Dear Shirley, Earth Angel:

I had trouble myself understanding the many phases of glycolysis. I still don’t understand how anyone can master it. I am limited that way, lost in details that are too many for me. What I find helpful is almost to… meditate when studying such detailed many step processes. Take in this and that detail with a deep breath. Avoid panicking at the sheer volume of detail. Study it calmly. When overwhelmed, take a break and come back to it later.

Regarding Portia de Rossi’s book “Unbearable Loss and Gain” – it is a shame that so many of us, famous and not despise the way we look. It is only recently that I am coming to terms with how I look. Funny, I was so young and pretty, looking back, and I didn’t like the way I looked. I wish I did.

Portia’s inner bully sounds just like an… inner bully.

learning your limitations, you find a way to get around those. For example, studying so many details is difficult for me. Helpful to me is to be as calm as I can be studying (no “help” from the inner bully, please!), taking breaks, taking organized, colorful notes. So no bullying when something is difficult. Instead: calm, laid back like and find a way, gently and patiently.

anita