a while ago, alex shalman interviewed 34 people on the subject of happiness. following up on this, he created the happiness project, a group writing project where everyone who wishes answers questions about what happiness is for them. these posts then are gathered on his blog, here. below are my answers. and if you’d like… Continue reading happiness – a group writing project
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frozen pea friday: researching tamoxifen
today is frozen pea friday, and as usual, i’m writing about cancer. a friend of mine who just underwent a mastectomy and will most likely get the recommendation to take tamoxifen in the near future was asking some of her friends to do a bit of research for her (remember, sifting through tons of information… Continue reading frozen pea friday: researching tamoxifen
cognitive therapy: the 10 distortions
this is a guest post by damien riley, whose blog i’ve been following for the last year or so, and who is also one of my twitter buddies. drug therapy and what i call “armchair therapy” that seems to never end are not always the best way to manage neuroses. cognitive therapy, as evidenced in… Continue reading cognitive therapy: the 10 distortions
commenting is writing, too
once a while i like to share with you which blogs i’m reading and commenting on. sometimes it seems i spend way more time writing comments on others’ blogs than writing my own posts. so here you have a little taste of my blogospheric meanderings in the last few days: i can’t believe i overlooked… Continue reading commenting is writing, too
chinese love peas
it’s friday: frozen pea day. what’s that? two months ago, susan reynolds found out she had breast cancer, and she started posting about it on twitter. all the twitterers flocked around her in a beautiful show of friendship and support. what about the peas? susan discovered that frozen peas were ideal in helping keep the… Continue reading chinese love peas
compassion and social media
the three wise men the three monks are inviting us to write about compassion. compassion: literally, to suffer (passion) with (com-) another. in latin, this suffering did not only refer to the suffering that occurs in pain, it also generally refers to things that we don’t actively instigate – things that happen to us, things… Continue reading compassion and social media
chocolate and broccoli
so my blogger/twitter friend geert over in europe, in a small – no, i won’t say “tiny” – country wedged between a big one (france) and another small one (the netherlands) … in a tiny country called belgium, had the good heart to finally write another blog post in english. thanks to my continuous begging… Continue reading chocolate and broccoli
a big bagful of tidbits
time for some bullet blogging again. here are some interesting tidbits: it’s impossible to go to nancy white’s blog without finding something fascinating. ever heard of the cambodian bloggers summit? no??? well, why don’t you go here and find out. and maybe do more than find out. chip in to help beth kanter go there:… Continue reading a big bagful of tidbits
scoble makes me think about learning styles
this morning i went on twitter and as usual, my twitter friends had posted links to a number of videos. against my usual practice, i actually viewed one – web 2.0 guru robert scoble on the best facebook applications. it was a topic that i found interesting, discussed by someone who has useful things to… Continue reading scoble makes me think about learning styles
we rise to meet in the air
“the most important thing about prayer is not who hears it but who says it.” says a friend of mine, who could almost be called an atheist. hmmm – atheist prayers? in following derek miller’s bout with cancer (it looks like he came out of the operation really well!), nancy zimmerman and i were talking… Continue reading we rise to meet in the air