Simpson on the Mountain

Backing Up

It's Not About Food

How Often do you Run out of Gas?

Relay for Life - We Walked

Joe Simpson, mountaineer

Simpson on the Mountain
By Steven L. Anderson, Ph.D., MBA

My favorite song lately is “Ali in the Jungle” by The Hours.  You may have heard it on a Nike TV advertisement recently called “The Human Chain”.  The link for that ad is at the end of this article.  I find the song incredibly inspiring.  Here are some of the lyrics:

It's, not, how you start, it's how you finish,
And it's, not, where you're from, it's where you're at,

Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna get up?
How quick are you gonna get up?
Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna get up?
Just how are you gonna get up?
(continued)

Backing Up
By Jillian Kildow, M.A.

Every time I take my car in for maintenance work, the service employees adjust my seat. I’m not talking about a minor adjustment, either. I assume only very tall people work there because it is always at least 5 inches farther back from what it was when I took it in…no, I don’t measure, I just know.

Something you should know about me is that I’m pretty darn tall. One might assume that I’d have no problem with the seat adjustment, as it’s most likely close to my own seat-to-steering-wheel distance preference. That “one” would be wrong. In fact, I tend to pull my seat forward so much that I am practically hunching over the steering wheel. I don’t know why I do this, but it may be because I have a tendency to want to feel in control. Hold that thought; that one’s important!

So, just a few days ago I took my car in and when I got it back, sure enough, the front seat was practically in the back seat. However, for some odd reason, I didn’t readjust my seat right away as I usually do. In fact, I rode all the way home with it further back than is generally acceptable in my book, and you know what? It felt great! (continued)

It’s Not About Food!
by Guest Columnist, Sue Markovitch, Certified Fitness Coach, Advanced Personal Trainer
www.clearrockfitness.com

We talk a lot about food.  I get a lot of questions about food.  I ask a lot of questions about food.  Too bad it's not about food!

Have you ever gone to the grocery store with renewed determination to buy fresh, healthy foods only to get home and order a pizza?  Have you worked hard to prepare a very healthy dinner, ate it, and a half hour later wandered into the kitchen and ate something else just because you weren't satisfied?

The most common phrase I hear from every woman I know is this, "I know what to do, I just don't do it".  What's going on here?

Here is the fact: If you eat more than your body uses, it stores that energy as fat.  So logically, knowing exactly how many calories your body needs and then following that precisely would completely solve the problem.  No one would be overweight.  No one would feel crappy about themselves.  So why doesn't it work?  (continued)

How Often Do You Run Out of Gas?
By M.J. Clark, MA, APR

A high school girl squeals her tires in the school parking lot, and the teacher on duty flags her down.

“What are you doing?!” the teacher asks rhetorically. “It’s dangerous to speed in the parking lot! You might hit someone.”

“But I’m almost out of gas, and I was trying to get to the gas station quickly.”

“Do you realize,” says the teacher, “that if you drive really fast, you only use more gas than if you just drove carefully to the gas station?”               

This was a real-life example that my client John (fictitious name) thought of as we discussed how running yourself too hard only leads to poor decision making and eventually burn out. John is a high school principal, and he is working hard to spend time being still to spark his creativity, manage his stress and think more clearly. He gave his permission for me to share our conversation in our newsletter. 

This was a real-life example that my client John (fictitious name) thought of as we discussed how running yourself too hard only leads to poor decision making and eventually burn out.  (continued)

We walked, holding hands, not saying anything, just remembering, and feeling grateful – so grateful. 

Three years ago this month my husband, Dave, had major colon surgery after hearing the dreaded words “you have cancer.” Found during a routine colonoscopy, the cancer had to be treated immediately, and aggressive surgery had the greatest chance of success.

We packed our bags and headed to the Cleveland Clinic for 10 days.  (continued)