No. 1: It helps to have a companion. Go to the Source: How To Lose Weight, Run Marathons, And Keep It Off – mindbodygreen
How to Set your Holiday Table for Joy Rather than with Shame and Guilt
I love how Kris handled this situation. First of all, she set clear limits that were easy to follow (no dessert). She was able to involve the whole family, which not only makes it easier for her to stay on track, but also improves the health of her loved ones. Source: How to Set your Holiday Table for Joy Rather than with Shame and Guilt – Positively Positive!! Positively Positive!!
How Do You Measure Your Self-Worth?
Five things that shouldn’t determine how you value yourself. Source: How Do You Measure Your Self-Worth? | Psychology Today
Why Technology Makes It Hard to Raise Mentally Strong Kids
Parenting practices aren’t keeping up with technology. Source: Why Technology Makes It Hard to Raise Mentally Strong Kids | Psychology Today
Forest Bathing Melds Nature With Mindfulness To Improve Health
Good stuff on the topic of forest bathing from budding forest guide Mary Katherine Quasarano…
Alison Aubrey of NPR writes:
When my editors asked me to report on forest bathing, I packed a swimsuit. I assumed it must involve a dip in the water.
It turns out, my interpretation was too literal.
I met certified Forest Therapy guide Melanie Choukas-Bradley and several other women who’d come along for the adventure at the footbridge to Theodore Roosevelt Island, a dense jungle of an urban forest along the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
Here, I began to get it. Forest bathing isn’t a bath. We sat on the banks of the river, but we did not get in the water.
It’s not a hike, either. We did walk the forest trails, but we meandered with no particular destination in mind.
via Forest Bathing Melds Nature With Mindfulness To Improve Health : Shots – Health News : NPR
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Navigating by the Stars
I keep pulling it out –
the old map of my inner path.
I squint closely at it,
trying to see some hidden road
that maybe I’ve missed.
Banho de floresta: a nova terapia para eliminar o estresse
Observa-se que as florestas há muito têm sido um lugar de limpar as nossas mentes, pelo simples ato de passear por elas. Eis que surgi o banho de floresta. Source: Banho de floresta – A nova terapia para eliminar o estresse ⋆ Jardim do Mundo
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Ah yes…
The blue river is grey at morning
and evening. There is twilight
at dawn and dusk. I lie in the dark
wondering if this quiet in me now
is a beginning or an end.
~ Jack Gilbert, “Waking at Night” (The Greensboro Review, Fall 2008)
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Honesty Is a Gift, So We Don’t Have to Hide Our True Feelings
“Never apologize for showing feelings. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.” ~Benjamin Disraeli Source: Honesty Is a Gift, So We Don’t Have to Hide Our True Feelings
What would the tech giants look like if they each were to field a soccer team in a dotcom World Cup? Source: Tech Giants World Cup – If Six Companies Had Their Own Soccer Teams
Nurturing strength amid adversity. Source: What Makes Families Resilient? | Psychology Today
Bright, shiny objects! 
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