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Healing Ourselves: Taking Matters into Our Own Hands
from our healing vacation in Hawai’i this summer Where were you when the Challenger space shuttle blew up? When terrorists took down the World Trade Center? In March 2020 when the COVID-19 lockdowns started?
The collective trauma we are all going through because of a worldwide health pandemic is real. The important question now is: What will it take to start healing ourselves?
Of course the situation is much worse for some than others. But—honestly—trauma doesn’t work that way. You can’t dismiss your own trauma by having gratitude that it’s not as bad as someone else’s trauma. Trauma is trauma, and it takes a toll on our brains and … Read More
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Getting Healthy as I Head into Perimenopause
I’m taking this quote from a physiologist and personal trainer about getting healthy to heart. She said:
“Everyone in their 40s should be thinking about getting themselves in tip-top shape so that when [perimenopause] happens, it’s as fine as it can be. Don’t treat it like a lottery and don’t wait until you’re feeling crap and then try to make decisions in that state.”
Lucinda MeadeI think about getting healthy in four buckets:
- Exercise
- Nutrition
- Sleep
- Stress-Reduction
Trying to do those four things while also working a big, full-time job while also raising a 10 year-old and an 8 year-old is no joke!
Getting Healthy with Exercise
It has … Read More
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Swimming Routine: What I’m Trying
I’m finally going to build in regular exercise into my life. Fingers crossed it will stick! If I can pull it off, it will be the first time I’ve had regular exercise in my life since COVID started. Oy! Instead of running, this time I’m going to try and fit in a swimming routine.
I was on the swim team in high school, as well as for a semester in college when I was studying at the University of New Rochelle for an honors semester focused on gender studies. But it has been decades since I have swum actual laps in a 25-yard pool.