The bed is sacred…especially with an illness. Sleep is some of the most powerful medicine we’ve got. Your bed should be relaxing, inviting, soft, firm and cozy. Just plain somewhere you want to hang out in. I recently overhauled ours. Seven years ago we were sleeping on a pillow top…
Last Thursday, I had the honor of attending the Healthy Aging Summit sponsored by Zimmer and hosted by WEGO Health as part of the Digital Pharma Conference in San Francisco. There were approximately 30 attendees for this afternoon of networking, idea swapping and presentations. I left Sacramento at 10:30am to…
I’m not a book highlighting kind of gal. I know that I probably won’t remember to go back and look up what stuck out to me, so I stay in the moment with reading and enjoy insights as they come….and go. Of course when something does stick with me, I…
I have been planning for a while to post some chronic resilience videos that talk about all sorts of things. I’ve setup the camera and filmed in my living room, on my deck and in the office. I’ve fiddled with the lighting and stopped and started more times that I…
Fractals I have a thing for fractals. They are widely recognized as futuristic patterns that repeat over and over again. It’s a math thing. Don’t click away yet…this does apply to your life. In fractals, there are certain mathematical properties that are shared from the smallest to the largest components…
I just watched this insightful TED talk about perspective. The speaker, Rory Sutherland, asserts that circumstances mater much less than how we interpret them. Specifically, Sutherland says that the more control we feel over our circumstances the more satisfied we are. I completely agree. This one idea is the bedrock…
Since my kidney function is on its final decline, the doctors have warned me that I may begin to see symptoms of kidney failure show up. In fact, each time I visit or talk to my doctor he presses me about how I’m feeling. All-in-all, and given what’s likely to…
Phillip and I recently found out that we will be staying in Sacramento for the next long while. After moving 4 times (across state lines) in 10 years, it is nice to know we will be staying put. Since we always felt like we may need to pack up and…
Since I’m watching less TV, I’m reading more (and more and more). Here’s a quick rundown of what’s on my nightstand/in my nook: Mind Over Medicine by Dr. Lissa Rankin Dr. Rankin dives into the studies that connect what is going on in our minds with physical manifestations in our…
We woke up a little more than a week ago and Emma was not herself. She refused to come out from underneath the guest bed, and when she did, she struggled to get up and down the stairs. It is beyond heartbreaking to have a pet not feel well. These…