The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • A lesson learned from tragedy

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    People who have gone through painful events, such as divorce or serious illness, are more likely to enjoy the small pleasures in life, according to University of British Columbia psychologist Alyssa Croft. We read about her study of 15,000 French adults in the March/April 2014 issue of Pacific Standard. The study suggests “we’re more likely…

  • Move on

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    Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, didn’t grow up dreaming about becoming an astronaut. She wanted to be a professional tennis player, reports Lynn Sherr in the June 17, 2014, issue of The Dallas Morning News. Sherr is the author of a new book Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space. “When she…

  • Orthorexia?

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    I’m counting Weight Watcher points, and my dietician has suggested that I should count grams of carbohydrates because I’m prediabetic—and now she wants me to count grams of protein to make sure I’m getting enough protein. Just when I am feeling really frustrated, I found an article in The Dallas Morning News about “orthorexia.” The…

  • Counting points and grams

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    First, I joined Weight Watchers and started counting Weight Watcher points. I have counted Weight Watcher points for a decade now, and I am very good at doing it. Then, my doctor informed me that I am pre-diabetic and sent me to see a dietician. She told me to count grams of carbohydrates. Now I…

  • Professional eaters?

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    The speed-eating record for glazed, cream-filled doughnuts is 47 in five minutes, according to the May 13, 2014, issue of The Dallas Morning News. Most of these kind of speed-eating records are held by professional eaters, the newspaper reports in its “Wellnews” column. “The rest by people who really should find something better to do.”

  • How Georgia O’Keefe worked

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    Georgia O’Keefe drove her Model A across the desert and back, and up and down over the hills, says Jeanette Winter in her children’s book My Name Is Georgia. Even in winter, she “went far out into the faraway and painted in the bitter cold.” She painted when the wind was so strong it nearly…

  • Make some goals

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    A long-term study of 6,100 Americans concluded that having a “sense of purpose” may be the strongest predictor of longevity. “Finding a direction for life and setting overarching goals for what you want to achieve can help you actually live longer,” said Patrick Hill, a psychology professor at Carleton University. We read about the study…

  • The understanding of women

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    Elizabeth Gilbert pays tribute to “women of science throughout history” at the end of her book The Signature of All Things. In the acknowledgements of her book about a woman botanist born in 1800, she quotes Christine de Pizan, who wrote about women scientists in The Book of the City of Ladies in 1405: “Rest…

  • “Be not afraid to work”

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    Alma Whittaker, whose mother prayed that she would grow up healthy, sensible and intelligent when she was born in 1800, was devastated when her marriage failed. “One must bear what cannot be escaped,” Hanneke, Alma’s nursemaid, advises in Elizabeth Gilbert’s novel The Signature of All Things. “ “You will not die of your grief—no more…

  • A minute of meditation

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    Meditation can help people with heart disease, people who want to quit smoking and people who want to achieve a little inner peace. Meditation means paying attention to the breath, listening, being still, said Ruben L.G. Habito of the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in an article in the April 22, 2014,…