The COVID-19 pandemic really caught us unaware. We were rudely awakened from our complacency and insular attitudes. While pandemics are far from rare in human history, this one arrived just as social issues were bubbling up to the surface in world societies. What a strange trip it has been too. The pandemic has served as…
Tag: stress management
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…
Understanding Why You Don’t Want to Exercise
Do your resolutions about exercise come and go? It happens to the best of us. Reasons for this generally start like “I couldn’t because…” and go off to sound like something that is convincing – to ourselves anyway. What a lot of the dilemma boils down to is that you’ve got to like what you…
Are You Managing Your Stress or Is It Managing You?
If Madison Avenue has their way, we will forever be trying to keep up with the Jones’. The secret is that the Jones’ don’t really exist – but you do. There IS a way to constructively handle stress.
Stretching Done Right
Our understanding of stretching has changed over the years. No longer is stretching the chore like it used to be. I won’t say it is fun yet but it is no longer the bore that it used to be.