by Melissa Cynova | Mar 2, 2021 | Blog Post
Hey, nerds, It’s been a weird time for me – got sick, hospital, lots of blood tests, still don’t know what’s up with me for sure. And then I started feeling better and then got the second Pfizer vaccine and that knocked my ass out. So I feel...
by Melissa Cynova | Feb 2, 2021 | Blog Post
I decided to quit smoking 64 days ago. I’d tried before – lots of times before, but it was TIME. I had this idea that I would quit smoking, start exercising, and really focus on getting healthy this year. I started this program, #WellCynova, using the...
by Melissa Cynova | Jan 26, 2021 | WellCynova
When I was a kid, I didn’t think about my body. I ran around fields in central Kansas, my uncle’s junkyard, my grandpa’s farm. I climbed trees, crashed bicycles. When I was in my teens and twenties, I didn’t think about my body. I drank and...
by Melissa Cynova | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog Post, WellCynova
The Cups suit in the tarot is about emotion. How it flows through us, how it can drown us if we’re overwhelmed. How we can’t breathe when the waters get so high that they cover our mouth and nose. Our electrical system of a brain shorts out when the...
by Melissa Cynova | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog Post
It should be easy to focus on personal wellbeing when the world around you is on fire, but honestly, it seems like the least important thing. This is problematic. I think it’s a result of lots of things rolling together for me. I don’t think I’ll be...
by Melissa Cynova | Jan 12, 2021 | WellCynova
When I’m stressed, I re-read old favorites. My audible library is filled with them. Terry Pratchett, Patrick Rothfuss, Jim Butcher, Maggie Stiefvater. The two that I picked this week were Madeline L’engle and Orson Scott Card. (Yes, I know card is a hyper...
by Melissa Cynova | Jan 8, 2021 | WellCynova
So, turns out, an active sedition attempt will 100% put me off my game productively . I even tried to be all like “Hey, perhaps I should ride my bike” but honestly, sitting upright has been a challenge. I’m trying to wrap my brain around the fucked...
by Melissa Cynova | Jan 5, 2021 | WellCynova
Yesterday, I didn’t move my body because my body didn’t feel good. I lay in bed with an upset tum and allergies, berating myself for not just getting up and doing the thing. Just get on the bike! It’s ten minutes! And then I realized that I would be...
by Melissa Cynova | Jan 3, 2021 | WellCynova
We have these plastic, reusable water bottles that we use here, and there are 15 of them. I’ve got two teenagers, and part of doing dishes is refilling those bottles. You guys, they never did it. Or I had to ask, or threaten, or treat them like toddlers. It was...
by Melissa Cynova | Jan 2, 2021 | WellCynova
Since March, I don’t sleep. I mean, I sleep, but I don’t sleep when I want to, which kind of negates some of the benefits of sleep. Like last night, Joe and I watched Grey’s Anatomy (our Stories) and kissed and went to sleep. He went to sleep. I lay...
