Casa Vaeda
Loosely translated, it means house of eternal knowledge.
2020: COVID and Relocating to Puerto Rico
Neither of us really wanted to be anywhere other than our new home – Casa Vaeda.
Five Years Later
Five years ago this Tuesday (9/12/12) I had surgery to repair a thoracic aortic aneurysm. My journey is well documented here. As I reflect back on that time, it was a much more stressful period in my life. I was a manager of somewhere around 18 employees in a busy clinic working for a horrible…
Dear Oprah: Please Stop Projecting Your Insecurities Onto Me
Originally posted on Power, Peace, and the Porch Gym:
Dear Oprah: I just saw your Weight Watchers commercial. I got really angry when I heard the opening line: “Inside every overweight woman, is a woman she knows she can be.” Being an overweight woman yourself does not qualify you to tell stories about what is…
Too much on my mind
The lesser of the issues on my mind – I am heavier today than I was in November. I am working hard on my intuitive eating and have put on probably 5-10 pounds. I am tempted to diet; however, I know that it would only throw me back into an unhealthy and obsessive place. I…
Why not just love yourself?
// https://www.facebook.com/PopSugar/videos/10153230745394824/ Popsugar video – not sure it will work. But worth a watch.
Grandma
If my grandmother had not died in 1999, she would be 95 tomorrow. My grandmother was a pretty amazing woman. I always knew she was bright; she was an excellent seamstress and a talented cook. She usually beat me at Scrabble. She never seemed to be at a loss for words or thought. It wasn’t…
Shhhhh! I can’t hear you when you yell.
Just a thought: next time you feel a yell coming on, stop; take a few deep breaths; bring yourself into the moment; truly see the person at whom you planned to yell; and see if you can respond in a different way. A way that allows you both to hear what you are really trying to say.
No time to post – so here’s some research
Non-diet approach to wellness
No, fat is definitely not a feeling.
So why not, instead of heading down the path of “I feel fat”, ask yourself first, what am I really feeling?
The EnLightened Journey 