Going to Kick This F#$%-ing Sugar Problem
I was complaining AGAIN about sugar cravings and fatness when one of my healers said it sounds like I have Candida. She suggested I look up someone named Dr. Jeffrey McCombs. Well, wouldn't you know it? That's who I saw back in 1994 when I had my first acute bout of...
Volunteer in a Critical Way from Home
Does the idea of donating blood make you squeamish? Do you never have any money to give to good causes? Do you want to volunteer but don't want to leave your home? Donate your voice. [I originally posted this in 2015, but it's worth re-posting now that many have too...
Trying Dispenza Again
About seven years ago I discovered Joe Dispenza. His books teach how to use the power of the mind through meditation to change yourself. I loved his writing, his meditations and his way of approaching life. I used his meditation for years and blogged about my...
Bring the Sunshine, I Guess
Since "Juldemort" (July 2020 was so horrific for me that's how I refer to it) I've noticed startling changes in myself. One is that I no longer prefer gray skies to bright ones. As this 2015 post expresses, I used to dislike and avoid sunny days, staying inside so the...
Living Well
Chicana on the Edge is 16 years old and every post is here, but the website is new as of June 2020, so I'm thinking carefully about the categories and tags I want to use. Of the ones that aren't neutral like "PhysicalHealth," I think there are more with negative...
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Socially Divided
Social media is not both good and bad. Its effects are quite destructive.
So How Was Your Summer?
Summer 2020: my mind fell apart. The simplest way to explain it is that my psychiatrist, health care provider and I slowly and carefully weaned me off Effexor for a year, and my first day without it at all was July 4th. Within 24 hours I stopped being able to fall...
“Why Now, White People?” The Real Reasons Whites Are Active Against Racism NOW
The Code Switch episode Why Now, White People? came out on June 16th, but the question is still live: Why are so many white people currently involved in anti-racism protests and activities? It's a fair question because racism was an equally hot issue with equally...
Ozzie
Ozzie and Bob in 2012 (photo by me) Now the story of the dog my ex-husband and I owned together for 18 months before he (the ex) ended our marriage. When Bob and I first got Ozzie (Sept. 2011) he was about three years old and full of puppyish energy. One day Ozzie and...
Chicana on the Edge Is MOVING
[Update: the move is done!] My heart is breaking a bit as I announce that Chicana on the Edge (CotE) is moving to a new home, which means a new URL, which means I'm creating a new website for it. Nothing will change about your access to the blog or how often I post,...
Tamarindo – a Podcast for Thinking Latinos!
Their logo is my favorite color. Brenda Gonzalez and Ana Sheila (pronounced "shay-la") Victorino host Tamarindo, a podcast targeted at Latino millennials. I'm part of Generation X, but I'm working on overcoming my bitterness about being in the overlooked generation. I...