Get In Shape With Little or No Equipment

Get In Shape With Little or No Equipment- from Lifehacker located at this link:
http://lifehacker.com/400053/get-in-shape-with-little-or-no-equipment


This is a short, simple summary that is on the money- check it out. No gym membership required.

The actual program is located at this link:
http://zenhabits.net/2008/08/minimalist-fitness-how-to-get-in-lean-shape-with-little-or-no-equipment/

from Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick

Many people are under the impression improved health and fitness requires a costly gym membership or home exercise equipment. The consummate minimalist in all endeavors including fitness, Leo of the blog Zen Habits has put together a list of exercises that are heavy on results but light on equipment.

It takes no equipment to get a great workout and get in shape, and with one or two pieces of simple equipment, you can turn that great workout into a fantastic one, you magnificent beast, you.

The majority of the exercises require nothing more than your body weight as resistance, with a very few requiring a pull-up bar and some form of weight resistance such as a rubber resistance band or kettle bell. If you're looking for a more unorthodox type of weight resistance check out the sledgehammer based ShovelGlove. He lists tons of exercises, many with accompanying demonstration videos and a sample workout routine. If you undertake a new workout routine, keep yourself motivated by tracking your fitness progress with free tools.

Women Vets and Military Sexual Trauma

As a veteran and as a psychologist, I was very interested in and very moved by a lengthy post yesterday at http://www.healingcombattrauma.com on women with PTSD from sexual trauma incurred while on active duty, usually perpetrated by a fellow soldier.

The blog is a good read in general and is full of resources for vets and their families. It helps me think about things as a professional, and I learn a lot from the sources cited on the blog.

I think any type of trauma survivor, combat or not, can learn a lot about healing from PTSD on this blog. Highly recommended.

Fall Semester Schedule

As many of you know, I am a husband and father in addition to being a psychologist. I have to adapt my work schedule so that I can be in synch with my family.

As it happens, this semester (Fall 2008) I will need to be out of the office on Monday afternoons. Those of you who are regular Monday afternoon folks will be changing your appointment times, since I will not be in the office Monday afternoons.

I am in the process of setting up an office at my house for evening and week-end work-- I'll keep you posted on when that office will be available.

Out of the Office -- Boston August 1-4

I will be in Boston, MA Friday August 1 through Monday August 4th. My wife is attending a conference I am tagging along as the faculty spouse.

This will be my first trip to Boston. I am looking forward to seeing a few of the sights.

Some of you might know that I received my Master's degree from Boston University. Strangely, I have never been on the campus but I graduated from the school. Here's how-- I was on active duty in the US Army in Germany. Boston University had a contract with the Department of Defense to provide a few graduate-level programs. I completed Boston U's Master's program in Counseling in Augsburg, Germany.

Denial impairs adaptation

Optimal adaption to life requires successfully responding to reality as it is, right this second. When we do not respond to reality as it is, we are responding to our expectations, hopes, fears- we respond from our inner repertoire of historical responses. We are in denial.

Let preconceived notions of how the moment "should be" fade to the background, let what is actually happening come to the foreground. Lose your mind, come to your senses-- see what is happening, now.

Act.

Analytical or Intuitive - An easy way to tell

A relatively simple post today— How can you tell if you are analytical or intuitive in any given situation? By the way, we are always a little bit of both, but often one process dominates in a particular moment.

When we react quickly, intuitively, without thinking, we are responding based on what we have learned through some sort of training or experience.

When we deliberate, take our time, and think things through, we first access the information that is stored in our database of life experience and then use our analytical processes to try to determine the best course of action.

Each process has its place—Depends on the context of that particular moment. There is no recipe, no “right” way—it is all contextual.

Why does this matter? It only matters if your life isn't working the way you want. You might be using the wrong process at the wrong time.

Pay attention.