Good Thoughts About Life For Mature Women

Dispite the non-profit status, Komen and its aggressive and jealous trademarking and organizational branding looks a lot like like a major, professional, corporate operation, doesn't it?

And not a very feminist one. (There's a whole essay on that here by itself.) Ehrenreich is careful to note, for example, the infantilizing aspect of the products, not just from Komen, but throughout the breast cancer biz. After listing all the pink-themed geegaws, from Body Crème to journals-with-crayons (yes, crayons), she writes: "Certainly men diagnosed with prostate cancer do not receive gifts of Matchbox cars."

It's going to be good. So why then, I wonder, am I reading all things morbid? Like an article about how doctors die.

"The other kind of attention, which serves creativity, is where the right hemisphere is dominant. That requires deeply quieting the mind. It was Betty Edwards (Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain) who discovered that one powerful way to prompt a powerful shift from left to right hemisphere is to copy an upside down line drawing. Or simply to draw, for that matter.

But there are lots of ways to prompt the shift: take a walk in nature, go for a run, listen to classical music... Even take a shower. It’s repetition that matters. The more we train any muscle - including the right hemisphere - the stronger and more active it becomes."

As the young Sontag scrabbles and scribbles toward maturity page by page, declaring archly profound thoughts (“What is it to be young in years and suddenly wakened...

Instead of a column filled with New Year's resolutions that most won't keep, this year I want to share some thoughts from people I come in contact with.

Keep your feet on the ground. Keep your eyes off Heaven Close your ears to religion. Listen to your heart. Use your intelligence. Respect everyone. Help those who need it.

Aside from the fact that there aren't any flying cars out there, and space travel hasn't been brought to the masses, life is pretty good. I know, I know, there's a recession. There are wars and protests and causes and a ribbon for ...

Kerry admits that Hayley's limited life expectancy is never far from her thoughts. "We had bereavement counselling when Hayley was diagnosed.

What we think about someone in our life, whether in a good or bad way, G is up there constantly evaluating them to prove your initial thought true. This also works for us if we let it. Think good, happy, abundant, healthy, loving ...

Your isolation can put you at much greater risk for suicidal thoughts (1). So how does social support counteract this destructive spiral?

"If you insist on being called ms. there's the potential to be judged as an angry feminist with a bee in her bonnet, even though that's patently absurd.

Research shows that when older people look at pictures of faces or events, they tend to focus on and recall the happier ones more and the negative ones less. But why? Some psychologists assert that cognitive processes are responsible; for example, when an older person fixates on and remembers positive events and forgets the bad ones, it helps regulate emotions, allowing the person to view life in a better light.

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Drawing on what must be the terribly painful events in his own life, Hisham Matar's novel is narrated by the dignified and elegant teenager, Nuri, living with his father in exile in Egypt. Their country of origin is not named, perhaps it is ...