Where We Relax

Knowing When To Stop

Rena — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:18:47 +0000

After thirteen months of blogging for Where We Relax, I’m sorry to say that this is my last post. However, as regular readers of this blog will know, things have been going topsy-turvy in my...

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What Stress Won’t Do To You

Rena — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:53:14 +0000

There are a lot of urban myths and old wives’ tales about how stress directly affects the body. I’m guilty of thinking that stress will turn my hair white and even writing about it. But...

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Book Review: “Deep & Simple” By Bo Lozoff

Rena — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:30:56 +0000

If someone offers you this book, take it. It originally was distributed free to many prisons, so don’t be offended if someone offers it to you. I found mine in the “free books”...

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Full Body Scan Will Only Find You Stressed

Rena — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:11:19 +0000

The technology exists to get a full body CT (Computed Tomography) scan. You can use this to check for anything abnormal in your innards, such as strange growths or the beginning of tumors. Doctors...

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All Tribes Are My Tribe

Rena — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:06:19 +0000

My great-great grandmother on my father’s side was a Native American. Or maybe I’m missing a “great” somewhere. Anyway, I’m part Native American. I remember being...

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Facing The Big Monster: Politics

Rena — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:35:41 +0000

I don’t usually follow American politics because it scares me a bit. Or, to be more precise, I get scared of the anger and hopelessness it brings up in me. However, unless England decides to...

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Cuddle Parties: The New Sleep-Over

Rena — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:26:29 +0000

Remember slumber parties? They were the social highlight of many of my school years. They are also one of the reasons I avoid all former classmates. Although some kids were made to dance naked at...

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Thirteen Ways To Reduce Stress

Rena — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:15:54 +0000

Thirteen happens to be my lucky number, so today (the 14th), I’m listing thirteen quick and relatively easy activities you can do in order to help reduce your stress, calm down and relax. I...

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My Parents Are Turning My Hair White

Rena — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:11:22 +0000

At 38, I had thought I could look forward to a couple more years of my usual dark hair color before it went to grey and then white. Thanks to my parents, I think my hair is going to skip the grey...

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Comfort Foods

Rena — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:28:04 +0000

My Mom had to go to the hospital yesterday, even though she kept insisting that she didn’t want to go. I called the ambulance anyway. The doctors still aren’t sure what happened to her,...

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