Wellness Gossip

Before Moving to Costa Rica to Escape…

Aimee — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:45:03 +0000

I absolutely love this. Yet another example of the ignorance and fear-mongering that is permeating this debate:

Costa Rica has had a universal health care system since 1941. Compared to the U.S., Costa Rica spends at least 6% less of their GDP on health. And they ranked one above the U.S. in the WHOs [...]

Cooking Up Change

Aimee — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:03:58 +0000

The push to clean up the crappy school lunches that assault the bodies of our kids is on. And thankfully, kids are guiding some of these changes. Check out what the Healthy Schools Campaign is doing:

Today, March 2, Christie Vilsack [National Honorary Co-chair of Cooking up Change 2010 and wife of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack] will [...]

Restore Healing Event

Aimee — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:35:30 +0000

I’m getting amped for this event:

And I’m not just amped up because I’m one of the directors and a sponsor for the event. I volunteer my time (as does the founder of the event and all of the other directors) because we are so passionate about empowering individuals in their own health. The event is [...]

Looking For a New Workout Video?

Aimee — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:53:29 +0000

I’m sorry, I had to post this. I have no words…

Let’s Move Campaign

Aimee — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:01:17 +0000

I’m lovin Michelle Obama’s new initiative to improve the health of our kids:

Yesterday, I had a conversation with a friend about the cutting of music, art and physical education in schools. We started to talk about what we remembered in grades K-12… I remember paper-macheing my face in [...]

Wellness Gossip future…

Aimee — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:33:36 +0000

Hey friends,

It has been a wild couple of months for me and I’ve definitely been MIA on the blog lately. Lots of changes and shifts in my world. On a good note, I was accepted into the PhD program that I had my heart set on. So, 90% of the time I’m really ecstatic [...]

This Sh.. is Bananas.

Aimee — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:26:05 +0000

There’s a new documentary about bananas. Well, more like conspiracy-deadly-fraudulent bananas. Here’s the quick summary:

“In the film BANANAS!*, twelve Nicaraguan banana plantation workers are suing Dole for concealing the dangers of a pesticide that they claim made them sterile.”

Check out the trailer for the film:

The chemical pesticide used [...]

Crazy Like U.S.

Aimee — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:00:33 +0000

I posted about the NYTs article The Americanization of Mental Illness not long ago. Fascinating read BTW. The article was adapted from Ethan Watters book, Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche. The book is now out in stores and is on my spring break reading list. If you check it out before [...]

Mayo Clinic Meditation App

Aimee — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:21:47 +0000

The Mayo Clinic released their Meditation App for the iPhone and iPod Touch… and the reviews that I’ve heard haven’t been so hot. Some of the complaints are that the App is overpriced and too simplistic. The expensive complaint I get, but let’s be serious, how complex should something be if its purpose is to [...]

Beyond our Differences

Aimee — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:33:52 +0000

I think we often make this life overly-complicated and destructive (I know I do). In effect, we invite more suffering into our own everyday existence and that of others.

The clips below are from the documentary Beyond our Differences. I think the film addresses the repercussions of our destructive thoughts and [...]

The Americanization of Mental Illness

Aimee — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:49:43 +0000

FASCINATING article from the NYTs: The Americanization of Mental Illness.

If you read it, please comment back here. I would love to hear more opinions on this one…

Yoga Inc.

Aimee — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:03:37 +0000

A continuation from yesterday’s post…

I watched the doco Yoga Inc. last night and found it to be pretty fascinating. The amount of money being thrown at yoga is enough to throw anyone into a back bend (no joke, I dropped way too much money on some yoga clothes just last month). [...]

Yoga Rules?

Aimee — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:30:12 +0000

Great lines from the documentary Enlighten Up!:

Nick: ”When I’m twisting myself into a pretzel in the yoga studio, I’m thinking, ‘What the hell is the connection between this and enlightenment?’”

Norman Allen: ”Nothin. Absolutely nothin.”

Check out these clips:

I found these clips really fascinating and [...]

“Rethinking Happiness”

Aimee — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:59:39 +0000

The last decade of January 7’s have not been so hot for me. But this January 7 was really different. Today’s date marks the 10 year anniversary of my dad’s death. It was a long road for me to move past his death and finally discover happiness in my life. But, all that screwing around, [...]

Drive-Thru Diet Includes Ingesting Lighter Fluid? Umm, I’ll Pass.

Aimee — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:56:27 +0000

Ugh. I’m so sick of fast food chains creating their own diet plans.

Move over Subway diet, get out the way McDiet, Taco Bell’s “Drive-Thru Diet” is here to spout some nonsensical, exaggerated weight loss B.S.:

Don’t get me wrong, I love a good burrito. But, when a company comes out [...]