Posts Tagged ‘Feel Better Little-by-Little’
Hey sweet heart put that bottle down
I knew plastic bottles of water were terrible for the earth but didn’t know the extent of it until I watched this video. No ore bottles for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se12y9hSOM0 Well, sometimes a plastic bottle is hard to avoid but I’m going to try really hard to carry a water bottle that I refill. Tweet: I dont…
Read MoreThe First Lady (of nutrition)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRLA7THDlDw Marion Nestle (no relation to chocolate) tells truth. If you ever wonder what is right regarding nutrition Marion Nestle clears through all the misinformation. Her Food Politics website is invaluable for nutrition information Foodpolitics.com and her books, What To Eat, Food Politics, Why Calories Count, each are wonderful and must reads. Her information isn’t going…
Read MoreExercise is the pill…
It just takes you 1/2 hour to swallow it. This will make you feel silly about not fitting exercise into your life. I know how hard it is, believe me, but I think you will love this quickie movie.
Read MoreThis Just In: You Can Buy Happiness
Michael Norton’s Ted talk. Give it away, a little here and there because getting more isn’t cutting it. This makes me want to sing. Just take a minute to watch it….after a shower, just before you go to bed, while you are waiting to pick up your kids at the endless school pick-up line. Watch…
Read MoreLost Chapters: Five
On the journey to publication unfortunately some chapters needed a trim here is one of those chapters from On Maggie’s Watch Five You Love Who You Love 1976 “I could have married the safe-bet, but no, Mavis, I went for the sports car of husbands. A shiny speedster, as if I was some sort of…
Read MoreIt takes an army to save girls.
I teach health to twenty-year olds who make a lot of bad decisions. The college years are known for that kind of thing and it is mostly written off as growing pains. All those bad decisions take time though and my thinking is this. If you have the time for all those bad decisions then…
Read MoreDear Writer,
Think long and hard about your dream of becoming an author. It is a thrilling ride. It is. From first short story prize, to first rejection as a novelty, to agent interest, to publisher interest to holding your first arc—it’s a lovely thing. If only we could stop there. Live that wonderful ride and…
Read MoreHow to get published (5 steps)
Hire an editor to work on your manuscript and don’t argue with them either in person or in your head. Promise me right now. I mean it. Eat, Sleep and Fixate. Read, research, read some more. Write a query that would make your old boyfriend take you back (even though you don’t want him back).…
Read MoreWhy the girl effect? What about boys?
My friend’s son is in love with a Pokémon character and I totally get it. I fell in love with a cartoon girl too and I’ve been raising money for her ever since. She is the girl from the the Girleffect.org video (Charity) and I’m scared to death for her. I watch her run from…
Read MoreWriting: The love that got away OR you suck as a motivational technique
“You are the worst writer I’ve ever worked with.” My mentor said that to me. Self-esteem education had not gripped the nation yet. Higher education ascribed to the-I–was-miserable-so-by-God-you-will-be-too-teaching system. At the time, I was trying to write my dissertation on how physical activity effects anxiety and depression and ironically every time I thought about working…
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