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Week of Grace: Recent Favor
Has anyone recently done you a favor that really helped you out? Week of Grace is a 7-day journaling project, scientifically designed to you make you happier, healthier, and more productive. For 7 days, please take 5-10 minutes a day to answer the gratitude question posted. Comment, tweet, email, tweet #weekofgrace, or even write your…
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Week of Grace: Make Yourself at Home
What aspects of your residence, office, or local hangout make you feel “at home”? Week of Grace is a 7-day journaling project, scientifically designed to you make you happier, healthier, and more productive. For 7 days, please take 5-10 minutes a day to answer the gratitude question posted. Comment, tweet, email, tweet #weekofgrace, or even…
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Week of Grace: Your Best Friend
Who is your best friend? What do you appreciate most about your best friend? Week of Grace is a 7-day journaling project, scientifically designed to you make you happier, healthier, and more productive. For 7 days, please take 5-10 minutes a day to answer the gratitude question posted. Comment, tweet, email, tweet #weekofgrace, or even…
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Week of Grace – Starts Monday 2/22/10
There are some very interesting studies from Robert A. Emmons, UC Davis and Michael E. McCullough, U of Miami showing the benefits of keeping a gratitude journal. It appears that act of writing down what you are thankful for significantly improves overall happiness and well-being. In addition, those who kept gratitude journals exercised more, reported…
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Hip Pain Mystery Solved
I’ve been experiencing some pain in my right hip and adductor (think thigh-master muscles) since the Kauai Half-Marathon last fall, and I had assumed it was an overuse injury. It came and went for some time, but it significantly improved in the last few weeks, and I was delighted that it didn’t bother me at…
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Happy 2010!
Happy New Year, everyone! 2010 is going to be great! If you haven’t figured out details for your fitness goals this year, let me suggest finishing a walking or running event! You’ll have a very clear goal and it’s super fun! I’ll be running the Carlsbad Half-Marathon later this month, then the Surf City Half…
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Kitten Crunch!
New core exercise! The Kitten Crunch! You’ll need to adopt a cute kitten (or 2) from your local shelter or animal welfare group. When the kitten on your lap decides to take a nap, hold the position below for 30 seconds. As your core gets stronger and your kitten gets older, you should be able…
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Kauai Highlights 2009
Hawaii is my favorite place to visit, and I especially love Kauai. Here are some things that made this last trip wonderful, if you ever have the pleasure of visiting: The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook by Andrew Doughty – My sister and I bought Maui Revealed for our Maui Half-Marathon trip, and these are simply superior…
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Diapers 101 for Baseball Fans
From baseball great Jimmy Piersall (at Annie’s Mailbox): “Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher’s mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case…
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Calculating BPM for #FITunes
(Reposted from National Running Day discussion board on Facebook.) When I workout to music, I like to fall into sync with the beat. For example, it’s very natural for me to take about 170 steps per minute when I run, so I like to listen to music that has 170 BPM (beats per minute) like…