Medical Motives for Staying Put
“You’re just naturally cystic,” she said casually. “So, when you start getting mammograms, we won’t be surprised.” It was the “we” that struck me more than the “cystic.” I knew my body tended to make benign cysts for fun, but it had been a long time since I had heard a doctor use the word [...]
Living with (More) Surprises
Do you ever feel that you’ve had to learn the same lessons repeatedly? I learn the don’t-make-promises-before-you-know-what-you’re-getting-into lesson over and over again. When it happens every time, it shouldn’t be a surprise. But, oh, it is. I tend to make big sweeping commitments of flexibility and openness only to be tested on my flexibility and [...]
Travel more, eat less junk food or say “sayonara” to cigarettes: what made it onto your New Years Resolution list this year?
So it’s January already, and once we’ve finished asking ourselves where the last 12 months have gone, we’re ready to make, stick to, and often break-our 2013 New Year’s Resolutions. Whether you get excited at the prospect of a whole new year looming on the horizon, or whether you dread it and do whatever you [...]
A Time-Out From the Road
“Do you have the patience to wait ‘til your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving ‘til the right action arises by itself? The master doesn’t seek fulfillment. Not seeking, not expecting, she is present and can welcome all things.” – Tao Te Ching My body called a time-out. On the [...]
135 lbs
Hi. My name is Samantha Wu and I weigh 135 lbs. I’ve got tummy fat and the remnants of sprinter legs (for those who have little experience with track, that means my thighs are thick. The better to push off the starting block with). I’ve got a younger sister who is skinnier than me despite [...]
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Using Exercise to Counter the Blues
Sense of worth and self-esteem are huge contributions to worsening or preventing depressive episodes. I have noticed over the last few years that my better days were the ones in which I took the time to do my hair, make-up, and pick out an outfit that made me feel confident. Even while I have never [...]
Making a Difference in the Real World
At Go Girl, we encourage women to get involved in the world around them. On our Twitter page, in less than 140 characters, we say that “we encourage travel, global engagement, volunteerism/activism, and general butt-kicking.” But now, we’re not only encouraging it — we’re also living it! Thanks to a team of dedicated Go Girls [...]
Down with the Sickness
Traveling around the world inevitably means coming down with some form of illness or another. Whether it’s a simple cold picked up from fellow fliers, or the more uncomfortable experience of the local variation of Montezuma’s curse, having a well-supplied med kit is a must for all foreign adventurers. My own experiences getting sick in [...]
Loud Legs
This past month, funding was threatened on programs that offer services I find truly essential and beneficial to the betterment of the USA. This angers me and scares me. So, as those before me, I went to march. My vote might by small, but my voice is loud and my long legs love to walk, [...]
