Since I was eight years old, my size has been determined by the Body Mass Index, AKA BMI. For 47 years, I haven’t gone a day without some kind of diet and/or exercise plan. My self-worth depended on being less than a certain number on the BMI scale and not on who I was asContinue reading “New Beginning”
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COVID: My Rebirth
This week, the IMO podcast interviewed comedian, David Chappelle, who said a quote that shook me to my core. He said, “In COVID, we were trapped in our choices.” He didn’t really elaborate on the statement (or I might have been too stunned to have heard the rest of it, LOL). I never felt soContinue reading “COVID: My Rebirth”
Bad Habits
“The process of building habits is actually the process of becoming yourself” – James Clear I’m in the process of reading the “Atomic Habits Workbook” by James Clear. My level one tai chi class is reading it for this section of our training. I have three bad habits that I know I need to change.Continue reading “Bad Habits”
Soul Surgery
In February, one of the podcasters I was listening to said, “You can’t heal without having the conversations. In 2025, I started having difficult conversations with myself about my opinions of myself, my relationships, and the stories I told myself, in the past and presently. I know I can’t rewrite my past. What is doneContinue reading “Soul Surgery”
