try homeopathy. find a trained homeopath.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:04 PM on July 19, 2008

Drunken goat cheese
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 8:07 PM on July 19, 2008

dulce de leche
ginger
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:12 PM on July 11, 2008

Check out these two sites:

Weston A. Price and Nourishing Traditions
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 9:53 PM on June 23, 2008

See a nutritionist, find out what you are allergic to. Soy products, milk, and grains tend to produce a lot of gas. Check out Bauman college for a nutrition person, they are awesome.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 7:26 PM on June 13, 2008

I don't have answers, but I do have empathy. I adore my cat, but when I'm wearing certain clothes that must feel like mommy to him, he starts suckling and kneading, almost always (conveniently) near my boobs. It doesn't feel cute, like, oh look at that. It feels like, there is weird man cat kneading my chest. I could swear he's getting off on it, though he doesn't show signs of that like your cat. I usually just move him away with a slight bit of grossed out guilt. Good luck finding a solution.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 11:53 PM on June 9, 2008

Ode magazine and the Good News Network
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 3:03 PM on May 30, 2008

love slambrosia
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:23 PM on May 29, 2008

Ask other people about themselves and what brought them into their field of work or what inspires them about what they do (or whatever event you are at with them). People generally love to talk about themselves, and love to be listened to. That alone will make them feel rapport with you (you do have to at least appear interested). Also, listening to how they respond to questions might help you build upon your own possible answers to such questions or conversations.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 12:17 AM on May 11, 2008

I'm hesitant to jump into the Mac v. Windows v. Linux debate, but really, it's often a matter of what you're used to, how able you are to assimilate new ways of doing things. As for hardware issues, I have to wonder how much of an angry anomaly these people are, as I've now had two macs, and had to have a total of two repairs (1 each) in 5 years. I had such a completely annoying experience on my Windows PCs, I can't even recall how many times I took it in to be fixed. And lock in on... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 6:11 PM on April 29, 2008 marked best answer

There is a lot of anecdotal evidence that reincarnation exists. Past Lives, Futures Lives is one of them.

It seems quite silly to me that it wouldn't exist, why in the world would we not recycle ourselves?
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 4:20 PM on April 28, 2008

btw, that was a book that i mentioned. and perhaps science isn't sophisticated enough to develop the tools to study the spirit.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 4:22 PM on April 28, 2008

what about a spa day or two, osmosis spa is really cool (in freestone) and the best bread in the world at wildflour bakery is right across the street from it. This is about 1.5 hours north of the bay area, on the coast.

it all depends on what she likes. san francisco bay area has culture, diversity, amazing houses, the marina, great places to shop, hike, etc. in berkeley and oakland. socal is more, beach and glamour culture.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:03 AM on April 27, 2008

just a few more thoughts for the bay area

restaurants/cafes
fellini's in berkeley
ciao bella in ben lomand (by santa cruz 1.5 hours from the bay area, the waitresses sing and perform on stage, say it's her birthday and they'll sing in italian - all age appropriate)
crepevine in oakland
cafe gratitude is such a ca experience

shopping
4th st. in berkeley
union square in san... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:16 AM on April 27, 2008

actually, double check if ciao bella is age appropriate, i just looked at the website, and it might be a bit suggestive
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:19 AM on April 27, 2008

try homeopathy. seriously.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 11:30 PM on April 22, 2008

I completely empathize. I was in a similar situation not that long ago. After feeling stressed out, frustrated with the communication issues (or lack of), and gaining weight (at a business that was supposed to help people lose weight), I decided life is too short to put up with this.

The only reasons I could come up with to continue to stay there was,
a) the situation would change
b) there is nothing else out there for... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 9:04 PM on April 18, 2008

what about typepad or squarespace or wordpress.org?
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 9:18 PM on April 16, 2008

I find that acceptance of what someone is feeling and where they are at in life, and just basically being loving towards them is most helpful. Usually when someone tries to cheer me up or feels guilty that they can't make me feel better, it just makes it worse. You could say something like:

Empathize "I understand how you feel. I've felt like that too sometimes. I think it's totally normal and human to feel like that. I'm happy to listen if you just want to talk... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:04 PM on April 13, 2008

Instead of asking is this legitimate therapy or new agey, why not ask, does it work for me or not? Who cares what it's labeled as if it actually helps rid your anxiety? There are many alternative therapies that do and don't work, and many conventional therapies that do and don't work.

On the alternative side, EFT, EMDR, Homeopathy, and Rescue Remedy is all helpful for anxiety, and they don't have pages of side effects like many of the conventional meds do.

