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Breaking Out of Isolation

Lasára Allen — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:18:40 +0000

Lonely, by John Arsenault

There are lots of lonely people in the US. According to a study titled “Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks Over Two Decades“ that was published in 2006, one in four Americans have not a single person in their lives with whom they discuss “important matters.” And,

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Looking Forward to 2011!

Lasára Allen — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:03:31 +0000

Looking Forward to 2011!

(Instead of Resolutions, Try Dedications, Intentions, and WHY NOTs Instead.)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Dedications:

Self:

To keep working toward my best over-all health: Exercise. Diet. Rest and Relaxation. Meditation. Mental

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A New – Or POST – New Year’s Tradition; Give Up Resolutions!

Lasára Allen — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:23:46 +0000

— It’s Never Too Late to Try Dedications, Intentions, and WHY NOTs!

by Lasára Allen, www.LasaraAllen.com

Are you planning on making any resolutions for the coming year?

Many of us make New Year’s resolutions – and then fail. A whopping 88% of well-meaning New Year’s revelers will “fail” in achieving the resolutions they set out as a

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Self-Care for the Holiday Season

Lasára Allen — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:15:35 +0000

The holidays are upon us. No matter what your spiritual persuasion, you’re probably going to be finding time within this season of cold days and long nights to gather with family and friends, sit around the feast table, and celebrate some light in the darkness. What a wonderful thing!

But even so, the most joyful season

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Finding Dr. Right

Lasára Allen — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:21:09 +0000

Yesterday I had a first appointment with a new psych doc. Never something I look forward to, but just like the search for a good care-provider of any type – massage therapist, chiropractor, general practitioner, gynecologist – sometimes finding Doctor Right takes some time.

As with ending any relationship – getting fired from a job, losing

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Exercise is Not Optional

Lasára Allen — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:31:18 +0000

(Wanna play yoga with us? Join our Community Yoga Experience – yoga everyday, from now until the autumnal equinox – Sept. 23.)

Physical exercise for me, from asana yoga, to running, to Pilates, to dancing, is not an optional part of my self-care. Yet I still act sometimes like it is. And end up back in

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Learning to be Human

Lasára Allen — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:23:54 +0000

Today I start with frustration. It’s not the topic I want to write about. I am dead-tired of self-introspective, self-indulgent, self-aggrandizing writing, yet here I am today, finding my self starting with my own self-indulgent expression of dissatisfaction.

Yesterday at therapy my (very awesome) therapist and I were talking about summer break. About how it’s easy

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Update 2.19.10

Lasára Allen — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:56:32 +0000

I haven’t written an update in a while. That’s because I hit a wall. And learned from it!

For two weeks, I could barely move from over training. I was tired and in pain. I decided I would reduce my miles, and started healing immediately. I’m now back to being able to run, and workout, without

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Update 2.7.10

Lasára Allen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:28:39 +0000

Another run with Beth – Yay Beth! We clocked two miles at:

Beth: 11:09/mile

Lasara: 12:11/mile

Pretty good, I say. Forgot the Red Bull again, and my lungs paid the price. Treated post run asthma attack with Astragalus, Herbal Expectorant Cough, and Yin Chiao. And hot Ovaltine with some extra Malt. Yum. The lungs feel better now.

My shake

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Update 1.31.10

Lasára Allen — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:43:49 +0000

Sunday run with Beth! They say the trail is 6 miles rt, but it is FOR SURE more. Not only that, but pretty brutal up and down, too. We did it though!

Still rockin’ the minimal support shoes. We ran at the lake today (Lake Mendocino) instead of by the house, so no concrete anymore –

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Update 1.28.10

Lasára Allen — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:47:10 +0000

Gratitude for Talib Kweli, my buddy Jamers and his pushing me on our run today, 5 MILES DOWN on a casual…, for a run on a the roads of my youth – a reminder of how miles were shorter whan I was young’un, even tho my legs were, too. The smell on my skin after

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Update 1/25/09

Lasára Allen — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:48:30 +0000

GOOD news; ran just OVER 6 miles (if the signs were accurate…)…

BAD news; I ran the OVER part because someone stole my bag I’d placed, slightly hidden by the trail. I didnt think anyone was crazy enough to be out there today besides me!

GOOD news: I left the keys in the car, not in the

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Bipolar Disorder: …It Sucks.

Lasára Allen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:35:03 +0000

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Okay, I admit it; we bipolar folks can be a real handful. If you have close friends who live with bipolar disorder (BD), you’ve probably had a couple – or more – not-so-easy interactions with them/us.

This is my invitation to walk a mile in their/my shoes.

But before we go further, terms; I choose to say,

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News About Long-Term Goals – the 2500th Marathon Anniversary in 2011! Race as Platform for Bipolar Advocacy & Education.

Lasára Allen — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:29:25 +0000

I just found out the 2011 is the 2500th anniversary of the marathon! This is super cool, as my plan is to run a full marathon for my 40th birthday – in 2011! The fact it’s such a momentous occassion makes my goal that much sweeter. (See more on this soon.)

My other piece of news

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Supplements I’m Starting With.

Lasára Allen — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:32:07 +0000

Robert (the Mr.) just went out to meet the fedEx guy…I thought it was the Mr’s second cashmere sweater (wine colored v-neck! First was a black, double weight), a late delivery from Santa…

But he comes back in and says, “It’s a box of macho.” I was like, “What?” He says “It’s a box of macho

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