Category Archives for Health/Fitness
When you’re really really really down, you need a LifeCharge
When your life is falling to pieces and you’re losing hope and losing your grip, what do you do? “Count your blessings,” some people say, and you know just where you’d like them to stick their blessings. Have you been … Continue reading
An app that’ll tell you when your aunt’s due to drop in… Period Tracker
Boys, you might want to skip this one. But then again, maybe you’ll learn something… So this is the deal: for five years I took a med that stopped my periods. I know, lucky me! But then I went off … Continue reading
You won’t be so crabby in the morning with Oscar and Erik waking you up: DayDream
It sucks that sometimes you wake up with residual anger (or sadness) because of dreams, and it sucks that you often have no recollection of what made you angry/sad, and it sucks that whoever’s waking up next to you usually … Continue reading
In which a computer potato discovers she Moves more than she thought
Sometimes it feels like I never leave my computer. The only exercise I like is rollerblading, which for various reasons I don’t do here in Paris. I avoid going outside as much as possible when it’s cold, which is half … Continue reading
Relax and Sleep, because, well, I need to
I’m still looking for the perfect Yoga App. Haven’t found it yet. And I don’t feel like bashing another one. I’m also still pulling long days. Cowgirl App! is hitting the ground running, and tomorrow I’m taking a train to … Continue reading
Quotes more thoughtful than platitudes make fl.ouri.sh a relaxing no brainer
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and an app is just an app. I was so stressed out from my attempted Yoga workout on Tuesday that I didn’t want to to even think about any new apps for a … Continue reading
I don’t think I’ll be making Daily Yoga my Yogini (although I sorely need one!)
I need to relax. Really. So I downloaded a few yoga apps a while back. And then I deleted the ones that immediately stressed me out, which is, well, all of them, except for Daily Yoga, which at first glance … Continue reading
Mr Mood will tell you if it’s time to reinvent yourself
The best system I ever encountered in my life was the one where I’d get a slip of paper with a smiley face or a frowny face (or something in between) on it when I picked up my preschool son … Continue reading
Pillboxie (beautifully) organizes your meds (and your kids’ and your dog’s and your mom’s)
I have a thing for containers. It’s one of those OCD things. And I always had a totally weird fascination with those little plastic S M T W T F S pill organizers old people use. But enough. The reality … Continue reading
KWIT makes a game out of quitting smoking
I’ve tried all the quit smoking tricks: sipping lemony water (no sugar!) through a straw all day (too busy peeing to smoke), sucking plain air through a cut-off straw (the straw gets all chewed and spitty), nibbling super slim celery sticks … Continue reading
With Koubachi you’re less likely to kill Tanya. Or maybe your kid.
I remember a trip to the ER one day because my 8 year-old son, on some imaginary adventure in the back yard, decided he needed to use his new jackknife to carve up and taste one of my plants… “Mommy, … Continue reading
