I could not resist sending this out. Since I sent my regular post out Tuesday instead of Thursday, consider this a bonus. Let me warn you – Be thoughtful about these. Enjoy!
13 Steps to Transform your Tragedy into Triumph They begin with “Sometimes it hurts. Deeply. I’m not referring to your everyday, run-of-the-mill disappointment” from 21ninety.com Click here
Dr. Harriette
Selfcarebyaisha.com
Click for 11 Exercise Hacks
What counts? What you do with this information.
Dr. Harriette
The Old Rugged Cross sung by Rev. Al Green
Calvary sung by Mahalia Jackson
What counts?
His great sacrifice, one commemorated every Easter.
Need a reminder? Breath Work
This is the debut of the Positive Body Image Resource Page on the hwrichard.info (Through a Mirror Dimly) blog site. What Counts? What you choose to add.
Work it Out!
Ways to stay on track with your workout. Ways to stay on track
Every Body Yoga
By JassamynStanley. I love her yoga because it makes me think I might be able to do it too. (She is much better than me, but I can hope.)
Body Image Links
A little of Everything A Website for the care of Black Women
Kriss Carr presents Dr.Christine Northrop who give 5 tips on being an Ageless Goddess
Social comparisons may appear so right, but they can be so misleading and cause you to focus on the wrong thing. Social comparisons link
Mastectomy Needs
Wardrobe boot camp: Dressing after a mastectomy
By Styling You, short & useful.
A different prosthesis from BBC Stories Knitted knockers
Unique Boutique –
A place to buy Breast forms, Mastectomy Bras, wigs and more located in Charlotte, NC
The Fashionista You Are
Fabulous after 40
This is the right word for this site for 40s, 50s, 60s and up! Hair, shoes, clothes. It’s a fashion magazine in itself!
Fashionable & Confident over 40
Let’s see what you think?
InStyle
Clothes, trends, fun & sometimes interesting articles
Ways of Centering
Journaling – Journaling Help
Meditation
Headspace App – Price varies lowest one is $12.99
Grounding
The Urban Monk
Programs designed to give you more energy. Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and much more!
What Counts?
Please send me any favorite sites of yours, so I can add them to this grouping. Start new categories, if you like. There appears to be so much out there! Let me hear what you find interesting, fun, enlightening or appealing.
A Video Thank you from me.
Dr. Harriette
I really don’t talk much about lymphedema. But here goes. Lymphedema can occur at any time after a mastectomy to remove breast cancer. At least, that’s what happened to me. Read More
More than the stereotypical chanting and meditation, you might guess? And you’d be correct! The Monk, I am highlighting today is not the obsessive-compulsive one on TV. Read More
As the Blog ebbs and flows, I am trying to navigate it to a place where those who have experienced breast cancer can find ways to connect – to build themselves up. This is also a place where family & friends can learn & help. We all need help whether it’s a kind word, a walk outside, a cup of soup, a lobster dinner, calling a friend, a game of monopoly, a good partner in bid whist, a fashion tip, a new exercise routine, a new magazine or lipstick color, playing with my grandson. “Oh, sorry those were some of the things that give me a lift.” Read More
Chemo brain! Okay, this is when the chemotherapy drugs have affected your body and mind. The literature says you may not remember certain things or think clearly. There are conflicting views about how long this forgetfulness/fogginess may last. Read More
We have to listen to our bodies telling us what is & what is not essential for our health. We need to do this so we can stop giving our energy to everything and everybody. This Body Image & Healing Blog was created primarily for friends & family who are in support of women (some 50 and over) who have had or have breast cancer. “So why, you ask, are women 50 and older concerned with their body image?” “Because we’ve still got a body!”
We are concerned about how we look. Now, we are not necessarily swayed so much by what we see on television. We are not trying to fit into what a 20 or 30-year-old would wear. That does not mean we don’t care about how we look or how we carry ourselves. “And carry ourselves, we will.” smh
This leads to my second point. We know that we must keep moving. “Sitting is the new smoking.” Ideally, we should stand up every 30 minutes throughout the day. The ideal number of times to do this would be 12-15 times. I created my own standing desk with books and a wastebasket so I can stand and sit from time to time. This type of variety is needed since standing on your feet all day is not the best thing either. The surest way to the beginning of ill health for many of us, is to stop moving!
“So what is an appropriate mindset for us?” “I don’t know.” Fifty or 60-years-old is not what your mother or grandmother thought when they were that same age.” “I think it’s what you think, what you believe, what you do!” We can do so much more! We can walk, we can keep ourselves active and we can keep our minds active! We can engage with people of ALL ages. Those are the kinds of things that keep us, okay, relatively young. It is not how quickly you come up with the answer that counts, but… (Check out the book.)
My Loctician, April can do amazing things with locs! Little did I know when she told me to save my locs, there was a bigger reason. When I lost my locks in 2010, she cut them off and the barber shaved my head. At that time my locs were about 7-12 inches long. Read More
