I heard a story recently about someone who would ride the same loop on his bike on a regular basis. As hard as he could; and it always took him 43 minutes. At some point he stopped wanting to ride the loop because just the thought of it brought the pain of all the hard [...]
While getting lost in entertainment mediums can be delightful, sometimes it makes us feel icky, and it's worth minimizing those times.
Enjoying the delicious feeling of being absorbed by entertainment medium...so long as other things aren't going by the wayside.
Our bodies perceive stress as an attack even if our mind knows there is no real threat. Learn why that's unhealthy and learn 6 tips to counter chronic stress.
I have recently started wearing makeup on a regular basis. I never learned much about makeup except for a couple of things from someone who gave me a facial in college. Thus, on the rare occasion I felt like I should wear makeup (usually just for court appearances) I would put makeup on in that [...]
I went to a talk recently by Paula Davis Lack about resilience in the legal profession. Part of her talk focused on burnout (a common occurrence in the profession). She demonstrated stress and it's relationship to burnout using a bell curve. Picture boredom on one end and burnout on the other. Our productivity peaks in [...]
Do the trash bags of used cups and water bottles at triathlons make you cringe? Do you ever feel a tinge of guilt about the waste you produce at races? I do! It hasn't stopped me from participating, but I'm convinced that there are better ways to do things and a market for new environmentally [...]
I recently had a conversation with someone about triathlon who mentioned that he loved the cheering squad and mentioned how it isn't something we usually get in our lives. It's true that this is something that makes races so great. But maybe we should also seek out people - a close groups of friends - [...]
I know that some gyms in the U.S. have some really nice gyms...but so many of them are small, dingy rooms with a couple of machines and a little bit of space. BUT - they still can serve to get somewhat of a workout in and to get your heart rate up. If in the [...]
I talk a lot about how we perceive things and how we choose to view what happens to us. It is easy in today's world to get worked up and feel you must do everything and let the stress get to you. At least for me it sure is easy. I love to be busy [...]
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