Author Archives: Rachel Mackenzie Hand

Contemplative Practices

Up until this quarter, I’ve never experienced anything like a contemplative practice. I have never had a professor turn the lights off and ask the students to think about a particular subject. I’d never even heard of it, so when Professor Litfin handed out raisins and turned off the lights, I was as confused as I could be. Personally, I… Read more »

Eating Healthy: Ideal yet Unattainable for Many.

Society has conditioned into us a stereotype that people who are not eating healthy are just lazy. That people who are not eating greens and vegetables for every meal are the problem, that it is their own fault. Michael Pollan is no different, and throughout his book he supports the idea that people simply need to eat better; people should… Read more »