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“To heal a wound, you need to stop touching it.” ~Unknown

I’ve always been an overachiever. In sixth grade, I spent weeks memorizing over five pages of the poem “Horatius at the Bridge” for extra credit, even though I already had an A in the class.

When I started therapy in my mid-twenties to deal with depression and panic attacks, I turned my overachieving tactics to self-improvement. I spent hours journaling, going to meetings, talking to mentors, reading books, and beating myself up when I fell into old habits.

I always worried: Was I doing it right? Was I making enough progress? Would I feel better, find enlightenment, or be a better person in the end?

That’s when I began to notice a pattern that surprised me.

I found that when I first had an insight, discovered a tool, or began a new practice, I got very excited. It worked wonders for me and I could feel a sense of growth and expansion.

I’d begin to try harder to generate more insights and discover more tools. But as I redoubled my efforts and worked harder at healing, I’d begin to feel anxious, self-critical, and depleted. The harder I tried, the less enlightened I felt.

At some point I’d give up. I’d let go of trying to become the next Buddha and accept the fact that I was just going t…

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Oftentimes it feels nearly impossible to calm the chaos in a multi-child family. Though it may seem far-fetched to get toddlers and tweens to meditate, Erica Nunnally—who runs the The Bija Institute in Cumberland, Rhode Island, a weekend wellness retreat for parents and caregivers of children who are battling cancer—has figured it out.

Everything from the foods they eat to the places they go, Nunnally’s daughters’ lives are infused with mindfulness.  In this video, Nunnally shares with Sonima’s founder Sonia Jones, the ways in which her children are practicing yoga and meditating almost every day.

Related: How Meditating as a Child Shaped My Life

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Source: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/02/corrections-to-the-list-of-industry-funded-studies-the-count-is-again-13512/

Readers have filed corrections to previous postings on industry-funded studies (see here and here).  I am most grateful for their sharp eyes.  No excuses, but I’m having a hard time keeping them straight because there are so many, some are published first online and then again in print, and sometimes I just get them wrong.  Apologies.

The corrections reduce the count to 132/12.  But here are three more to bring it back up to 135/12.

Management of obesity.  George A Bray, Gema Frühbeck, Donna H Ryan, John P H Wilding.  The Lancet.  Published online February 8, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00271-3.

Conclusion: For patients who struggle with weight loss and who would receive health benefit from weight loss, management of medications that are contributing to weight gain and use of approved medications for chronic weight management along with lifestyle changes are appropriate. Medications approved in the USA or European Union are orlistat, naltrexone/bupropion, and liraglutide; in the USA, lorcaserin and phentermine/topiramate are also available. Surgical management (gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy, and Roux-en Y gastric bypass) can produce remarkable health improvement and reduce mortality for patients with severe obesity.
Declaration of interests GAB is a consultant to Herbalife International and Medifast; a member of the Speakers Bureau for Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals and Takeda Pharmaceuticals; and receives royalties fro…

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Your body is in a never-ending state of burning, stoking, fueling, respirating, healing, aging, detoxing, eliminating, growing, cycling, and consuming. It will never be stagnant. There is no end point, ever, until you die. (And actually not even then, because you’ll start to decompose!)

These daily fluctuations might be subtle, but that doesn’t mean they’re not happening. By denying or resisting your own transitory nature, you will make yourself utterly miserable.

Most of us do pick up on these changes, whether we’re tuned into them every second or every few days. (How many times have you been guilty of muttering, “I feel so fat today” to your best friend?)

Acknowledging them is not only okay, it’s normal. Society likes to make women out as “crazy” for having feelings, intuition, and sensitivity. We’re judged by standards that were never meant for us, thanks to the patriarchy and our sexually repressed Anglo-Saxon foundation.

Guess what? “Sensitivity” just means we have the gift of being able to pick up on subtle sh*t. If someone calls you “too sensitive,” what they really mean “you’re making me feel crazy because I can’t see the subtle things you see, and I don’t like that.”

Immediately let go of any narrative you’ve been clinging to that your emotions or ability to perceive things make you crazy. They don’t.

If you desperately crave arrival at an end point, where you can finally rest from the exhausting pursuit of you…

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In case we needed another reminder that female athletes are total badasses, Under Armour’s new “Rule Yourself” campaign showcases the incredible U.S. women’s gymnastics team. Some people roll their eyes at a sport that involves glitter and pretty leotards, but this ad proves exactly how tough these Olympics-bound women are. Yes, they get their nails done, but they also get their ankles wrapped, climb ropes like ninjas, and work out tirelessly after dark. Set to M.I.A’s heart-pounding “Matangi,” the hypnotic acrobatic feats are truly next-level. We can’t stop watching.

