons to her consciousness so she wouldn't exist mired in negative thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. But, the fact is that each of us has to … Read more
Good Stuff To Know October 2018
Eating in 10-hour window can override disease-causing genetic defects, nurture health Scientists found that mice lacking the biological clocks thought to be necessary for a healthy metabolism could still be protected against obesity and metabolic diseases by having their daily access to food restricted to a 10-hour window. Could Alzheimer's Be An Infectious Disease? Dr. Leslie Norins is willing to hand over $1 million of his own money to anyone who can clarify something: Is Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia worldwide, caused by a germ? Dietary fiber reduces … Read more
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