We’ve written about pneumonia here at Blisstree, but most often we talk about seniors and their susceptibility to the illness (November 2: World Pneumonia Day). Sadly, pneumonia also claims the lives of many children around the world.
Save the Children is an organization that works to improve the health of children all over the world, including North America. In April of this year Save the Children Artist Ambassadors Gwyneth Paltrow and Hugh Laurie helped establish World Pneumonia Day, which took place on November 2, 2009. The goal of the day was to mobilize efforts to fight pneumonia, a neglected disease, that …read more

GOOP is Paltrow’s lifestyles newsletter, published online each week. Though it seems harmless enough, some are offended by the perceived condescending or all-knowing tone of the newsletter.

The New York Times wrote a somewhat critical article about Paltrow’s recent forays into domestic goddess land. Read Martha, Oprah … Gwyneth?
Paltrow commented on the media reaction in a People magazine article, Gwyneth Paltrow Defends Her Web Site. She states a fact: Her website is harmless. Her opinion: Some folks just can’t swallow the reality that she’s doing something different.
If you’ve read many of my posts, you know I can’t stand it when people …read more

I promise I’ll stop whining about how sick I’ve been lately…but I think now I’m becoming a little wacko.
Sometimes, for me, a very bad cold can take on some characteristics of depression…so there’s a few things I try to avoid thinking about when I’m sick as I have been, since New Year’s eve:

I try not to worry about work so much.
I try to shut off my mental DVD that would normally have me revisiting my crazy up-bringing, several awful career faux pas, and well, just my overall incompetence.
I try not to look in the mirror too much because…it’s just, well …read more