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Grief and Loss
It seems to me that “Grief” can appear in two parts of your psyche — one part is where you present to the world as being totally rational, totally together, no problems really while your second inner part is completely hidden and is screaming inside with soundless pain.
By a.a.gallagher5 years ago in Longevity
A Journey to Losing Weight
Weight loss trends. Fad diets. Exercise. Starving yourself. Calorie counting. Cut the carbs. Cut the sugar. Vegan/Vegetarian. Keto. More of this, less of that. Changing your lifestyle. Fashion magazines. All of these things set the standards for what and how both men and women view themselves and what is "socially acceptable" to look like. Health classes in high school classrooms tell you what an appropriate and average weight is for your height. You can be 5' 6" and 145lbs but it doesn't mean you're healthy. In grade school they give you the food pyramid, designed to show you different tires that tell you how much a food category (fruits, veggies, meat, dairy, bread) to consume. Health problems and injuries affect the weight loss journey, women with thyroid issues find it harder to lose weight and people, like myself, who have been injured playing sports as a teen, or trip going up the stairs, gained a lot of weight simply from lack of exercise.
By Shasta Scott5 years ago in Longevity
Healthcare Internet of Things: 6 use-case examples
H-IoT technology uses on-body sensors in the form of implantable devices, adhesive patches, and wearables to collect vital signs in the human body. These sensors are connected to smartphone apps through communication technologies like RFID, Bluetooth, Zigbee or WiFi. The smartphones work as relay devices that send sensory data to remote healthcare providers. The healthcare providers can then prescribe medications according to the physiological parameters, which are sent to the smartphone app of the patient.
By Sidra Zafar5 years ago in Longevity
The one cause of individual and international problems and the one solution.
Summary: Article about the nature of a human mind trying for achievement by doing more leading to conflict in personal, professional and social lives. Overlooked topic and recognising it enables a person to live in real terms and contentment.
By Jawahar Govindan5 years ago in Longevity
The Joy of Being Creative
Self-care can be practiced in so many different ways; from meditation, yoga, to soaking in a hot bubble bath or going for long walks in nature. Everybody’s idea of relaxation and pleasure is different but the one form of self-care which I think so often gets overlooked is the joy and pleasure we get from being creative.
By Janine Agombar5 years ago in Longevity
I Am Woe
Night falls. It is warm for mid-May, here in my apartments, yet I feel a chill. Somewhere outside, an owl screeches. I have ever been afraid of them, their ghostly white faces in the darkness too otherworldly. It is not that they kill; I know they keep our fields and stables free of mice and other such creatures. And I have loved hawking since I was old enough, even choosing a falcon as my badge when I was crowned queen. A noblewoman does not fear those who kill if it is in her service. But the owl… it is not trained, it hunts not in the day, and its face holds too many secrets. Some also say it is an ill omen to hear its cry. I need no owl to tell me that I will die on the morrow, my husband the King has commanded it and so I shall.
By Randi O'Malley Smith5 years ago in Longevity
What Really Works
O k, it's health blogging time! So, as a lot of you know I was a Network Marketer for the "it works" company which is all about Health and Wellness. I've been testing these products for about a year now, along with others that have nothing to do with the it works brand.
By Ashley Morrison5 years ago in Longevity
Shamanic Tales & Other Psychical Phenomena
Out of the stillness beautiful moments are quite often born, like a seed suddenly sprouting in the darkness of the earth or when you, and another, are intimately interlocked, gazing into each other's eyes realising that beyond the avatar, you are but one. If you can just stop the flow of data that is, and by data I mean thoughts.That stillness can produce almost anything. Sometimes an epiphany but normally, some image from childhood; a flashback of a heart healing scene between Mother and Son. Before the neglect, narcissism and the wounding to ones own core occured - don’t be triggered by the labelling of narcissism, we’ve all fallen into the same lake and drowned -Yet this time was more enigmatic. The third eye or the Ajna chakra as the Hindu’s would say, was dormant for most of the meditation. As I succumbed to gratitude and not frustration, out of the stillness she appeared. Firstly revealing her button black eyes. I waited in awe. Frozen. Soon after, a flawless snow white fascia came into view which made her eyes larger and even more soul consuming. She must have glimpsed my astral body way across the ethers sticking out like a broken fence post. Her white porcelain beak and orotund breast came after and finally her coverts and remiges were revealed fully spread in all their glory. Who was this marvelous creature? I’d never had a Barn Owl as a guide before. Up until now there had been Black Panthers, Andean Mountain Cats, even Bald Eagles and African Elephants but never anything as ethereal and delicate as the Tyto Alba. I remained in her stillness looking for clues and listening for answers. I asked telepathically who she was but no answer was given. My eyes continued to scan her plumage. I was drawn down to her talons; holding no mice but a note, just as I spotted it, the neatly rolled scroll unraveled and read the words I Love You. It ended with a kiss. I felt my heart beginning to open, and the list of potentials posing as their spirit animal shortened dramatically. As she hung there gently suspended in the ethers I wondered who it could be? Now, I’d been told to be visited by an Owl was a sign it was time to let your creativity flow. I was glad of the advice but still in a state of confusion as to whether an ex lover, mentor or someone I’m yet to meet. No sooner had she arrived, she had vanished, I’m not even sure if it was a she! It’s always the way in these realms whoever you meet in the ethers will never give you all the information… that would be too easy and nothing about being on earth was easy, it was simply a test. Luckily for me there wasn't even time for the frustrations of the creative process or to over think what had happened, I had work to do...
By A.J. Baldwin5 years ago in Longevity
