Self-Monitoring as Coping Skill

With a roof over my head, with an income, and a healthy family, there is no tragedy. There is a tragedy in Syria and in Venezuela. Get real. If everything fails, call the doctor, or the suicide hotline. And repeat the following: “I am still in control. I can do…

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Instructions to talk to a Venezuelan

To avoid embarrassing displays of ignorance, learn about Venezuela through the individual in front of you. Para evitar despliegues vergonzosos de ignorancia, aprenda sobre Venezuela a través del individuo delante suyo.

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Melanie Kaufman and Square One Yoga

In the last years, I have turned to yoga both as a low impact exercise and a spiritual practice in an effort to counteract the side effects of medication and find inner peace.

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French Trail: Open the Senses

Octavia Buttler once said, “habit will sustain you whether you are inspired or not.” She said that in relation to writing, but I think it applies to life in general. Establishing an exercise habit is key to the success of my self-imposed, endorphin-producing regime. Yoga twice a week, once-a-week-walk in…

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Canyon Meadows at High Noon

I can’t see the future clearly, what’s far ahead is blurred behind a distant haze. I can only focus on what’s in front of me, the next step on the trail, one foot behind the other.

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My body aches, but I don’t cry

Dancing would be a great chance to meet people and produce endorphins, a proactive way to avoid episodes of depression by exercising and reaching out into the community.

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