Archive for August, 2007
Wash Your Hands to Lose Weight?
It is possible that a virus is responsible for some weight gain
- or for some weight gain in some people.
So far the story is in the initial stages. The virus concerned is the adenovirus (technically adenovirus 36 - it gives us colds and flus). In the lab: rats and mice with a virus [...]Rest: Eight Stages of Experience #1
This is a map of our experience. Its purpose is to give us a guide to where we may be having problems (especially when we feel that it is ‘the same thing again’). It is based on the combination of the taoist symbol the ba gua (an octagon with a centre) and gestalt [...]
Shame is Good
I don’t find shame enjoyable, I don’t suppose many people do. I don’t mean that shame feels good.
So let’s explore shame a little.
Shame is when we feel others disapproval - and agree with them that our behaviour wasn’t what it should be. Those who are ’shameless’ don’t just do things that are disapproved [...]Fear is Good
We often don’t like to admit we are afraid of something.
I guess this is because some part of us wants to believe that we are, if not invincible, at least able to handle anything that life can throw at us. To put it starkly: this is just silly. There are many things that can maim [...]Sadness is Good
Sadness helps us finish with what is important to us.
Sadness is important in our lives for at least three reasons.
1. Some endings are inevitable.
Change is always with us. If we don’t want anything to change we will be always frustrated and this is no recipe for a healthy life.
If we don’t embrace change we [...]Prendship: a word we need
I think we need a new word: “prendship”.
A prendship is a permanent relationship that is a friendship.
Making up this new word came from a couple of things.
Firstly, separating from my wife.
Marriage is, still, usually thought of as permanent. Even though a large percentage of those who get married then get [...]Anger is good
Anger gets a bad press – for good reason: it can lead to violence.
Violence is almost always inappropriate and most often counter-productive (violence may be appropriate for self-defence).So if we’re going to talk about anger we need to get the connection with violence out of the way. Usually we are violent when we feel [...]
