Doin his thang for Turtle Island Foods at the PMA Fresh Summit.

I’m excited to be at this hotel with nothing to do while Greg does his food show.  It gives me time to relax.  I’m starting some back exercises:

We are going to a Buddhist restaurant in Little Tokyo LA.

It was really good.  We ate with Greg’s friend, Chef Tal.

Well, I’ve made the journey and arrived at our hotel room pretty much across the street from Disneyland.  Think I’ll take a nap.

book I was reading on the plane (about Altzheimers):

http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu

“Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The Positive Psychology Center promotes research, training, education, and the dissemination of Positive Psychology. This field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best within themselves, and to enhance their experiences of love, work, and play.”

The Immune System: The Mind-Body Connection: Who Gets Sick and Who Stays Well Nicholas R. S. Hall, PhD Worskhop Information: Fundamental advances have been made in understanding the link between mental states and immune function. The discipline called psychoneuroimmunology has provided important discoveries concerning who gets sick and who stays well. Psychological stress, expectancy, mood, sleep, physical activity and inflammatory foods and nutrients play an important role in health and chronic inflammation. New discoveries are revealing how chronic inflammation underlies the onset and progression of the most common chronic disorders.

New edition of a national bestseller: Last Child in the Woods. The recipient of the 2008 Audubon Medal, Richard Louv identified a phenomenon we all knew existed but couldn’t quite articulate: nature-deficit disorder. Since its initial publication, his book Last Child in the Woods has created a national conversation about the disconnection between children and nature, and his message has galvanized an international movement. Now, three years later, we have reached a tipping point, with the book inspiring Leave No Child Inside initiatives throughout the country. Hailed as “an absolute must-read” by the Boston Globe and “too tantalizing to ignore” by Audubon magazine, Last Child in the Woods is the inspiring work that proves children need nature as much as nature needs children.

I am so tired!  Having back pain for the past week plus has really been draining.  Uh oh, gotta go shower and get going.

I’m up early to get going to this training I’m going to today. Psychology of Resilience looks like it will be a positive training.  There’s a whole new wave off psychology called positive psychology, (authentic happiness) in fact.

“Participants in this one-day seminar will examine the four steps universally found in great literature, spiritual texts and popular culture — known as the Heroic Journey — and learn how to utilize these concepts in a variety of client situations to help motivate and inspire. You will learn to utilize and adapt a multi-modal approach, including cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, Jungian, expressive, experiential, somatic, internal resource development and narrative therapies, for most types of clients. Attendees will receive an extensive manual with worksheet masters and access to additional resources to use with the populations they serve. Participants will also be given an opportunity to reflect experientially, privately or with others, on some of the applications of this seminar and may wish to bring a journal for reflective writing. You will leave with a new set of tools to put to work immediately to enhance your therapeutic repertoire.”