It’s just about lunchtime and I’m wondering about how people are fairing on their fare this Fat Tuesday. Traditionally, Fat Tuesday is the day of feasting before the fast. Days before Fat Tuesday, food establishments such as restaurants and even grocery stores market to consumers with slogans of indulging in great feasts. Usually these attempts [...]
We know a lot about what to eat (fresh fruits and vegetables) and what not to eat (yeah, the whole bag of potato chips). But what about the how, what, and why of eating mindfully? Combining the how we eat, what we eat, why we eat with mindfulness means that we eat with awareness. It’s [...]
Everyone experiences stress and yet there is a lot of information floating around about stress. Some of the information is correct while some information is incorrect. Just yesterday I read an article from a Twitter link that was clearly incorrect. I thought about responding to the Twitter feed and including a source that would have [...]
Change. Looking up the word ‘change’ generated over 2 million search hits on Google. It’s time for change. Over the next few weeks and even months, the Dr. Debra Lindh website will be going through, well, change. Yes, this is true. Change is often difficult to embrace. Some people do embrace change, while others shy [...]
During this time of flux, commitment is in the forefront. The question to ponder, reflect, and ultimately answer is: Are we willing to do whatever it takes? This is different than hooking on details, history, past decisions, mistakes, goals, etc. When making this decision, we can no longer hold on to what prevents us from [...]
Mindful or Mind Full? As Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. (1990) states, “mindfulness is moment-to-moment awareness” (p. 11) where we pay attention to the things of ordinary life giving us new insights to our lives through relaxation, awareness, being present, and through insight. Perhaps your mind is full with endless to-do lists, resolutions, and other stuff like [...]
One of my recent blog postings was about turning a hobby into a business. Many people have successfully taken action to turn their hobby into a dream company and career. These people get to do what they love. As a hobby turned business matures, often times these people begin to enjoy a flexible schedule and [...]
September 5, 1977...NASA launched Voyager 1 to explore the outer planets of our solar system. Today Voyager 1 is about 11.3 billion miles from the Sun. I read that it takes data about 17 hours to transmit back to Earth where a handful of scientists analyze the information. The quote I find most interesting about [...]
Labor Day. What did you do on this holiday? Some people worked. Some spent time with their families and friends to celebrate the last weekend of Summer. The day for me was filled with a blend of preparing for back-to-school, time with family, and reflection; reflection of what Labor Day means with recent awareness and [...]
Branding. How many articles are there about branding. A lot. Just do a search for the word "branding" and almost 200 million hits appear. When thinking of branding, what comes to mind is product branding or company branding. But what about branding you - yes, self branding? What does this mean? How do I go [...]
