Bøger af Robert Norton

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I was on a suicidal track and didn't know it. I was excessively overweight and did not admit it. First, I denied that I was fat. I discriminated against those who were obese. I thought that they did not have the will to lose weight. Second, when I admitted that I was maybe a little fat, I denied that I was unfit. I could still pound out some exercise; I could still do physical activity like riding my motorbike to Alaska. Third, when I admitted that I was fat and maybe unfit, I denied reality checks. I did not count calories; I did not weigh myself; I did not know what exercise did for me; I did not understand muscle loss. Fourth, I recognized that I was denying many things, but I did not answer why I was denying. Finally, I confronted why I was denying denial. As I dealt with increasingly challenging questions of denial, I changed in subtle, complex, profound, and vivid ways. I learned the language of nutrition. I needed the vocabulary to talk about food. I learned that food consumption was only one of the components of health. Dealing with obesity demands a systemic approach, otherwise it will fail. I vigilantly attend to food consumption, hydration, breathing, sleeping, and sensory stimulation as energy-in factors. In like manner, I attend to mental and physical energy-out factors. I read, write, and research. I seek new learning. I do both aerobic and resistance training. I do tai chi daily. I pay attention to my relationships, demeanor, and hygiene. I take on projects that are new to me. All factors are mutually dependent and necessary for metabolic health. When I accepted a holistic approach to health, I felt free, empowered, and optimistic. I was off the suicide track; I no longer felt helpless; I stop rationalizing; I did not feel fatalistic. In my journey, I learned how to talk about not simply weight, but what holistic health meant. I learned about food, food groups, and nutritional value. I learned how to read the literature and recognize good evidence. I've named my demons: Denial (It's not a problem), Beelzebub (Try just a little bit more-gluttony), Anon (Eat, celebrate; eat, compensate-emotional consumption), Aziz (Hate your body; hate yourself), Mammon (Eat quickly, mindlessly), Acedia (Relax, don't bother-sloth), Pride (You're better than them), and Amnesia (Just forget). I met and accepted my Shadow, my repressed self who harbored my traumatic experiences. I created good habits. I created a reality checklist. Consequently, I found my healthy, aspirational self.

I took a walk with Frank, my father-in-law, in the mangrove. I had survived a heart attack and Papa, as he is called by his family, had Alzheimer's. In the mangrove, I found a metaphor and a reason to go on living.

The strychnine poisoning of two people threatens the survival of a small pharmaceutical company. The police accuse the company of jeopardizing public safety by hiding extortion threats. Robert Shaw, attempting to save the company, finds himself in an epic David and Goliath battle. His investigation sweeps him into an erotic world of industrial sabotage.

Montana is my anchor. I like the mountains; I like the weather; I like the people. These essays-I call them "whispers"-are like light breezes. They speak softly, carry secrets, and remind me who I am. These 26 essays focused me. They clarified my thinking, like narrative therapy. They caused me to wonder. The essays touch on caring for a relative with Alzheimer's, mentors, timely events that influenced my life, struggles with my identity, confronting my Shadow, language play, being a father, poetry, and harangues about terrorism, stigma, and do-gooders.

This is a play about the early years of the AIDS crisis. It takes place at one of the first free, anonymous, and confidential HIV test sites in the U.S. The Center was a safe haven where people of all sexual orientations, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and socio-economic levels could receive HIV information, testing and counseling, healthcare referrals and other support services.

Point Connett in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, is a seaside community of 105 houses; most are year-round, and some are summer cottages. It is located on the western shore of Buzzards Bay, which is a large inlet that separates the mainland from Cape Cod to the east. The name Point Connett is from that of a Wampanoag Indian who, in the 1600s, took the anglicized name William Connett. Prior to King Philip's war (1675-1678), he owned much of the land in Rochester and Mattapoisett, including Point Connett, now named for him. Mattapoisett is a Wampanoag word that translates as "A Place of Rest." It has been, since its beginning, a lovely and friendly community. Several families trace their roots on "The Point" back to the beginning, and some third- and fourth-generation descendants still own homes here, peopled with fifth-generation children. The book, overall, is a collection of independent chapters, each written by members of different families about their personal experience of Point Connett. These have been collected and put together by the editor, and added to a Prologue that recounts the Point's early history as assembled from available sources. The collection of stories here very clearly and effectively demonstrates the character and activities of this lovely community by the sea and nicely captures the zeitgeist of Point Connett.

Drawing upon thirty-two years of school work (including classroom teaching, school administrator, principal, District Curricula Director responsible for change, and school psychologist), the principals of control theory/reality therapy and Dr William Deming's philosophy on quality management, this "how-to" text is for classroom management.