Off to work we go

The first thing we think of bringing to a new workspace is probably a photo of our family and possibly even our pets.

The shape we take

Personality has always seemed a solid thing to me, as part of the original package as our genes.

A spectacularly bad idea and a pretty good one

When I was in college, I worked in a traveling tent theatre for a summer. A guy from my hometown was also employed with this outfit...

If loose lips sink ships, what do tight hips do?

Make it hard to stand up and get moving, for one.

Cringe-worthy but worth it all the same

Fair warning. This Wellness Wednesday is going to make some of you – potentially a fair number of you – cringe. If I’m being honest, I even cringe a tiny bit.

How to be unhappy

- stay inside all day - move as little as possible - spend more than you earn...

Your non-negotiables

I read a memoir once about a high-level executive who lost her job, sending her into a downward spiral.

The Mercy Mystery

There is a lady who walks her dog on State Street in Portland every day.

The doodle that gets it done

I managed to lure a co-worker over to my house so she could lay on my kitchen floor for two hours

Seeing our loopiness

I've walked under the branches of this tree on my walk for the last 12 years, but it wasn't until just a few days before the new year that I noticed the loop in that low-hanging one.

Making sandwiches

When my daughter was in high-school she worked at Bagel Central, an iconic establishment in Bangor...

Are we supposed to do that?

Rocket boosting

When former CNN host and current inspirational speaker and author Mel Robbins was 41 her life fell apart.

Random acts of connection

As we slide into the calendar year’s jolliest season of stress, keeping our spirits bright can help offset the pressure cooker of holiday madness.

Not so fast

I glossed over something a little too quickly in last week’s Wellness Wednesday in my story about nudging my mother off her unhappy track

Tell me a time

My mother has late stage Parkinson’s and has spent a fair amount of her time angry, in large part a progression of her disease

Can we just give it up for nurses?

That’s Caty Nixon in the photo below, a labor and delivery nurse at Medical City McKinney in Texas, headed to her sister’s house for emotional support after a long shift...

Animal intelligence.

A confusion.

“There’s been a misunderstanding...

From the wisdom of 2-year-olds

When you put a bowl of blueberries in front of a 2-year-old, in about 5 minutes you can probably guess what their face looks like.

Sing a little song

I started noticing a while ago that as soon as I got to work and opened my email, I would often start humming.

It’s shocking how much money keeping it on the level can save you.

If something isn’t a problem right now it’s hard to pay attention to it, let along make a change, so there’s a chance this Wellness Wednesday...

That’s your business.

We wish we wouldn’t, but there we are again, back at Facebook checking our splash. We sternly tell ourselves we will limit our check-ins to two a day, just two...

We’ve all got circumstances.

When I was training to be a health and wellness coach a number of years ago, a faculty member told a story about a woman I will never forget.

Checking our expiration dates

Is it time to retire the low risers and move on to the mom jeans? It’s a question I have asked myself any number of times since hitting the age of 40.

Eat a peach

It’s a bummer to bring up, but it must be faced: summer is on the way out. But consider this...

Losing our touch

We all know what straightforward loss is: you lose someone or something and you know it because they or it are gone.

The tree test

There’s a good chance you are biophilia positive (which most people are) if you remember at least one tree from your childhood.

The simple truth

A co-worker had to move in a snowstorm a couple of days ago, deal with a shocking amount of other assorted house selling and buying disasters,

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Get out from under that shadow...

Your answer in tattoo

Let’s face it: on occasion we all fall a little in love with someone we want as a friend or a romantic partner but who, alas, does not feel the same way.