healthy-living

How The World Fits Into You

March 30, 2012

(source) The basic argument of my thesis is that in order to overcome depression, one must find meaning in one’s life.  Finding that meaning or purpose then allows us to take action to satisfy it, thereby fulfilling that existential emptiness that many of us have.  Existential emptiness is the result of unanswered questions such as, [...]

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“But I’m SUPPOSED to have a job I hate and be miserable while putting a smile on my face. That’s the American Dream!!!”

March 22, 2012

“Happiness cannot thrive within the prison of obligation” (source) Before anyone goes crazy about the title of this post, please allow me to explain.  This was a thought that popped into my brain Monday night while walking Angie around my campus.  I’m completely smitten with Angie, but the last few days have been saturated with [...]

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Eating Cleaner and Greener in Recovery

March 11, 2012

I had a plan for this post but after watching this TedTalk last night, my post will take a different direction than once planned.  If you have a few minutes, PLEASE watch this video.  It’s incredibly informative and very inspiring and talks about how allopathic medicine might have everything backwards. Ever since I was born, [...]

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Project Rawvitalize: Week 2

March 10, 2012

Hello everyone! I can’t believe my time in the south went by so quickly.  Overall I had a good time but I constantly thought of my grandfather and his missing presence.  I didn’t get to go visit his grave and I think it would have pushed me over the edge emotionally.  I did get to [...]

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“There is nothing but energy everywhere”: Wisdom from the Yoga Sutras

March 6, 2012

My morning began with a nice bowl of banana oatmeal out on my little balcony: I mixed together a banana that was getting pretty brown on the outside but still good on the inside, oats, and almond milk and topped it with almond butter and a drizzle of maple syrup.  So delicious!  I’m enjoying spending [...]

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Project Rawvitalize Day 1

March 4, 2012

Before I went to bed last night, I created a schedule for the morning that looked like this: 8:30-9 Wake up and pre-yoga snack  9-9:40 Yoga   9:45-10:15 Breakfast and shower  10:15-10:45 Go to leasing office  10:45- leave to pick up S to go look at a dog!  I got up on time and even [...]

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Project Rawvitalize: The Basics

March 3, 2012

I’ve been getting stuck in a rut the past few weeks.  I was getting really frustrated with my thesis, feeling lonely, starting to get depressed (a warning sign for me) and overall not feeling productive and happy. No matter how many weeks I’ve gone without eating disorder symptoms, relapse is always a possibility.  The key [...]

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