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Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/25/468032778/should-sprouts-come-with-a-warning-label?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

For something many deem a “health food,” sprouts regularly appear on official outbreak lists.

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You will never catch prominent food-safety attorney Bill Marler eating sprouts. Not on a heaping deli sandwich. Not on a freshly tossed salad. He puts them in the same category as raw milk — a food item he says is not worth the risk it carries. Unfortunately, 13 people sickened across four states have discovered that risk the hard way.

On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced they’re investigating a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Muenchen linked to alfalfa sprouts produced by Sweetwater Farms LLC in Inman, Kan. Both irrigation water and alfalfa sprout samples have tested positive for salmonella, prompting the company to issue a voluntarily recall of sprouts from lot 042016. States affected include Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Pennsylvania.

And Wednesday, news broke of another outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts. Nine people in Minnesota and Wisconsin have been sickened so far by E. coli-tainted sprouts. Health officials are warning consumers, retailers and restaurants to avoid sprouts grown by Jack & The Green Sprouts in…

Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/25/467962593/why-your-hamburger-might-be-leading-to-nitrogen-pollution?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

A farmer applies fertilizer to soybeans in Kasbeer, Ill. Scientists say one significant source of nitrogen pollution is fertilizer that leaks off of fields growing corn and soybeans to feed meat and dairy animals.

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Meat has a greater impact on the environment than pretty much any other food we eat. As The Salt has reported, billions of cows, pigs, sheep and poultry we raise as livestock guzzle massive quantities of water and generate at least 10 percent of the total greenhouse gases attributed to human activity.

But scientists say we’ve been slow to acknowledge yet another side effect of our taste for meat: nitrogen pollution.

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Manduka PROlite Mat

Yoga brings us to our happy place. But nothing robs us of our bliss like our knees grinding into the mat (is it foam or sandpaper?) or our sweat-covered hands and feet starting to slide (a no-slip betrayal, we call it).

There’s got to be a better mat out there, right? If you own a $20 one from a big-box store, the answer is almost certainly yes. Yoga mats, like cars, come in different models, and the Manduka PROlite is basically the Rolls-Royce. It’s perfectly padded without being too cushy (say good-bye to sore joints) and has just the right amount of grip.

The PROlite does come with a hefty price tag (the standard version will set you back $80). But we think it’s worth every penny. Yoga on the Manduka mat is completely pain free, making us want to practice even more. And with ample padding, it’s equally great for Pilates or general stretching. The best news? PROlite comes with a lifetime warranty, so if it wears out, you can easily get a replacement (no questions asked). Anonymity—that’s one way to keep us feeling zen.

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Thank you to Postmates for sponsoring this post!

Funny story: a few years ago, Matt and I were at a wedding with a bunch of my grad school friends. We had all just spent hours sweating up a storm on the dance floor and decided to order some late night food. The only thing we could think of that delivered was pizza. Matt said: “I have the Dominos app on my phone – we can use that!” Immediately after he said that he looked over at me all sheepish – turns out his secret dude routine was to order Dominos on weekends I was out of town. Lol!

He said he used their app simply because it was easy to use, but that he’d order healthier stuff if it was an option/just as easy. So when I was invited to try Postmates, a cool on-demand delivery platform that delivers ANYTHING anywhere, I figured this was the perfect way for Matt to broaden his home food delivery options a bit. Postmates is on web and mobile too! You can download it on the app store here. Use promo code fannetastic8 to get $10 in delivery (new customers only).

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“The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.” ~Djuna Barnes

November, 2014. A story you’ve heard a million times. The person I believed with all my heart to be “the one” ceased to feel the same way about me.

My heart and soul shattered, I had no desire to live, the whole works.

Having your heart broken, especially by someone you truly loved is, from my perspective, the worst kind of pain there is. It makes you lose all sense of self, reality, purpose, and faith. To me, it felt like my soul was being severed into teeny tiny pieces.

When we’re in that much pain, it seems like it’s going to be a forever deal. We forget that it’s all temporary.

To make matters worse, we feel we’re all alone in it—we are rushed to “just move on already” when we can barely find enough energy to open our eyes.

So keep in mind that there is no shame about the situation that is most painful to you and how long you’re taking to process it.

You could be facing your darkest hour brought by the death of your pet fish. Or by the fact you didn’t get that dream job.

Whatever the situation is, do not compare or believe your pain is less legitimate than others: your journey here is your own, and it is just as sacred as that of someone you …