Also On Wellness
Posts by scottqmarcus
Sometimes, I tend to be an eensy-weensy bit resistant to changing how I act. The bottom line is that I, like most folks, really do like my habits. I complain about them and tell others I'll change (more to get them off my back than for anything else). I do recognize that they might not always be the healthiest patterns, but - you know - they're warm and cozy and make it so I don't have to think so...
3/11/2010 9:20:20 AM
OK class, today's assignment is to create the most annoying place ever; ready? Let's begin by populating it with lots of tired, irritable inhabitants confined to a cramped area with hardly any places to rest and absolutely no spot to get comfortable. Many of these folks will wear too much perfume or, better yet, haven't seen the working end of a shower in days. Of course, the whole environment has...
2/17/2010 3:38:31 PM
Stop! Don't do it! I know it's the "new year," that ritualistic period whereby we become fixated on ridding ourselves of that sluggish, bloated, overloaded blob-like feeling in which we wrapped ourselves for the previous two months. Whipped up by cartons of cookies and bags of breadstuffs; flavored by truckloads of turkey with gravy, ham with glaze, or both; coated in tankards of eggnog (with and without...
1/7/2010 3:33:40 PM
I am one of the underclass of the holiday season - those who wait to the last minute to buy gifts - so I find myself on Christmas Eve in yet another line. The customer at the front; an elderly, bearded, overweight gentleman with thick black heavy boots, and wire rim glasses resting on a pug nose; is having an animated discussion with an apathetic clerk. Shoppers buried under sparkly packages are restlessly...
12/17/2009 4:03:27 PM
Said a rather dark-sided friend of mine, "Why do you spend so much time writing about health? We all end up the same way in the end. Why fight the inevitable, might as well just enjoy the time we have." Said I, adjusting rose-colored glasses, "I disagree. None of us know how much time we have, but good health allows us to enjoy it as long as possible." Came the reply, "Personally, I think good health...
11/27/2009 10:48:39 AM
At the very first session I had with my therapist oh so many years ago, the opening question out of my mouth was, "How long will this take?" Being ever the smart aleck, he replied, "About 50 minutes." "No," I responded. "How long will it take until I am fixed; you know, healed; normal?" I am not alone when it comes to asking that question. One of the first items we want checked off our "to do list...
11/11/2009 8:46:03 PM
A column in a recent issue of Newsweek magazine has prompted me to think - always a dangerous practice. The piece, penned by Julia Baird, was entitled "Positively Downbeat," and the basic thesis was that positive thinking was actually making us all more miserable, rather than happier. As evidence, she sites a study from the General Social Survey by economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers of...
10/29/2009 3:27:45 PM
While drinking my morning coffee and reading the newspaper at the local bakery, I watched as the young parents entered the establishment, a small blond girl with huge, round blue eyes, bundled snuggly against the cold wind, was in tow. While her parents stamped their feet on the doormat to restart the circulation in their legs, the lass was pulled, as if by an unseen magnet, to the pink, green, and...
10/21/2009 4:50:28 PM
To say a continental breakfast is simple, is tantamount to saying fire is hot. No duh. Depending on where you spend the night, this mainstay of hotels and motels might present you with coffee, tea, assorted juices, rolls, yogurt, bagels, pastries, and cereal. Periodically, its menu might include sausage, pancakes, or pre-portioned cups of waffle batter and a waffle maker in which to cook it. (Point...
10/15/2009 9:39:55 AM
Let me jump to the point: I am concerned that we, as a people, are drowning in an epidemic of outrage. Maybe it's not as apparently dangerous as the swine flu, but it is far more virulent and certainly more contagious. It seems that virtually everyone is "outraged" about something or another. We appear to seek out reasons to feel offended, flipping it on as effortlessly as we turn on the hallway light....
10/7/2009 4:08:57 PM