https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/well/the-power-of-positive-people.html This is perfectly aligned with what I've been thinking recently. This combines ideas from a couple of books we've been reading: Nudge by Richard Thaler (a future book review), and another book on my to-read shelf: Connected, by Nicholas Christakis. Nudge talks about how small changes in our environment, often something we can design … Continue reading NYTimes: Power of Positive People
Tag: Mindfulness
On Master Cleanse (or, is CT Lin crazy?)
Thanks to @ToddMeier, one of my IT colleagues at UCHealth. He explained to me the benefits of periodic modified fasting. This discussion put me on to watching a documentary about the Science of Fasting on YouTube, and then of course reading the book "Master Cleanser". https://www.amazon.com/Master-Cleanser-Stanley-Burroughs/dp/1607966077/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530113549&sr=8-1&keywords=master+cleanse+book Of course, I do not subscribe to non-medical claims … Continue reading On Master Cleanse (or, is CT Lin crazy?)
Coursera: Yale’s “Science of Well-Being”
Dr. Laurie Santos, Yale U. Here we are again, learning from a MOOC (massive, open, online course). This time, I read an article by the NYTimes regarding Laurie Santo's massively popular Yale course for undergraduates called Psychology and the Good Life. It was apparently, the most popular course at Yale, ever. So, it was … Continue reading Coursera: Yale’s “Science of Well-Being”
Muse: an ironic but helpful? App for mediation
http://www.choosemuse.com/calm/ My smarter and hipper younger sister is loaning me her Muse brain sensing headband, knowing that I have developed a recent interest in meditation. I have to say, I went through some rapid-cycle opinion changes on this device: Hey, cool a new technology of some sort. Wait, this is for meditation? Neat, it has … Continue reading Muse: an ironic but helpful? App for mediation
Remember that you will die. (WIRED)
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-break-up-with-your-phone/ Wired magazine is starting to re-invent itself again; now as a paid-subscription service with interesting articles on a website called Backchannel. The first few articles are doozies: incredible thought pieces on the near-future of technology. I'm inhaling these; love the thoughtfulness behind the reporting. This article speaks about the stranglehold our devices have on … Continue reading Remember that you will die. (WIRED)
NYT: Talk to your doctor about your Bucket List.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/well/live/talk-to-your-doctor-about-your-bucket-list.html?recid=10e8eRF3iP0Y6ohmzNqwiUZGWe8&sl_rec=editorial I love this idea. So often I struggle with setting treatment goals for patients, and equally difficult, how to bring it up, make it relevant to their lives, and make their treatment consistent with their life goals. This is a wonderful, succinct way to think about it and ask about it. I'm going to … Continue reading NYT: Talk to your doctor about your Bucket List.
Date night with the EHR (from the VP of Joy)
This is both impressive work and incredibly depressing, and is a clarion call for those in physician informatics. Dr. Christine Sinsky's piece in the NEJM catalyst is called "Date night with the EHR" and very clearly delineates physician time spent charting in electronic health records. Particularly appalling is the time spent on WEEKEND evenings (red … Continue reading Date night with the EHR (from the VP of Joy)
CT meditates: a comedy (31). Gratefulness to my reader(s) [hi mom!], and happy new year
A new year! Instead of briefly held resolutions, think back over the last 30 days. We're ahead of everyone else. Take your new 30 day habit of meditation, focus, presence and have a great year. We know that 30 days of repeated behavior is a powerful initiation of a new sustained habit (see the book: … Continue reading CT meditates: a comedy (31). Gratefulness to my reader(s) [hi mom!], and happy new year
CT meditates: a comedy (30) Tai Chi
I'm learning Tai Chi! I have a background in the martial arts, having trained in Shotokan, in Tae Kwon Do and most recently in Bushinkan Karate disciplines. Tai chi is another take, much gentler, much more philosophical, much slower, and amenable to learning and practice by just about anyone who can stand on two feet. … Continue reading CT meditates: a comedy (30) Tai Chi
CT meditates: a comedy (29). Impermanence
FOR THE END OF THE YEAR. Let go. In the Book of Joy page 249. Impermanence, the Dalai Lama reminds us, is the nature of life. All things are slipping away, and there is a real danger of wasting our precious human life. Gratitude helps us catalog, celebrate, and rejoice in each day and each … Continue reading CT meditates: a comedy (29). Impermanence