We walk a regular set of paths everyday. One of our girls is reactive towards other dogs while on a leash. She’s a gentle girl, but suffers from a lot of anxiety, especially since we moved her away from her home in Germany. I’ve seen a similar response in my son. They were even the same chronological age. We moved him away and he simply fell out of sorts in the unfamiliar spaces in which he found himself.
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Decolonizing the Mind
Imagine spending a thousand lifetimes caring for these lands only for billionaires to exploit them in an instant – the same way colonists exploited the people.
Loss
When people see me, they see an American. I sound American. I live in America. I have an American partner and son. I was born in America. But what exists on the surface is not always true. I’m also half German.
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Health and Wellness v. Medicine
There is a great deal of conversation happening these days surrounding health and medicine, thanks to a new faction of influencers who have rooted themselves in the MAHA movement (a Trumpian health campaign, Make America Healthy Again). Much like the MAGA movement, it is fueled by misinformation and emotions. As someone who believes in the power of blending eastern and western medicine together, I find someone like RFK Jr. to be a danger, as he seems to prefer blending science with pseudoscience to sell his ideas, so…let’s talk about some of these spaces of health and wellness (and since it is a bit longer of a post, I’ll break it out into four sections).
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A One Health Take on Halloween
This is a reboot of a post I made a year ago when I first started my blog. It is no less relevant today – maybe even more so with our current political leadership obstinately ignoring environmental health concerns and families struggling with a government shutdown. That said, here is a piece on Halloween!
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A Funny Fight Against Tyranny
It was a place where history and our current political crisis met for the afternoon to have a chat and a few laughs over a drink and (for me) some noisy pizza.
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Silence of the Swallowtail
“It’s easier to run down the mountain than to walk it!” my partner shouted to me as we were descending Humpback Rock. Except, he wasn’t the one carrying the backpack with our waters and half-eaten charcuterie box from the day before (precariously wrapped in a cup and some napkins).
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A Fractured State of Mind
I’ve got a bit of writer’s block this week and it is in no small part a result of a mind swirling with a million racing thoughts about society, none of which have much to do with One Health.
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The Energy Cost of ‘Doing What’s Right’
TOP FIVE WAYS TO BUILD SUCCESS WITHOUT BURNING OUT! TESTED AND APPROVED BY EXPERTS!!!
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“Artivism”
UPDATED: I was floundering in one of my unfocussed days, typing a million disparate thoughts, unable to make them meld properly. This is, perhaps, partly to do with the inherent abstract nature of art and the subjectivity surrounding it. I want to say something, but I am unable to find the right words in the right order. I’ve not rewritten, but I’ve tweeked a few lines to make them more cohesive.
I’ve been thinking a lot about how we use art in activism lately. We create signs for protests, write songs and stories, make documentaries…. City streets are littered with graffiti – everything from murals depicting a civil rights event to simple written messages.
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