Good luck.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 11:26 PM on April 12, 2008

Thanks for your answer. Just so the question is clear - I'm sure I can ask my people and they'd be fine with it. But if I turned it into a website where the purpose was people posting about others (even with the intention of gratitude), are there any legal ramifications or anything else I need to know about to regulate this kind of thing so I won't end up in trouble?
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:33 PM on April 6, 2008

You might try a homeopath. I had a somewhat similar situation many years ago where I broke out with fluid filled blisters all over my body, so bad, it hurt to shower. I went to a dermatologist, naturopath, registered nurse who specialized in live blood cell analysis, nutrition consultant, doctor, and homeopath. No one knew what it was, and no one had a viable solution (the response varied from steriods to antibiotics to colonics and a variety of supplements - some of which sent me to the ER).... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 8:12 AM on April 3, 2008

These are mine:
Bob Marley - Three little birds
Ani Difranco - Little plastic castles
Alicia Keys - No one
KT Tunstall - I want you back
Brooke White - Free
Ani Difranco - Pick yer nose
Ben Harper - My own two hands
Lionel Richie - All night... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:58 AM on March 16, 2008

Try homeopathy, a therapist, and a coach.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:35 PM on March 10, 2008

Missed the part about no therapy (though there are low cost options). Find a coaching school where they are looking for volunteers for their student coaches. You get fairly good, usually free, coaching that can help you stop listening to the lying voice in your head (we all have them, it just takes practice to change the radio station).
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:37 PM on March 10, 2008

Two cats are always better than one. Same with kids. They keep each other occupied.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:35 AM on February 17, 2008

What about craigslist?
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:46 PM on February 11, 2008

Oops, sorry about linking my site. Truly didn't mean to break net etiquette. I'd take it out but I don't know how to do that. Thanks for your responses so far.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 9:09 PM on January 20, 2008

You might check out the National Sleep Foundation. Also, melatonin (a supplement) might help or Simplers essential oil called Sleep Aid.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:30 AM on January 20, 2008

Shoot, I don't know the answer, but I'm tagging this in hopes someone else does. Our kitties don't usually drop nuggets, but they do this butt drag racing activity on the rug. It doesn't happen all the time, thank goodness. No walking around the house barefoot, that's for sure. I have yet to find a vacuum that says - will pick up poo streaks left from cat butt drag racing.

Good luck.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:46 AM on January 13, 2008

thanks everyone, never heard of that. i thought it might be worms, but i'll check out the anal gland issue with the vet.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 12:53 PM on January 13, 2008

SSF, the background sounds may happen when I'm speaking, and to mute and unmute all the time would be impractical. TWF, this is someone who is going to often be on the other end of my/my wife's calls, so she matters, and is more honest then picky. And in reading reviews of the headset, the same issues have been mentioned.

So, any suggestions out there? :-)
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:06 AM on January 7, 2008

Scarabic, they're just wrong. It works well. Too well.

NMSRN, thanks, the Plantronics does sound like a potential winner to me.

Meowzilla, I'll have a look. Really? That's a drag, who has time to send headsets back and forth multiple times? It sounds, from the feedback I read elsewhere, that other people have the same issue. Some just talk about how clear it is to hear (which it is) but the review is sounds like they just got it, and didn't get... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:38 AM on January 7, 2008

Platinum, funny you should mention that. I went to the Bluetooth forum mentioned above, and found this thread. Now I'm thoroughly confused! Would you mind writing me with your experience? I'm on soleus {at} gmail d o t com

Update: I was talking to my wife about this subject, and she agreed, perhaps our friend was being too sensitive to sound, she's had other phone issues. However, I suggested I go take a walk and call her, see how it sounded. First she said my voice was... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 12:56 PM on January 7, 2008

Thanks Platinum. Roach, and other Jawboners (ooh that sounds bad!) I'm sure it sounds awesome, I've heard as much. The fit, and the ability to put it on quickly (as in when the phone rings) concerns me. Comments?
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 3:03 PM on January 7, 2008

Wow, Meowzilla, the bluetooth forum turned out to be a goldmine! Totally obsessive peoples on there, with some helpful suggestions. Anybody else reading this thread, go see this It sounds like the Blue Ant Z9 may be a winner.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:58 AM on January 8, 2008

ode magazine
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 6:15 AM on January 2, 2008

I'd try different methods first besides a pill from your doctor that likely has 3 pages worth of other side effects.

