Subscribe to NSCBlog
Currently Viewing Category:
Discipline
Subscribe to NSCBlog
Alexander Technique
Alexander Technique is a method of re-educating and connecting with your body based on principles formulated by F. Matthias Alexander between 1890 and 1900. Popular…
April 29, 2009
“The Untethered Soul”
I’m currently enjoying a book called “The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself,” by Michael A. Singer. An early chapter is titled “Your Inner Roommate,”…
April 16, 2009
The Edge
How do you measure greatness? How do you get an edge? In many fields of endeavor the low-hanging fruit, the fruit in sight, has long…
April 13, 2009
Triple Win: Beating Obesity, Traffic, AND Global Warming?
What if I presented a plan to you that could fight obesity, increase physical fitness, reduce traffic congestion, AND combat global warming? All at once?…
April 1, 2009
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Stop the presses: Zoning is the answer to childhood obesity! “Ninth graders whose schools are within a block of a fast-food outlet are more likely…
March 30, 2009
“Pregnant with Myself”
“Pregnant with myself.” Now that’s an evocative phrase. Ran across it in Jane Fonda’s 2005 autobiography (“My Life So Far,” Random House) where she writes…
March 16, 2009
Toilet Paper as a Moral Choice?
Who would have thought it? We live in such a complex world, every choice has ramifications. That soft, smooth toilet paper we Americans seem to…
March 9, 2009
PopCap: Big Brother Is Watching
(A Populist Capitalist Civil Liberties Blog) George Orwell was right about the growth of totalitarianism and the love of government for surveillance and intrusion into the…
March 6, 2009
Teachable Moments
What are teachable moments? They’re moments when people can be reached, either because something has just happened that serves as a memorable real-life example of…
February 18, 2009
“I would do anything to be able to…”
I was drawn to the brutal self-honesty of the “I would do anything to be able to draw except practice drawing” postcard. It is from…
February 5, 2009
Your Tendency Does Not Have To Be Your Destiny
Okay, I’ve got tendencies——ways I naturally flow, habits and inclinations and routines that have crept in over the years. Some of these serve me, others…
January 30, 2009