The Devil in Red Dress: “ Effexor XR. The devil in a red dress (or white dress depending on your dosage). I have been on this SNRI, a relative of the typical SSRI’s for over 10-years to help with anxiety and occasional depression. It has always worked well for me, if “working well” can be…
It is the middle of the week and it has been two weeks since the last edition of Wednesday’s Random Ramblings. Without further ado… I’ve been getting a lot of flak outside my apartment from various folks, mostly the mailman and the paper person (gender correct here!) for Othello being crazy. Obviously I know they…
Over the past several months I’ve experimented a lot with what I put into my body. Dabbling in raw food, veganism, vegetarianism, omnivore-non-tortured animalism, and worked with eliminating gluten, soy, dairy, corn, and various beans of the harsher varieties (basically anything that wasn’t mung or adzuki). This all has taken a lot of focus but…
Celebrities, actors, musicians, models and the like all are jobs where pretending is a large part of the job description. These people assume personas, images, and roles to convey a certain message and earn a paycheck. Often these roles mean changing the body: losing weight, gaining weight, adding muscle, changing hair color, and wearing a…
The Sunday line-up! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!! Unbelievable, yet so true. Warning: You may get goosebumps here. Why don’t we have these ads on TV in the United States? Note before you click. The sidebar of these YouTube videos has a lot of eating disorder inspired videos and TV show clips that are…
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post about my bucket list. A few things may have been in the works at the time, but as of this past week I can happily say that I am actively working at two items on the list: 1. Take classes in web design, digital design, and photography…
My two pugs, Winston and Othello are a huge part of my life and while I love them both as my own children there has been a lot of stress lately surrounding Winston as he gets older and seems to develop more health issues at a rapid pace. I adopted Winston when he was…
It has become the norm in the fitness industry that the instructor does the class they are teaching along with their students. The spinning instructor spins, the kickboxing instructor kick-boxes and the yoga instructor does yoga. Or does she/he? Back when I began yoga I took classes at a Bikramesque studio. I went several times…
One year ago today it was September 19, 2010. That was it. Nothing special. In fact I have no idea what went on that day. Were you expecting something more? I bring up the one year ago because I frequently like to reflect on how fast things can change when you are open to the…
Sunday Media time! I hope you all have a wonderful day and enjoy this fall like weather (at least in Ohio!) Now off to another full day of yoga teacher training with Laurel Hodory. Along those lines, if you live in Columbus and practice yoga you should consider coming to her next First Friday’s workshop…