Check out BrainGym, it's used mostly in the classroom but it is helpful for people of any age, and should help with your short term memory loss. You can find them at www.braingym.org and www.braingym.com

Also check out the National Sleep Foundation, I'm sure they have tips, www.sleepfoundation.org

Good luck.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 6:17 PM on December 25, 2007 marked best answer

I took nine years to get through my bachelors, and then ended up changing fields in the last semester. I don't regret it at all. In fact, I wouldn't have had it any other way. I learned so much and it all influenced me in some way, personally and professionally.

I've gone on to complete my Masters which is in a completely different field than my undergraduate degree and am now applying all that I've learned previously. While in graduate school, one of my peers was 82... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 11:41 PM on December 22, 2007

It's not a book, but a magazine - Ode. Intelligently written and shows how people across the world are turning our world around through their resourceful creations, piece by piece.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 6:23 PM on December 21, 2007

Ha ha, thanks for the useful reply. Because they've been right on many other things, including the best tool to create my website with, that would work will with how I do work.

On another note, one feature from Highrise that I'd definitely like to see in what I use is smooth integration with email, like this: http://highrisehq.com/email
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 11:49 AM on December 19, 2007

Thanks, this is a start. FF, you're right, Basecamp et al are in some ways too simple in the function set, and have some just plain dumb flaws (ie not being able to calendar tasks more then a day away, on a specific day, and not have them be time specific, tasks are based only on completion time, not start time, etc) I'm not afraid of something being complex and feature rich, as long as I can make use of some of its capability early on, and grow into it as my practice grows.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 12:59 PM on December 19, 2007

Thank you Gerard. Have you used this yourself?

PatoPata, in reading Daylite's site, it sounds like something that one can grow into, starting at just contacts and tasks, expanding out. Yes I too like Highrise for the smooth integration of information like that. But yes, it's missing what I want to do as far as having a calendar, and the other things mentioned. What I'm trying to do is keep tasks/events from having redundancy, places I'll need to put the info in two... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 3:20 PM on December 19, 2007

Thanks PP and Gerard, I appreciate the feedback. I'll definitely investigate these options. PP, it was interesting, last night I went back on Daylite, and having used HighRise for the past month, entering tasks just felt so labor intensive in comparison. But I keep hearing that you grow into Daylite. But I would be concerned, depending on your own server, to run it. We shall see...
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 12:00 PM on December 20, 2007

Check out this site on cravings
http://www.naturopathyworks.com/pages/cravings.php

this may sound unconventional, but let yourself have it, declare that you are going to eat it and eat it. sometimes doing that whole back and forth mind drama, i want it but i know i shouldn't/can't, etc. only makes you want to do it more. it's like your little internal kid rebelling against your internal "you should eat healthy" parent. i think some people are more... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 11:14 PM on December 9, 2007

Thanks for your thoughts so far. I'd also really love to hear about other life changes besides weight loss. Tell me your inspirations and wake up calls.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:11 PM on December 7, 2007

You must go to Wild Flour Bakery http://www.wildflourbread.com/ (sorry don't know how to make a link) in Freestone. Osmosis Spa across the street is amazing too. Downtown Occidental is cute, quaint, and hip. There's a street, smack in the middle of downtown- which is two blocks or so (perpendicular to the main street, it's also the street that the nature center is on - I can't think of the name). Follow that all the way to the end and hit the ocean, it's amazing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 12:28 PM on December 7, 2007 marked best answer

If you want to have a fun, yum experience, visit Taylor's Refresher, http://www.taylorsrefresher.com/, in St.Helena (about 20 min or so outside of Napa), and if you go over the hill and into Freestone by Sebastopal, stop at Wildflour Bread Bakery, http://www.wildflourbread.com/
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 8:38 PM on October 23, 2007 marked best answer

You could try flax seed oil or figs (sometimes soaked in hot water) help flush the system out naturally. This may seem like an odd suggestion, but if it works, who cares if it's odd or not. Take 5 minutes in the morning and evening, sit on the pot, and imagine the poop coming out easily. Imagine letting go of all the stress, drama that goes in your head, whatever else you picked up from the day, imagine how you'd like your day or night to be. You're basically retraining your body to behave... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 12:26 PM on October 20, 2007

I would up your fruit and vegetable intake, cut down on the fake meat products, learn more about making tasty beans, only go for whole grains (millet, quinoa, brown rice, barley, buckwheat) instead of bread or pasta, and definitely up your water intake especially if you are working out more. Water is essential in weight loss. Variety is very important, meat eater or not, in order to get all the nutrients you need.

There are certain strength training exercises that work... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by healthyliving at 10:43 AM on October 14, 2007