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Catherine finds a great health provider: some things that make them great
CW: mention (by me, not the provider!) of body weight and adjustments in eating habits. Finding a good health provider is not always easy. Here’s something I’m not looking for: Gray-haired white and...
View ArticleTeetering on the edge: more misleading news on balancing and mortality risk
Once again, news outlets are booming out warnings about the life-or-death-level importance of balancing. Balance training is an important but often-neglected skill, one that impacts both our longevity...
View ArticleMenopause, depleted estrogen and increased rolling of ankles
By Martha A few weeks ago, I ran into my house to retrieve a beach rug and I ended up rolling my ankle severely. While it wasn’t bad enough to warrant a visit to urgent care, I wasn’t my swiftest...
View ArticlePain and the Human Playground (a mini review)
We watched the first episode of a fun documentary series at my house the other night, The Human Playground. It’s on Netflix, narrated by Idris Elba. There’s a book project of the same name released to...
View ArticleMaking Space 2022: Day 4
Here we are on Sunday, December 4 and I think it’s an excellent time to plan for a rest. Martha’s advice on December 4, 2020 was to Take a Nap and I am 100% behind that. Even if it is not possible for...
View ArticleEasing back to ‘normal’
…or at least normal for me. 😉 After spending the better part of two weeks dealing with Covid, I am finally feeling mostly like myself. I missed two weeks of Taekwondo, missed lots of walks with Khalee...
View ArticleMaking Space 2022: Day 6
Back on December 6, 2020, Martha was advising us to Get some fresh air and she was downright inspiring with the list of fun things she did outdoors on a unseasonably warm day. That, in turn, reminded...
View ArticleMaking Space 2022: Day 10
I often get stuck on my to do list because when I can’t do everything at once, my brain won’t let me do anything at all. I end up doing what I call ‘skimming the surface’ of my list – keeping it all in...
View ArticleMaking Space 2022: Day 12
Hey everyone, In today’s post we are getting back to some basics – doing ground-level self care. As is my new tradition, the chatty part is below the videos. I chose both of these videos because they...
View ArticleThe Upside of Body Aches
This post shares about general, non-specific body aches. My reflections are based on my personal experience. As everyone has different bodies and experiences, I welcome you to share your thoughts in...
View ArticleMaking Space 2022: Day 31
Here we are at the last day of 2022, the last day of December, the last day of my Making Space posts. I hope that you have found these posts useful and that you have found your own ways to make space...
View ArticleTaking Sam’s advice when she was sick 10 years ago
In this #TBT post, I look back to what was happening with FIFI in 2013, the year the blog started. In her March 23, 2013 post, Back after it after almost a month away: Rebuilding after illness,...
View ArticleChristine invites you to play along as Mindful March becomes Active April
Were you following along with the Mindful March calendar from Action for Happiness? I wrote about it last month and I did have a very mindful March, even though I didn’t do every activity on the...
View ArticleCaring for houseplants increases longevity and quality of life (or it ought to)
It’s that time of year. By that, I mean, “the time of year that demands doing something, anything, to get through these last vestiges of winter while the spring colors take their own sweet time coming...
View ArticleIs it bad being negatively motivated to exercise?
The other day I was listening to American businessperson Carla Harris being interviewed on Adam Grant’s podcast about her successful career in the finance industry. My ears perked up when Harris...
View ArticleGreat news! It’s too late to do Joyful June perfectly!
It’s June 9th so we’ve already missed the first part of the Action for Happiness Joyful June calendar. Isn’t that terrific? No, I’m not excited that we missed it. I’m actually thrilled that we can’t do...
View ArticleA tisket, a tasket, Catherine’s got a basket (full of health problems)
First, a musical note: if you’ve never heard jazz immortal Ella Fitzgerald sing “A tisket, a tasket”, you are in for a treat. Listen up here. This summer has been fun– celebrating family milestones and...
View ArticleDoes a Diagnosis Change Who I Am?
Two months after an emergency visit to the hospital for 3 days (which I wrote about here), I’ve finally been diagnosed. I have Addison’s Disease. So, not enough for me to have a name for what ails me....
View ArticleIt’s World Menopause day! What to do?
Imagine my surprise when I heard from a fellow blogger that today, October 18, was World Menopause Day! Also imagine my confusion–exactly what is the nature of this special occasion, commemorating...
View ArticleFive lessons Catherine (re)learned about recovering from sickness
One would think, 3.5 years after the COVID pandemic hit it big on planet Earth, we would have figured out how to live in the world while a) being sick; and b) recovering from being sick. But we...
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