Diana Pinzon

4 weeks ago | wcvb.com | Diana Pinzon

PIECES NEW LIFE? SOMETHING CAN GO FROM A SPECIAL HEIRLOOM TO TRASH. AND I’M TRYING TO, LIKE, REVERT IT AWAY FROM BECOMING TRASH. DAPHNE MURPHY CREATES ART FROM AILING ARTIFACTS WITH HER SCISSORS AND SEWING MACHINE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME IS JUST TO BE USING FABRIC THAT ALREADY EXISTS. A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE THE BEST PIECE GOES ON THE BACK, BECAUSE THAT’S THE BIGGEST PATTERN PIECE.

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Diana Pinzon

ARE WELL DOCUMENTED. TIME OUTSIDE CAN LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, REDUCE CORTISOL LEVELS AND IMPROVE HEART RATE. AND WHEN YOU’RE REALLY OUT AND BEING PRESENT IN NATURE, IT ALLOWS YOU TO DISCONNECT FROM THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE STRESSING YOU OUT. AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO BE ABLE TO REALLY HONE IN ON THOSE SENSES. THE JAPANESE WERE THE FIRST TO RECOMMEND FOCUSED IMMERSION UNDER THE TREES AS A HEALTH BENEFIT. BACK IN THE 1980S. IT’S CALLED SHINRIN YOKU. FOREST BATHING.

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Diana Pinzon

OUR LIVES. STRESS, WHILE THE SOURCE MAY DIFFER, EVERY HUMAN EXPERIENCES IT. STRESS IS A NATURAL REACTION THAT OUR BODY HAS TO DANGER. THINGS THAT MAKE US AFRAID WHEN WE HAVE TO PERFORM LIKE IT’S A NATURAL REACTION IN RESPONSE THAT OUR BODY HAS, YOU KNOW, IT BECOMES A NEGATIVE THING WHEN IT IS KIND OF UNRELENTING, WHEN IT LASTS TOO LONG, OR WHEN IT REALLY GETS IN THE WAY OF US DOING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AND WANT TO DO.

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Diana Pinzon

OH, WOULD YOU MAKE MY HEART GO THUMP, THUMP? HE’S A SEVEN YEAR OLD AUSTRALIAN CATTLE MIX AND A CERTIFIED THERAPY DOG. BEING AROUND ANIMALS, SPECIFICALLY DOGS, IS SHOWN TO REDUCE LEVELS OF STRESS, REDUCE LEVELS OF ANXIETY, LOWER HEART RATE, HELP CONTROL BREATHING. CARLISLE ED RESCUE TITO WHEN HE WAS JUST A PUPPY AND IN 2024 REALIZED HE COULD FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS. JOINING HER ON THE JOB AT THE COUNSELING CENTER AT WHEATON COLLEGE. WE LEARNED PRETTY EARLY ON THAT HE IS A REAL PEOPLE DOG.

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Diana Pinzon

WALK BOTH METAPHORICALLY AND PHYSICALLY, AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, IT’S BEST TO WARM UP WITH A GOOD STRETCH. RUNNING ARMS. YOU GO LIKE THIS FOR 30S 30S 4015. HEART RATES UP LUNGES, LUNGES. IS IT SNACK TIME AT TUCKER ELEMENTARY IN MILTON? THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADERS ARE MOVING THEIR BODIES AND LEARNING CRUCIAL LIFE LESSONS THROUGH AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM CALLED GIRLS ON THE RUN. GIRLS AS THEY ENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL CONTEND WITH REALLY BIG CHALLENGES.