What am I the most uncomfortable with? Doing nothing . I equate doing nothing with being unproductive. And I don’t do unproductive things — I do productive things. When I really look at those two statements, I see that: There’s judgment there. I equate human worth with productivity. I am such a product of modern American society — programming that says we must keep going and going and going. The problem is, when I stop… or when there is no plan… I flounder. My nervous system goes on high...

Today my body whispered something to me. Not in words, exactly. More like a tug in my chest… a heaviness in my eyelids… a sudden craving...

One of the most fascinating tools in my self-healing toolkit is qigong. I have always had an interest in the martial arts. I was a...