To answer your first question, no, I really never learned how to ride a bike before last week — just a couple short decades later than most children. For those of you who pay close attention, yes, I did write a spring biking guide in April, and I wrote about the new bike-share program at the University of Kansas. But if you recall, dear readers, I didn’t draw a single thought in those articles from my own ...
This is a topic that’s always in the back of my mind, and one that I’ve planned to write about for quite a while, but I was waiting for the right time. This week, I realized there is no wrong time — it’s always an important message. The suicides of designer Kate Spade and CNN storyteller Anthony Bourdain made headlines this week, reminding the public that this can affect even those who put so much ...
My parents will forever lament that their dainty, suburban-raised little girl never got her hands dirty picking the day’s dinner salad from the backyard garden. Although I never did have that experience, I recently found the next best thing here in town, on an adventure to the farmers market. Buying lettuce from the farmer who pulled it out of the ground himself that same afternoon changed my perspective ...
What do you get when you cross a master’s in counseling psychology with a master’s in exercise physiology and a passion for practicing what you preach? A physically and mentally healthy person who can still shatter race records at a self-described “77 years young.” More specifically, you get John Huchingson, of Lawrence. Since he became a member of the very exclusive 75-79 age group, Huchingson has ...
There’s something to be said for working up a good sweat. After a long workout or hard physical labor, I sometimes feel as though the earned perspiration is stress leaving my body. On a stressed-out whim this week, I decided to go let the infrared sauna at Optimal Wellness and Cryospa, 4931 W. Sixth St., Suite 112, do the work for me. The biggest difference between how the infrared sauna and a traditional ...
The pressure on a soon-to-be mom or the mother of a newborn is something I cannot begin to fathom, and the weight on the shoulders of a woman simultaneously struggling with mental health issues is that much greater. Imagine everyone you know and love expecting you to be all smiles and joy, telling you that this should be the happiest time of your life … but you’re feeling anxious, alone, exhausted and ...