The Hebrew word for Egypt is Mitzrayim, which means the Narrow Place. It's also the same root as the word for labour pains. Birth imagery has been associated with Passover from the beginning, with the explicit mention of the month of Aviv, or spring in the Torah. The Sages refer to the splitting of the … Continue reading #blogExodus – Leaving
Tag: Lizard brain
Be Serious or Be Sick
As my faithful readers know, I've been struggling with an auto-immune disease (ulcerative colitis) for many years. After a very serious flareup in 2009, I started following the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, an early version of Paleo. I described my successes and failures almost exactly a year ago, and here I am again, in almost exactly … Continue reading Be Serious or Be Sick
Is the Negative Voice the Evil Inclination?
I was listening to one of my favourite podcasts today - Jonathan Roche's No Excuses Weight Loss on Blog Talk Radio. It isn't really about weight loss, although that may well be a welcome side effect of listening to Jonathan in the long term. It's really about the Lizard Brain, the Imposter Police, or what … Continue reading Is the Negative Voice the Evil Inclination?
About the Imposter Police
It's a funny thing - whenever I mention the Imposter Police, women immediately know what I am talking about, and men look at me as if I have two heads. I first encountered this concept when I was a student in the Physics Department at the University of Amsterdam. I helped organise a symposium about … Continue reading About the Imposter Police
The Greeks called it ἀκρασία
I first ran into the term akrasia, acting against one's own self-interest, in a post by Mark Sisson. I've had blogging about akrasia on my to-do list for a while, and tonight I finally sat down to do it. Grabbed a chocolate chip cookie before I started writing. Sigh. Paleo, huh. I have to admit … Continue reading The Greeks called it ἀκρασία
The Flinch – An Amazing Book You Need to Read
I first learned about Julien Smith through Chris Brogan's blog. I bought their book, Trust Agents,through Audible (at that time I was still into audio books - now I have too many podcasts and audio books on my iPod and will never, in seven lifetimes, listen to them all, sigh). Julien, as I've mentioned before, … Continue reading The Flinch – An Amazing Book You Need to Read
Busy
Isn't it amazing how we use busy to avoid doing real work? You will not believe the amount of time I have spent today on busywork. But what have I achieved?To be fair, I have tackled a few tasks I've been procrastinating on. There are some jobs I will do today (like changing the sheets … Continue reading Busy
I beat the Lizard Brain!
I know such victories are fleeting and the battle must be fought every day, but each time my frontal lobes manage to shut down my amygdala, I feel the need to crow from the rooftops like a rooster.So, today is Wednesday. As most of you are getting tired of seeing on Facebook and Twitter, I'm … Continue reading I beat the Lizard Brain!
Fighting the Lizard Brain
One of my favourite Internet people is Seth Godin. I follow his blog faithfully, am a member of his Domino Project and have bought more than one of his books. Without those steady years of brainwashing, I doubt I would ever have started this blog. Phrases like "Don't wait to be picked - do the … Continue reading Fighting the Lizard Brain