A Weekly Column on Being Human by Wellness Specialist Elizabeth Clayton
Aug 24
A number of years ago I invented a sequence of moves for myself to do though I can’t remember why.
Aug 17
There is nothing like the ghost of a carcinogenic pesticide to take the glee out of eating a good salad.
Aug 09
Knowing how to get old is confusing. There seems to be a lot of loss involved. Maybe we can go with it.
Aug 04
What is it like to be the less super of family greats? Jeb Bush’s governorship to brother George W.’s presidency? Venus Williams‘ 49 tennis singles titles to sister Serena’s 73?
Jul 27
Finding yourself in a still moment is almost unheard of nowadays. It reminds me of being in a grocery store...
Jul 20
Twelve years ago, I didn’t realize I was lonely until my partner gently let me know that the particular kind of deep dive conversations I kept trying to have with him was what girlfriends were for.
Jul 13
Anyone who has lost someone close to them to dementia, degree by degree until they are truly all gone, has witnessed something profoundly heartbreaking.
Jul 05
Up ahead I could see her picking raspberries off a bush and transferring them to her mouth, the exact same lady I saw there last week.
Jun 21
How do you know you're not supposed to take all the cake?
Jun 15
Out of all the areas to safeguard, psychological safety is interesting for how it zeroes in on our psyche, the psyche being the “who we are” part of our make up.