Today, I’m a travel journalist, author, and editor at Go World Travel Magazine. I’m always on the lookout for fascinating tales of travel, but I especially appreciate learning from other female adventurers. They continue to inspire me. The inborn desire for humans to avoid discomfort is a sure path to disaster, writes Easter, and says this: To combat poor eating habits, the book recommends combating mindless eating with food diaries. We routinely underestimate what we eat, and Easter talks with an expert who says you can eat anything that you want, as long as you limit your total calories and focus on foods that actually fill you up. While junk foods are calorie dense, they are ultimately unsatisfying and leave you still hungry. Potatoes are one of the best foods you can eat to fill you up, as long as they aren't processed or fried. A lot of foods can be considered "comfort foods"- treats meant to calm down your anxieties or depression. The effects of these foods don't last long at all, and the author encourages people to deal with their stress and discomfort in other ways, not through eating. This book was easy to read and allows you to see the countryside through her eyes. I enjoyed the book. I didn't love the enormous amount of anti-fatness in this book, but I was able to set that aside because the content was interesting and inspiring otherwise.

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Mia Kankimäki’s thoughtful travel memoir explores female adventurers of the past, from Karen Blixen of Out of Africa to Yayoi Kusama, an artist who voluntarily lived in a psychiatric hospital for decades. Kankimäki confronts her own personal demons while considering the challenges these mighty women faced as they journeyed into places unknown. Embrace of the Wild is historical fiction based on the adventurous life of Isabella Bird, a woman who broke through social and physical barriers to become the best-loved travel writer of her day. (1831-1904)Repeatedly he cites that people that live in rural and suburban areas are happy to support his conclusion that people are happier with more outdoors time. First of all, where is the data that suggests rural/suburban people spend more time outdoors than urban folks? Secondly, could that data be suffering from selection bias since folks that have the means and agency to move outside of the city are likely more skilled and affluent than those that are unable, therefore city population health numbers are likely weighed down by folks with mental health issues, housing instability, etc? I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 - by Robert Graves The best I can say was that some of the information was fine if a bit magazine-lite. But this book was a personal discomfort and endurance challenge (lol) courtesy of the, cue the jingle folks, incessant low-key misogyny! A handful of examples: I think this because I went through all the trouble to get the stupid egg of Hakkar, and not many people don't.... Some people live to travel; Isabella Lucy Bird traveled to live. Dare to saddle up with this equestrian explorer on her way to becoming the best-loved travel writer of her day. Set off on a voyage from England to the South Seas. Jump ship in Honolulu, then hop on board the Kilauea steaming its way to sleepy Hilo. Be captivated by the lavish beauty of the Sandwich Islands. Charge up the flank of a living volcano, ford roaring torrents on the way to Waipio Valley where the gods come close. Feel the loving touch of the healing hands of a Hawaiian elder and let go of chronic pain that has held you captive.

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There's a nice link from her work on Bram Stoker's Dracula to her own directorial debut, Embrace of the Vampire. As Charlotte, Milano's character leaves her strict Catholic high school for the wild, eye-opening world of university, only to find herself smitten with the horny local vampire, played by Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet, in surely one of the poorest casting decisions in a teen vampire film of all time - the man is objectively not sexy, and the film suffers for it. Regardless, Charlotte is besotted, and her reputation as a prudish virgin comes to a dramatic halt as she interrupts her vampiric snogfests for a brief same-sex encounter with a friendly woman photographer. In total there are 10 users online :: 1 registered, 0 hidden and 9 guests (based on users active over the past 60 minutes) Sign in to see reasons why you may or may not like this based on your games, friends, and curators you follow.I found this title but initially brushed it off. My profession as a strength and conditioning coach afforded me over four decades of exposure to this disappointing trend. What else can he tell me?

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So far the book seems to be a whole lotta words to justify taking thousands of dollars from the family budget and leaving the kids with your wife (and her parents and church?) so you can go moose hunting in the Alaskan wild. At least Chris McCandless didn't have people depending on his income. Modern life has its perks, but does some of what makes our lives longer also make our lives more miserable? Michael Easter's book points to a very strong "yes".People who face adversity feel better off both physically and psychologically than those who don't. Pain feels less intense, and anxiety is lower because there's a resilience and knowledge that they can handle whatever comes. Those who live in comfort all the time react much more poorly to even minor challenges. If you're the kind of person who likes opinions from experts and statistics, you'll get plenty here. The writer travels around the world talking to researchers, monks, personal trainers about percentages of people overeating, losing strength compared to previous generations, being more stressed, etc. It's impressive how he went to the ends of the earth (e.g. Bhutan) to talk to people with differing viewpoints. On the other hand, I felt like I knew a lot of this stuff (Bhutanese Gross Happiness Product, the obesity epidemic in the US, carbs aren't actually bad for you, etc) or that I could've read these statistics in an article. For the most part, I'm sure a good amount of people have heard these various concepts; however, I love that Easter makes these points and supports them with actual verified studies. That, I can definitely get down with because it does seem like another fad and/or fallacy such as 'dopamine fasting' and the like. Get out of the city and be in nature. How much? 20min x 3/week, 5h/month in semiwild, 3+ days in the wild/year (to benefit from the three-day effect

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Misogi -- it means "cold water". Bathing in cold water is a Shinto prayer ritual. You've adopted a Japanese word you don't understand and are using it in place of fine English phrases like "baptism", "harrowing", or "boss battle".For most of human history over thousands and thousands of years, our bodies have evolved to handle intense physical challenges. Our embrace of electronic devices and comfy chairs has shut down all of this evolutionary advantage and made many of us miserable for reasons we don't understand. Even our exercise routines have to be short, efficient, and comfortable in shiny, new fitness centers.