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Catherine Flutsch
Jun 7, 20227 min read
Moving Beautifully Through 2022: The Recovery Edition Part I*
Although this is a culture and lifestyle blog, regular readers will know that I rarely write about lifestyle. My few previous posts...

Catherine Flutsch
May 13, 20213 min read
Farm Life Tropical Ice cream
Growing up, every second long summer holiday, we would pack up and travel to my grandparents’ retirement hobby farm in far northern New...

Catherine Flutsch
May 12, 20213 min read
Wild Garlic: Warding off the Demons
Around this time of year, wild garlic starts to bloom on the cool, shady, woodland floors across the UK, Europe, and parts of Asia. One...

Catherine Flutsch
Apr 14, 20217 min read
Moving Beautifully Through 2021: Interesting Exercises You Might Enjoy*
Almost every ailment can be improved through movement and exercise. Movement truly is medicine. In that spirit, I work out almost every...


Takashi Sakai
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Hanami in the time of Corona
Spring is the season for new life, new beginnings. As the Japanese fiscal year starts, it is also the season for taking stock. One event...

Catherine Flutsch
Jan 27, 20217 min read
Conductor: The First African American
Dr Anne Lundy is one of the first African American women to conduct a major American symphony orchestra. She has been pushing boundaries...

Catherine Flutsch
Jan 19, 20213 min read
Heaven and Hell: A Thought Experiment
Helping teams have fun being successful is part of my day job. It seems to me that so many people have had to suppress who they are to...

Catherine Flutsch
Jan 11, 20213 min read
Meditation for those who can’t meditate....
The idea of mediation has always appealed to me. The reality of meditation has not. When meditation gurus tell me to start meditating by...


Catherine Flutsch
Jan 2, 20215 min read
Veganuary 2021
Veganuary 2021 is here! I’ve read that over half a million people will sign up to do veganuary in 2021. I went vegan just over one year...


Catherine Flutsch
Dec 29, 20202 min read
New Year's Resolutions: The Case For
Like almost everyone, I’ve read the research on new year’s resolutions – the overwhelming majority fail. So, rather than making a list...


Dr Rana Traboulsi
Dec 29, 20202 min read
New Year's Resolutions: The Case Against
A couple of days and we will be rid of 2020. New Year’s Eve will be another compromised occasion spent in solitude or digital company. ...

Catherine Flutsch
Dec 26, 20204 min read
Moving Beautifully Into 2021: New Exercises That You Might Enjoy
For the past 10 years, I have used the money I would have spent on gym membership to buy exercise equipment that I can use at home. I...
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