Anyone see the New York Times yesterday? A new study shows that health care costs for family coverage have risen 9% for employers in the past year. Concerned about that? Concerned if you’re working and covered? If you’re working and not covered? If you’re looking for work? What about your friends and family that may […]
Emotional Stagnation: The Cost of Doing vs Not Doing
Fighting inertia… with an insistence on change.
Shedding
Getting rid of “stuff” ain’t easy!
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
No matter what the time, the place, the circumstances, generally, it’s good for what ails you. Laughter. Seriously! It can’t hurt, right? Except maybe after a C-section or hernia repair. After all, there’s nothing quite like side-splitting, gut busting, uproarious letting loose. I say again: Laughter! Or maybe you prefer a tiny titter from Twitter?
Sassy Sneaks and Sunny Disposition
The sun is high in the sky, the air is crisp and light; it is virtually impossible for the mood to be anything but bright. I’m donning my sassy sneaks – eh oui – heels! – for a lovely walk among the brambles and creeks, offshoots of a magnificent, meandering nearby river. I may be […]
“Let The Man Be The Man”
“Let the man be the man,” says Patti Stanger from an adjoining room, as I rinse dishes and load them into the washer. It’s just one of many catch phrases she uses on the Bravo series, “Millionaire Matchmaker.” I admit I’m no stranger to Bravo in the background, which might explain my otherwise mystifying middle-of-the-night […]
Pills, Panic, and Problem Prescriptions
Squiggles on a paper, dashed off by the doctor and, miraculously, decipherable by the pharmacist. Birth control. Prenatal vitamins. Blood pressure pills. Some 27 million Americans (or more) on antidepressants. I dare say that a large percentage of us are taking a prescription for something, and we count on its effectiveness. We routinely pick up […]
False Positive
He was feeling fit and strong, sleeping and eating well, and it was a routine medical examination. He didn’t know the physician, and she was young. He hadn’t undergone many tests in a few years, so when she ticked off the lab work that is standard at his age, he said “sure” and that was […]
Circling
I don’t want to write today. I don’t want to read, to research, to converse, to put on a happy face. I don’t want to shower and dress. I don’t want to pace my rooms, to walk my neighborhood, to clean another goddamn pile, to open the door to the fridge and slam it shut, […]
Midlife Mix-Master: Overwhelmed, Underwhelmed, and Worried Sick
When midlife begins to grind you up and spit you out…