The Iceman

Fascinating interview of Wim Hof (http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/wim-hof). 

Hof is referred to as The Iceman for mind-blowing ‘super-human’ feats in extreme weather and extreme conditions. The inspiring discussion goes above and beyond pranayama, meditation and general yoga and invokes natural spirituality while breathing new life into human potential and especially recovery to wellness and health -- including hacking depression...Hof’s wife killed herself while facing depression in 1995, and that personal tragedy compelled him deeper on a sacred voyage of internal and natural secrets and discoveries. 

The conversation includes elementary steps to immediately improve quality of life -- exponentially.

How to Overcome Depression Naturally

From the good people of Reader's Digest: How to Overcome Depression Naturally (ho-la/maybe)
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***addendum to suggestion #1…defragging 'fuggwits’ as much as possible—my personal example and instant mood downer -- (most) aid-entrepreneur expats in Nepal (many of them deny that they are even working in aid—excusing role as something else,‘advisor’ or ‘consultant’, while receiving relatively massive payments from DFID, SNV, USAID, GIZ and others) and wreaking (often unwittingly from inside a self-serving bubble) havoc as they treat the country as a personal playground knowing little of the lingo and culture and plead ignorance about the hazards of the aid industry.

Life can be hard enough without these people adding to the burden of blues as they and the ruling gang that they help to sponsor trample and bully the real Nepalis.

#Depression, #DonorDarlings, 

The Egglish

Notwithstanding very precious exceptions (humblest apologies to beloved friends and aquaintances), I have come to generally feel about the English Egglish a disdain in equal magnitude with their offhand dislike of US-Americans.

I now unreasonably associate the English accent with condescending prattle and haughty f*ckwithty. So be it, I could do worse than to be prejudiced against a people generally holding the inveterate notion that they are the most knowledgeable of the village idiots, and that they must let everyone know it with a fetching wit and smashing wisdom.

above image found here: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/S2clVg-QLq8/hqdefault.jpg

Carhenge near Alliance, Nebraska (photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/samirluther/9363971602)

Depression

To anyone depressed or with a loved one who is facing #depression, there is helpful information out there…maybe this link will assist – and if you have reliable friends (challenging to find as an #expat in a foreign land), then seek them out. Be well. 

#Buddhism