Category Archives: Health General

Confessions of a Know-It-All Do-It-All, by Stand Up, Mama

GUEST POST Sally Robertson – Founder of Stand Up, Mama!
BYhttp://standupmama.wordpress.com/author/standupmama/

“I wrote the following piece as part of an online blog writing class I took with the fabulous Laurie Foley at the end of 2011. I’d completely forgotten it and just discovered it as I sat down to write some material for the one-woman show I’m working on. I’m glad to say that the treatment for the nerve disorder I refer to in the post did work and I’ve been symptom-free for the past three months. Here is the post I wrote:

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KIDNEY RESEARCH

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“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” – Mitch Albom

PLEASE JOIN US TO REACH GOAL: raise $45 000 for kidney research

Kidney Raffle has been organized by Cath Duncan and her good friends and fellow Team Juggernaut members, Christina Greenway, Ilse Nel and Heather Plett.

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Age Is A State of Mind by sheroldbarr on March 4, 2011

http://www.sheroldbarr.com/age-is-a-state-of-mind/

The key to better health, life satisfaction, and aging gracefully is a youthful outlook.

I turned 59 this week, which means that I’m in my 60th year.  A friend recently told me that I’m at the end of my young middle years.

I flinched when she said that and said to myself, “I don’t have to buy that.”

Then I thought about it and decided why would I want to attach to that thought and feel bad?  Why would I want to argue with reality? Why would I want to create resistance in my mind about age and suffer?

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What is health?

“Health is not just the absence of a disease. It’s an inner joyfulness that should be ours all the time. A state of positive well-being.”
~ Deepak Chopra, Journey into Healing

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