by Kathleen Trotter | Apr 13, 2023 | Amazing Book Reviews from a fitness and health perspective., Growth Mindset.
The brain is wired to keep us alive, not healthy or happy. Anxiety is one of the many tools the brain uses to keep us alive. Anxiety is extremely appropriate in some circumstances. Feeling uneasy when walking down a dark alley has utility; it nudges you to stay alert...
by Kathleen Trotter | Mar 15, 2023 | Amazing Book Reviews from a fitness and health perspective., Growth Mindset.
When it comes to our health it is all too easy to be our own “near enemy”—to act and think in ways that make us feel that we are working toward a goal, when really, we are sabotaging our success. All too often we are both Caesar and Brutus and jab a knife into our own...
by Kathleen Trotter | Feb 17, 2023 | Amazing Book Reviews from a fitness and health perspective., Growth Mindset.
The Near Enemies of Health: Awareness, Buddhism, Emotional Granulation, Near Enemies, and Brené Brown Stop being your own “near enemy.” Life will throw you enough lemons—you don’t need to bamboozle yourself with an avalanche of fruit. All terrible lemon jokes aside,...
by Kathleen Trotter | Apr 18, 2021 | Amazing Book Reviews from a fitness and health perspective., Blog, Book Reviews from a fitness and health perspective., Covid Sanity Pack, Walk Run Jog
Advice Not Given—by Mark Epstein (Or in Kathleen speak: Want to Get Healthier? Shake the Trance of Desire. Get Comfortable in Discomfort) In Advice Not Given, Mark Epstein attempts to demonstrate the transformative power of marrying psychotherapy and Buddhism. His...
by Kathleen Trotter | Jan 20, 2021 | Amazing Book Reviews from a fitness and health perspective., Blog, Book Reviews from a fitness and health perspective., Walk Run Jog
Emotional Agility–By Susan David by Kathleen Trotter | Jan 20, 2021 A.K.A. How to let go of “dead people’s goals” and use emotions as “data” not directives! By Susan David Emotional Agility is a must-read and Susan David’s podcast Checking In is a must-listen....
by Kathleen Trotter | Jan 8, 2021 | Amazing Book Reviews from a fitness and health perspective., Blog, Book Reviews from a fitness and health perspective.
Predictably Irrational-By Dan Ariely The brain is simultaneously our superpower and our kryptonite; we have an almost exhaustible ability to consciously and unconsciously “screw” our future selves. The human brain, like fire, can feed and fuel, but it can also kill …...
