Need stress relief

In the past several days, I've learned that our education system, our health system, our financial system and our children are all broken in this country. I need something to relieve the anxiety I'm feeling. Before this project began, I would have been tempted to stick my head in the sand. Maybe order some thai food and curl up on the couch to watch some bad tv or immerse myself in a great book. What can I say -- I'm much more discerning about my reading than my television.

HOWEVER, as you know, whenever discomfort arises in my life this year, I turn to Oprah.com to heal all my ills. Or not. I typed the word "anxiety" into the search box on her website and was rewarded with 200 articles in return. For a week, I will invest myself in the first two results which seemed most applicable to how I'm feeling and my situation. I'll let you know how they turn out.

1. I am going to change the way I wake up and face the day, based on this article. This is really perfect since I'll watch Oprah later in the morning, after I complete these exercises.

2. Like many of you, I can definitely carry my anxiety in my body. When I'm super-stressed, I wear my shoulders as earrings. So this self-massage tension-diffuser should be an interesting addition to my day. I will video myself doing this one (don't worry, it's not dirty massage!) and give you a review of how it works for me. I'll start this one tonight.

Suze Orman was on the show today - doing more of her sassy financial interventions. I thought Oprah was especially interested in the segment about the sister who was sucking her sibling and mother dry. Oprah passionately shared that she's felt like her family has treated her like a bank in the past. I betcha when she became OPRAH, cousins she didn't even know she had came out of the woodwork to ask for money. I wonder if I might be related to her. I could use some help buying the ergonomic gardening supplies she told us we needed.