I freely admit to being an exercise data junkie. Looking for those extra miles, personal records (PR’s), King of the Mountain (KoM) stats to post online. It seems that every workout became an attempt at furthering ones bragging rights. Using portable computers to passively record and publish those emotionally charged numbers for us just makes…
Tag: mental health
Sharpening Your Mental Health After the Pandemic
As we leave the rarefied atmosphere of the pandemic, Mental Health concerns take on importance in our everyday lives. Who has not already encountered behaviors from others recently that would not have been considered “normal” in the years prior to the social isolation of COVID-19 measures? From trolling for fights on social media to culture…
The Importance of Coping These Days
Coping with many of Life’s frustrations used to be limited to managing too busy schedules and meeting personal/family obligations. We thought we were in over our heads many days but the lurking reality was that little of what we were stressing over was of great significance. If you missed your kid’s soccer match, there were…
Living Up to Expectations: Reality Bites
Reality… what a concept. (Thank you, Mr. Williams.) COVID-19 has afforded us lots of opportunities to examine the reality of our world as seen through many eyes. We live in a diverse world and do not all see the same thing. Conformity to dogma does not produce resilience, only compliant followers. Participating in group-thought that…
Garbled in Transmission: Messages Missing from Our COVID-19 Response
The world’s COVID-19 response has certainly been a litmus test for how people treat one another. We have had wondrous examples of selflessness when people come together to help one another and we have had the glaring embarrassments of political egos running off the rails. All of these things together are what makes us truly…