…and swing! My morning walking route often takes me by several playgrounds; for no reason at all, I stopped and hopped onto a swing. I “Sometimes You Gotta Just Stop…”
Category: Stress Relief
Emotional Contagion in School and Elsewhere
Not in teacher’s college, nor while I was teaching, did I hear the term “emotional contagion.” However, it didn’t mean that I was unaware of “Emotional Contagion in School and Elsewhere”
Walking Ladner – Protecting My Sanity Through COVID-19
As COVID-19 grinds on, there are days when it is more difficult to maintain my equilibrium. I am fortunate in that I practice a number “Walking Ladner – Protecting My Sanity Through COVID-19”
Walking Tsawwassen – Yet Another Shot of COVID-19 Sanity
“Bad mood” could just as easily be substituted with any number of words: anxious, worried, angry, frustrated, unproductive, stagnate, etc. However, even if you aren’t “Walking Tsawwassen – Yet Another Shot of COVID-19 Sanity”
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Putting Your Best Foot Forward
When you live with a chronic, debilitating disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, it can be downright difficult to step into life – joints ache and “Rheumatoid Arthritis: Putting Your Best Foot Forward”
Walking White Rock – More Sanity During COVID-19
Walking White Rock (OWR) was my next walking project after I completed Operation North Delta (OND) on September 1st, 2020. I have a great deal “Walking White Rock – More Sanity During COVID-19”
Posture, Proprioception and Psoas
When I’m dog walking (sadly, no more), or doing my walking projects (North Delta – OND, White Rock – OWR, Tsawwassen – OT and next, Ladner “Posture, Proprioception and Psoas”
Walking North Delta – Sanity During COVID-19
‘Tis true – little by little, one does indeed walk far. It’s exactly how I completed Operation North Delta (OND). Walking North Delta was how “Walking North Delta – Sanity During COVID-19”
Dismantling Roadblocks
There was something strangely wonderful that occurred to me as I was doing my qigong exercises this morning. I was attempting a challenging balance exercise, “Dismantling Roadblocks”
When the News Knocks You Sideways!
Sometimes the daily news hits you hard. Today is one of those days. It started with the news from a close friend. She made the “When the News Knocks You Sideways!”
COVID-19 Stress Strategies
COVID-19. Coronavirus. Social Distancing. Flatten the curve. Plank the curve. Don’t be a spreader. Covidiot. Caremongering. In it together. When they next do a reprint, “COVID-19 Stress Strategies”
The Stress Habit
Habit is the development of a behaviour pattern until it almost becomes involuntary. The “almost” in that definition is important. It implies that because it “The Stress Habit”