GAL, even if your mind and body are saying no! :-)
Just wanted to share a couple things I stumbled on today back to back while watching some Ted Talks videos on Netflix streaming (if that means nothing to you, no big deal. Please read on). They both resonated with me for GAL and I listed them in the order of how cool I thought they were! None of these may resonate, but if, like me, you suffer from depression, stress and health issues, and don't like to just use medication to numb the pain, you may find these interesting.
I had already been investigating Mindfulness (the less new age way to say meditation). It's something I have dabbled with in the past, but it seems to have come a long way as a discipline without all the spiritual stuff if, like me, you find that to be distracting. It's a big part of the 8 week stress reduction/pain management class my counselor recommended for me. Until that starts, I'm reading/practicing on my own with a book called Mindfullnes: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World. The link is for the book and their supporting web site. Of course it's at Amazon, too. :-)
Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life This one is just hard to describe, but worth giving a chance. Watch the vid, and see if Jane doesn't start making you feel hopeful and a bit happy despite yourself and your situation! I was skeptical because I can't even really play computer games because of tendinitis issues, but it's not even about that, so don't let that throw you when she talks about her enthusiasm for video games - she is a game designer after all. ;-) Jane's SuperBetter video SuperBetter game site
Andy Puddicombe: All it takes is 10 mindful minutes This is another mindfullness approach, with a good web site, but I'm sticking to the book referenced above and the on-site program if I can remember to get registered for it! :-) Andy's 10 mintes of doing nothing video Andy's mindfulness site
