It’s almost 7am and outside the once-black sky is now brightening into blue. I’ve been up since 5am on this Valentine’s Day morning. My show of self-love today is to allow myself to more morning rambling. It’s my fourth day waking up at 5am, part of this 7-day challenge (if Read more…
I’m up early again. Day 3 of my 7-day challenge to wake up early at 5am. So far, I’m doing it! Can’t believe I’m up so early, but once I’m up, it feels damn good to plan my day and write before anyone else is up, before the sun dares Read more…
Hi there. Believe it or not, I’m still alive. And still going! (Incredibly hard to believe since I’ve given up coffee for this week. May consider weaning off coffee to reduce anxiety and to increase better sleep, but we’ll see.) Below are some notes taken so far on my 7-day Read more…
Here are some notes I’m taking for my 7 day water only fast that I’m doing for my health. Day 2 of my water only fast looked something like this: Fasting glucose: 60 mg/dL Ketones (BHB): 5.5 mmol/L GKI: 0.6 Weight: 127.6 Mood/Energy/Other Notes: Mood was kind of blah. Energy Read more…
Today is Day 1 of my 7-day water-only fast for health. It just so happens to be also Day 21 of a nose-to-tail carnivore diet. This month is also my dry January, so since January 6, after my friend came to visit me from CA, I haven’t imbibed in any Read more…
It’s been almost a week since I last posted here in this blog. I had given myself a rule of “no more than 2 days missed,” inspired by that book I love, Atomic Habits, by James Clear. I’ve decided that in general, that’s a good rule for most things, including Read more…
Today the theme of the online writing retreat with Deep Story Design writer and coach, April, was on ‘being’ and ‘becoming.’ These are the notes I took today from our retreat: The butterfly, before it becomes one, its whole being dissolves inside its cocoon. The lobster has to outgrow its Read more…
As a conscious meat eater who eats meat for my mental and physical health, I can’t wait for this documentary, Sacred Cow, by Diana Rogers, to come out. In fact, you can donate to help fund the film, so more people can learn how to help our planet while Read more…
Oftentimes in life, it’s easy to succumb to old ways of being, of thinking. Mine tends to automatically go into what’s going wrong. A friend of mine, who happens to also be a therapist and life coach, had stopped me mid-conversation one day over the phone. “Wait a minute, Lily. Read more…
You are obsessed with longevity and health span and the title of your novel is called The Forever Life. She writes you emails, and almost every call ends with advice on how you — and your family — can live forever. Just open: jw.org, she beckons. As if the portal Read more…