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Confirmation Bias and Risk Tolerance
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 20 comments What an interesting exchange of opinions evoked by those last two blogs on free range kids! We're seeing a similar debate, perhaps, on the issue of vaccination safety . . . and many other issues too. Most of us want to base our opini... Read more
Free Range Balance?
Monday, January 25, 2021 28 comments Many nostalgic comments on my "free range kids" blog yesterday -- from people who also really enjoyed the independence and freedom of their own childhoods. People who'd raised their own kids the same way. Luckily, without significant negative r... Read more
Free Range Kids
Sunday, January 24, 2021 31 comments So nice, taking Henry for a walk through the snowy park, to see children at our local outdoor skating rink. About 8-10 kids, probably ranging in age between 9 and 14 or so -- some leaving, some arriving. No parents in view. Unaccompanied... Read more
Winter Cardinals!
Saturday, January 23, 2021 32 comments 
Yesterday morning, just after 7:30 when it was still not quite light outside, I heard my first "winter" cardinal singing up the sun.
Cardinal... Read more
Are Your Values Being Violated?
Friday, January 22, 2021 21 comments mentaltoughnessblog.com/ uncategorized/are-your-val ues-being-violated/?utm_so urce=rss&utm_medium=rss&ut m_campaign=are-your-values -being-violated&utm_source =rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_ca mpaign=are-your-values-being-v... Read more
America The Beautiful
Thursday, January 21, 2021 35 comments What an extraordinary day for all Americans -- and for all American's friends around the world. Including your Canadian neighbours, wishing all good things for you good people. So much to celebrate! So many striking images on a mirac... Read more
Let Me Count the Ways!!
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 29 comments Never did much like Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 43 all that much. You know the one, that starts: "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways . . ." nationalpoetryday.co.uk/ poem/how-do-i-love-thee-so nnet-4... Read more
"You are SO Dogmatic . . . "!!
Monday, January 18, 2021 33 comments Yes, that's what I said to my DH this morning. When, after his bone scan appointment, he announced that he probably needed to be taking a Vitamin D + Calcium supplement . . . but not, of course, MY supplement. Which he could start to take righ... Read more 
Mental Toughness . . . revisited?
Sunday, January 17, 2021 24 comments Many of us here at Spark People followed Steve Siebold's impossibly in-your-face Mental Toughness "fat loser" program: back in the day. It was a 21 day program developed probably in the late 80s/early 90s and delivered (free!!) by daily 15 minu... Read more
It's nothing!
Saturday, January 16, 2021 31 comments "It is nothing", in Slovak. And similar to: . De rien, in French -- it's nothing. Da nada, in Spanish -- it's nothing. Multicultural substitution for "You're welcome . . ." And we're all about diversity, right? "You need ... Read more
"No Problem!!"
Friday, January 15, 2021 32 comments When did people stop saying "You're welcome" and replace that familiar old-fashioned courtesy almost entirely with "No problem"?? "You're welcome", in response to a "Thank you", means: yes, providing you with service was at some cost or inc... Read more
DOF Support Dog!!
Thursday, January 14, 2021 46 comments It all began with guide dogs for the visually impaired. And since then has evolved into support dogs for many disabilities -- hearing support dogs, anxiety support dogs, autism support dogs, post-traumatic stress disorder support dogs. These ar... Read more
Potato Chips!!
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 39 comments So many of those commenting on yesterday's blog really related to my former potato chip obsession. (Although yes, there are lots of "sweet tooth" emotional eaters too of course!) After my years of potato chip obsession, it's amazing to me ... Read more
Redefining emotional eating?
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 33 comments As one of the comments on my blog yesterday indicated, it may be that for myself (and, emphatically, not for anybody else) I'm in the process of redefining emotional eating . . . What emotional eating means for me. Certainly I am not advo... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 Last Page » |
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