Rubini Wellness — Coping Mechanisms

I listened to a glorious interview the other day from one of my favorite scientific podcasters Dr. Andrew Huberman who was interviewing Dr. Alia Crum. The interview is here.  It was glorious because they are both extremely well educated professors at Stanford University that at least appear to be approachable and human, and she gave the simplest (for me) to grasp guidance I've ever heard for understanding and gently steering my own behavior. She repeated what I've heard before and already understand- that if we have a reaction to (aka if we are triggered by) something, that indicates we have a...

I was in a bit of a dramatic accident over 20 years ago. For over 20 years now, I have operated on the assumption that scars really never fully heal and that once trauma is sustained to a body part, that body part will forevermore function sub par.  This is not actually true, but since it was the story I believed, my body respected my request and supported that belief, for over 20 years. Until recently, when a new belief system was brought to my awareness.  If we think, daily, 'yep, there's that old injury, there's that bum hip/knee/shoulder/back, that...

If you search spiritual/emotional message of low back pain and tightness, the description is financial based. Which, for me, is stating only the obvious. Duh...I know I have financial tightness and angst. I have for years, though with conscious attention, the fear has gone from a loud all consuming roar to a dull noise in the background. This is true for many humans- we've managed to organize and behave in our lives in such a way as to keep the fear to a minimum. When our low backs go out, even after all of our attention to maintenance and living...

Today, coping mechanisms. We are living as human beings in for the most part high stress situations. Are they really high stress? Probably not if really thought about it and put things in perspective and took better loving care of ourselves. I mean, does that package REALLY need to get there on the exact date or is a day or even a week later just as thoughtful? We do have a million different ways of communicating, so you could always communicate your intention or love and the date it will be done/sent/delivered/finished...right? Uggh, I wish this was allowed. I try...