“We don’t know how to measure what we care about, so we care about what we measure.”
-Richard Tapia
Whoa. That’s powerhouse! And from the mouth of a mathematician!
I think he captures how uncomfortable we are with the uncertainty of our lives (what we care about), so we cling to what we think we know. Isn’t that part of what we get from measuring things? A feeling of certainty? Even if we…
I love the idea of the law of attraction.
You’ve heard of it, right?
The “law” of nature that (purportedly) says, “think it, feel it, celebrate it, take action toward it, and it will come.” That we create our reality. That we can manifest our dreams.
Saying those words fills me with hope. They make me feel I can control my outcomes. Direct my life.
And we can to some extent, right? We know this…
I have a problem with nice.
Do you know what I mean?
Those people who tell you what they think you want to hear? How your hair always looks great (even when you know it doesn’t), or how your food is always the most delicious they’ve ever had (even the peanut butter and jelly sandwich), or what you’ve written is awesome (when you know it’s crap).
I don’t need that. In fact, I hate that.
See, I…
I struck a resonant chord with my discussion about asking for help last week. Thank you so much for speaking up about your troubles and insights—you can be sure there are a whole bunch of others feeling exactly the same way but choose to stay quiet. We have so much to learn from one another!
What did I learn from you?
There’s a whole other angle to the help story that often gets us…
Does asking for help make you squirm?
Yah, me too.
Why’s that?
I remember a time when I would NOT ask for help. Not ever. I thought I had to do it all myself. You know, pull myself up by the bootstraps, be tough and self-sufficient. Thinking I’d be a bother to others in asking for help or show some inherent flaw in my character, or weakness in my know-how.
Geeze, what crazy silly stories those…
Do you ever wonder why we’re here? I mean really—why we’re really here?
How do we sum that up? Can we do it in just a few words?
I think Carl Jung did a pretty good job when he said this:
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are.”
I like this because it doesn’t presume a particular purpose with a definable outcome. (Whew!)
And it includes all of us—excluding no one because…
I recently had an experience with conventional medicine excellence.
We tend to focus on how conventional medicine lets us down, but it can rise mightily when we are in urgent need.
I was hiking in a rainforest in Maui with my family when I noticed a floater appear in my right eye. Ugh. Annoying! I’ve gotten these on and off for years. They park themselves in the center of my vision, but with…
HOW TO LET GO OF BIOLOGICAL TOXICITY
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The reality is we live in a toxic world. And in spite of our best efforts, some toxins will get in. This is especially true for environmental toxins. But we’re not helpless. Not only can we take responsibility for avoiding them, we can also bolster our bodies’ innate capacity to remove toxins.
What is…
I’ve been off the grid again. This time immersed in the science and wisdom of Lyme and tick-borne diseases (TBD) at the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) annual international conference.
I learned so much to help me care for these chronic, complex, long-suffering clients, increasingly showing up at my door.
I wanted to share some big themes.
ILADS clinicians and…
Ever checked out the pain reliever isle at the grocery story? Seen the many shelves of Ibuprofen bottles lined up in all shapes and sizes? Labels promising to relieve practically everything that ails you?
Ibuprofen, part of a family of pain-relieving drugs known as “non-steroidal anti-inflammatory” drugs (NSAIDS), is the staple go-to pain and inflammation remedy in most American households, and…
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