How Does Ancient Wisdom Intersect with a Primal Perspective?

I spend a lot of time talking about evolutionary blueprints, primordial logic and genetic instinct because I happen to think there’s value in it. We live today with the belief (or maybe bluster) that we’re “evolved” beyond our evolution. Too often there’s a resistance to scrutinize our innate responses to the world, to question our choices or to imagine that what we want to pursue is anything other than deep and enlightened rationality at its finest. Sometimes people are offended by the concept of seeing themselves as products of their evolution. For some people, it’s the equivalent of calling them advanced animals, to which I basically agree (much to their continuing exasperation). And, yet, there’s the crux of our human story – these additional, incredible capabilities that

Adventures in Foot Pain.

Disclosure right up front: the shoe company Vionic contacted me a few weeks back and instead of me immediately deleting their email like I do with most PR pitches, I was excited – I really love the two pairs of Vionic shoes I already own. They asked if they could send me a pair of their orthotic support shoes or sandals, and I picked out these sandals to try out. They also asked that I review them here, though they did not ask me to link back to their site or say anything specific. This is that review. Here’s a fun thing that has happened to me: sometime in late 2013, I started having some really wicked pain in the arch/heel area of my right foot. Like, out

Diet-to-Go Review

We are busy.  At least, I know I am.  There never seems to be enough time in the day.  I have considered “diets” like Jenny Craig and Nutrisystem because it seemed, “easy!”  The biggest problem I had with Jenny Craig (yes, I tried JC) was the food.  It wasn’t very good.  Also, it wasn’t “real” food.  My sister tried Nutrisystem and HATED the food. Wouldn’t it be nice if busy people could order meals to have on hand that were not loaded with sodium (hello frozen dinners from grocery store) and were well balanced and fit into our eating plan? Wouldn’t it be nice if we could have options to grab and go that were healthy and made by