Life & Other Posts

Today I attended my first yoga class since Covid arrived on the scene. It’s been a full two and a half years since I last stepped in a studio in February of 2020. This is not to say I haven’t taken yoga classes in all this time. In fact, I…

The idea of a Wellness List was inspired as a way to cope with the overwhelm that can result from all our well-intentioned efforts to be “well.”  If you’re interested in more about the challenge posed by wellness or other strategies for dealing with it, see the other articles in…

If you’re interested in my thoughts on what contributes to what I’ve termed the Wellness Dilemma, please check out my previous post – The Wellness Dilemma Part I: The Dilemma.  There I discuss how wellness culture starts with good intentions but creates a pressure-filled environment where we inevitably feel we…

I think it’s nearly impossible to be exempt from wellness culture these days.  It follows us everywhere – tv, magazines, online.  We are inundated with things we “should” be doing, supposedly for our own happiness and well-being. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the pressure to be well, you are not…