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Posts Tagged lifestyle

Planar Fasciitis? Keeping me on the Ground

I just read today that sitting down - just the mere act of sitting on your bum - causes the enzymes that burn fat to actually shut down. Breaking research that the way our society keeps us sitting down is contributing to the obesity crisis. So not only are we not exercising, but [...]


Strategies to Cut the Static: Turning off the Television

I’m going for full disclosure here - the shame of outing my television habit is likely a necessary component of finally breaking it. Hi everyone, my name is Valerie. I am a complex, intelligent, and well-spoken woman with plenty of interests and talents. Yes, I am addicted to television.
Throughout my childhood, adolescence [...]


On the Benefits of Blogging, Bird Flu, and Protein Nutrition

I’ve been listening to a lot of great podcast episodes lately, wow! What with the return of the Vegan Freak Radio, as well as the continuing high quality work done by Animal Voices and Vegetarian Food for Thought, I am always keeping up with vegan news and well-researched information. I’ve also been regularly [...]


Menu Prep and Taking a Break to ‘Clear my Cache’

I have the day off today - it’s a nice break to give me a bit of a breather. Speaking of breathing, or in my case, really learning how to breathe - I got up early and trekked over to yoga - turns out it much harder to do with thick snow on the [...]


Found: Litemind Article and Layers of Leaves

Via Litemind (through a Stumble): Tackle Any Issue with a List of 100
The List of 100 is a powerful technique you can use to generate ideas, clarify your thoughts, uncover hidden problems or get solutions to any specific questions you’re interested in.
The technique is very simple in principle: state your issue or [...]


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