And good for your health.

And in this classic 1934 cartoon, Dr. Betty Boop knows just the right medicine.

Did you watch it? Don’t you feel better now?
–kwc

P.S. I can’t find any evidence that this cartoon was really ever banned, as is suggested in the You Tube title atop the video. And I do recall seeing it on TV in the early ’60s.

In any situation, thinking involves two basic processes:

Escaping from your current view of the situation, and

Searching for a much better view of the situation.

ESCAPE + SEARCH = THINK

–from The School of Thinking

Enjoy the rest of this amazing free, 1-minute course at: [more...]

Was touch and go there for about 40 minutes after the site went gray following the Wordpress upgrade.

Some furious Googling and a lot of fiddling and we’re back.

Let me know if anything is not working.

–kwc

Update: Some of the stuff in the footer is not sitting where it is supposed to and is not centering. Still trying to figure that out. Seems to be equally messed up in Firefox, Chrome and Opera. Haven’t checked it in IE.

…we may be experiencing technical difficulties.

Preparing to upgrade the installation of Wordpress — the blogging engine that drives Mind Body Spirit Journal. Sometimes when I upgrade, the whole site breaks. And stays broken until I can figure out what parts of this highly customized design are no longer compatible with the latest upgrade…

So if the site isn’t working right, please email me.

Of course, if it goes dark altogether, as has happened during three or so upgrades over the years, you won’t see this and won’t have any clue about what’s up. But if that happens, we’ll be back. Sometime. And then you might see this.

Wish Wordpress would install a “roll-back” feature in its upgrades so that when one fails, you could roll back to the previous, working version. I’m not the only one who is wishing this.

See you shortly (I hope) on the other side.

And if I don’t see you shortly. Well that means all didn’t go so well. And I may be switching to one of the nice new pro themes you can buy. Such things didn’t exist back when I started this online version of Mind Body Spirit Journal so I had to create my own design. But so much nicer now that pro designers are offering elegant, sophisticated themes and keeping them up to date with each upgrade of Wordpress. Well worth the $80 or $90, I think. (But switching over will be a huge task, so I’m not especially eager to jump into it.)

–kwc

by ken winston caine

You have three choices with fear: [more...]

Sustainability recruiter Ellen Weinreb publishes a comprehensive list of job boards devoted to openings in Socially Responsible positions, world-wide.

Her directory of the green jobs boards offers a brief description of each. Looking for a green job? Visit her socially responsible job boards directory at [more...]

When I read Tracy A.’s newest piece, Top 10 Things Between You and a Great Life, it felt eerie.

I thought, “This girl’s been reading my mail!”

Because, at one time or another, I’ve fallen into every one of these traps. And I bet you have, too.

Having them listed and explained eloquently, as Tracy does here (reprinted with permission), is a powerful resource for motivational behavior change… I expect to review the list often. Just to remind myself of the tempting and almost automatic habits, cop-outs and defensive behaviors to work around.
– ken winston caine

Top 10 Things Between You and a Great Life

by Tracy A.

If you’re not living the life you dream about (and if you’re like most people you’re not) then identifying what’s getting in your way could be the most valuable way you’ve ever spent your time. Here are the Top 10 Things that come Between You and a Great Life!

1. Playing it safe.

One of the hardest things for most people to do is to risk the level of success they’ve achieved in order to reach the next level, but playing it safe isn’t the way most people dream of living.

2. Being comfortable.

We all have a desire to coast at times but settling into your comfort zone is a death knell for an extraordinary life. Where in your life are you choosing comfortable over greatness?

3. Avoiding rejection.

If you’re like me you’re OK with taking risks as long as they’re not too risky! I’m not a big believer in jumping off cliffs and building wings on the way down; I just don’t believe that life has to be that frantic but I do know that my fear of rejection is one of the fears that I still struggle with and it’s been eye opening to take a look at how it really gets in my way.

4. Procrastinating.

We tell ourselves some fantastic stories to increase our level of comfort with not getting off our duff and going on there and really scuffling it up on the [more...]

Learn to ask, “What’s not wrong here?”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

Before you speak, ask yourself:
+ Is it kind?
+ Is it necessary?
+ Is it true?
+ Does it [more...]