What do mean girls, martians and babies have in common? The all solve their problems one at a time. Cady Heron understood this: Babies do it all day long as they slowly map out their newly acquired brains: And in The Martian, Andy Weir taught us that “you solve one problem, then you solve another problem, and…
Author: LindaBP
Shut Up and Do the Work
Today, in Frederick, MD it was 64 degrees on February 20th! I ran to the bank early this morning when it was only 47 degrees and the insanity had already started. Folks in tank tops were jogging around snow piles that were 2 feet high and lots of shorts were seen walking in and out…
Failing to Vibrate Daily
Before we get started, I’ve got to know. Why exactly did you click on this blog post? Who are you, Samantha Jones? What type of daily vibration do you think I’m talking about? I’m talking about Whole Body Vibration. You see, the vibrator I use doesn’t fit in a nightstand. It’s a whole body vibration…
Failing to Surrender
Although there are many approaches to healing chronic, non-healable conditions, I’m fairly certain they all have one thing in common. Surrender. You have to surrender your need to heal yourself if you want to heal yourself. If you’re determined to fix your health problem you must be 100% okay with not fixing your health problem….
Day 35: Failing to Actually Have 366 (It’s a Leap Year) Failures
After putting my failures (and a couple of my success) out for the world to see this past month, I don’t think daily blogging is necessary or even achievable. I gave myself a year to focus only on my MS journey. A year to be “all in” and willing to risk failing fabulously, to see what…
Day 34: Success #3
I can stand on my left foot for two seconds! This is huge because it means that the outside edge of my foot is tensing up again which keeps me from falling. Well, for 2 seconds and then I grab onto something so I wont fall. But still, two whole seconds! For the past two years…
Day 33: Failing to Give Up Something for Lent
Although I thought about giving up carbs, sugar, snacks, and even wine, I’ve decided that this year instead of giving something up, I’m vowing to do more. For the next 40 days I’m going to try like hell to eat the 5 recommended fruits and vegetables and drink 5 glasses of water. Although I love…
Day 32: Failing to Understand Trauma
Until recently, when I heard the word trauma, I thought of big, excruciatingly painful instances like rape, natural disasters, torture or soldiers suffering from PTSD. I never thought of myself as a trauma survivor but now that I know more about the body’s stress response system, I understand that everyone on the planet has been effected…
Day 31: Failing to Explain How I Plan to Kick MS’s Ass
This past November I started an online course with Irene Lyon, called The New Inner Game. It’s a 12-week nervous system rewire. Irene combines her kinesiology and bio-medical research backgrounds with her Feldenkrais and Somatic Experiencing certifications to do some pretty ground breaking work. The toughest part of this work is explaining it, but I…
Day 30: Failing to Market Myself
If you ever see me living under a bridge its because I was forced to make a living by marketing myself. Honestly I’d rather shovel shit on a 100 degree day than tell someone why they should buy something I made or use a service I provide. I’m like the Anti-Donald Trump. A person with…
Day 29: Failing to Go Viral
I love when creative people and interesting things, go viral. Not in a manufactured-for-television-Real-Housewives-sort-of-way but in the look-what-I happened-to catch-on-camera way: Or in the I-just-happen-to-be-talented-creative-and-clearly-a-little-bored way. I like to think that if youtube and smart phones were around when I my kids were little I would’ve done something epic. Then again, smart phones and youtube…
Day 28: Failing Myofascial Massage
Last fall I started getting regular myofascial massages at a great place in town, Holistic Health Associates. There I discovered Aaron Exum, a fantastic LMT. Aaron has a gentle demeanor mixed with kick-ass anatomical and physiological know-how. I can tell him what’s hurting and he’ll know exactly where to put the perfect amount of pressure to get…
One Year To Fail 