Author: Geoffrey Hale

  • How to Triumph in Life

    Cómo Triunfar en la Vida You must succeed. 1. Honesty     Be honest with yourself.     Recognize your mistakes.     Correct your mistakes.     —Learn. 2. Criticism     Do not criticize others.     Try to see the best in all people.     Try to see the best in you.     Try to see the best in all things.     —Love. 3. Neurasthenia     Avoid neurasthenia.…

  • Neurasthenia

    Neurasthenia is a psycho-pathological term first used by George Miller Beard in 1869 to denote a condition with symptoms of fatigue, anxiety, headache, neuralgia and depressed mood. Symptoms: The condition was explained as being a result of exhaustion of the central nervous system’s energy reserves, which Beard attributed to modern civilization. Wikipedia: Neurasthenia See also:…

  • Feeling is Important: K.D. Lang sings Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah

    This post is part of the Feeling is Important series.

  • Pilobolus perform Symbiosis

  • Acceptance and Compassion for Self

    “‘Take the ego out of it. Accept what your body and mind can do today, and let it be enough. Have compassion for yourself.’” -anonymous friend quoting yogi Dear Geoff, it’s been a long time since NUCS, but I enjoy reading your writing. You have a very refreshing perspective on life… Right before I moved…

  • Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)

    Basal metabolic rate (BMR), and the closely related resting metabolic rate (RMR), is the amount of daily energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state (meaning that the digestive system is inactive, which requires about twelve hours of fasting in humans). The release of energy in this state is…