Craving fat often
means your body needs essential nutrients, specifically fat-soluble
vitamins (A, D, E, K), or is seeking comfort due to stress. These
cravings are driven by a gut-brain connection that signals a desire for
calorie-dense energy. Satisfy these cravings with healthy fats like
avocado, nuts, seeds, or olive oil.
Reasons You Crave Fat:
Nutrient Deficiency: Lack of essential fats or fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K).
Stress/Anxiety: High-fat foods can feel comforting and reduce stress, similar to high-carb foods.
Gut-Brain Signaling:
Research suggests that when fat enters the intestines, it triggers a
gut-to-brain signal (via the vagus nerve) that drives further
consumption.
Biological Memory: The brain associates fatty foods with pleasure and reward, making them highly desirable.
Habit/Dieting: Restrictive dieting can trigger intense cravings for fat as the body seeks to regain energy.
How to Manage Fat Cravings:
Eat Healthy Fats:
Instead of processed, fried foods, choose nutrient-dense, healthy fats
like avocados, nuts, seeds, olive oil, and oily fish (salmon).
Manage Stress:
Since cravings can be emotional, addressing stress through, for
example, sleep (aim for 7-9 hours) can reduce the need for comfort food.
Identify Triggers: Pay attention to when cravings occur (e.g., when stressed, tired, or after a low-fat meal).
Incorporate Healthy Fats: Including healthy fats in meals helps satisfy hunger and reduces the likelihood of intense cravings.
"I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible—Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful—but we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.
The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men, cries out for universal brotherhood, for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.
To those who can hear me, I say: Do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
Soldiers, don’t give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, enslave you, who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel, who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men, machine men with machine minds and machine hearts. You are not machines. You are not cattle. You are men. You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don’t hate. Only the unloved hate, the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers, don't fight for slavery. Fight for liberty!
In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written, “The Kingdom of God is within man”—not one man nor a group of men, but in all [people]. In you. You, the people, have the power: the power to create machines, the power to create happiness. You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Then—in the name of democracy—let us use that power. Let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give all a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill that promise. They never will!
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to fulfill that promise. Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers, to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to [everyone's] happiness. In the name of democracy, let us all unite!"
—Charlie Chaplin
final speech from
The Great Dictator (1940)
Jonas Mekas survived Nazi occupation and Soviet deportation. He watched Lithuania fall to two empires. He made films instead of weapons. He lived to 96. The politicians who ruled his world are footnotes. He is not. The quote aged into a prophecy.
On May 8, 1965, more than a year after Kennedy’s death, Dwight D. Eisenhower did something that revealed just how deeply the loss still weighed on him. Despite his own failing health and doctors’ warnings—he was 74 and recovering from his third heart attack—Eisenhower traveled to the Kennedy Library groundbreaking ceremony in Boston.
Standing beside Jacqueline Kennedy, he told the assembled crowd something that made even hardened reporters weep:
"President Kennedy possessed the greatest campaign weapon any man could have—he had Jacqueline Kennedy by his side, but more than that, he possessed a quality I grew to admire deeply in our many conversations—the courage to admit when he didn’t know something and the wisdom to seek counsel."
What made the moment even more powerful was Eisenhower’s revelation that he had kept every letter Kennedy had ever written him, bound carefully in a private collection he called “Letters from a Young Lion.” That day, he donated them to the future Kennedy Library, saying he wanted history to know their friendship had been real—that politics hadn’t divided them where it mattered most.
Jackie Kennedy squeezed Eisenhower’s hand and whispered something those nearby heard: “He called you his North Star, General. He never stopped seeking your guidance.” Eisenhower’s voice broke as he replied, “And I never stopped believing in him.”
Here were two people from different worlds—the widowed First Lady and the retired Republican general—united in grief and mutual respect. They showed us that the bonds forged in service to country transcend everything else.
This is the America worth fighting for—the one where we see each other’s humanity first.
On March 5, 2026, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse delivered remarks on the Senate floor referencing connections between Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein,
and broader political networks that have come under renewed scrutiny
following the release of documents from the federal “Epstein Files.” The
remarks were delivered during a Senate session and broadcast by C-SPAN, which provides public access to congressional proceedings.
Whitehouse’s comments reflect a growing debate in Washington over how
political figures, financial institutions, and international networks
intersected with Epstein’s activities and why the full scope of those
connections remains unresolved decades after Epstein’s crimes first came
to light.
The video of the Senate proceedings is available through C-SPAN’s congressional archive, which records the full session of the United States Senate from March 5, 2026.
The facade of the doll house falls down. Finally. Hurray! But sadly it has been and continues to be at a great cost. We (the united states) are the ant farm, trying to cope and survive. We suffer the consequences but so do all the other countries involved.
Here’s another video I recommend to you, following up on the shipping one from last night
— but on a different topic. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D-RI) office
sent out the video this afternoon. It’s a speech the senator gave on the
Senate floor today. It’s about Trump, Russia and Jeff Epstein. Among
other things, it reminds us of how Bill Barr bamboozled most of the U.S.
press into thinking the Mueller investigation came up empty on Donald
Trump’s collusion with Russia. But this is a broader story. The speech
runs almost an hour long. But it’s worth it. There’s so many details in
the speech it defies easy summary. The best overview is to think of all
the ways Donald Trump was and is connecting to the Russian government
and the oligarch para-government. Whitehouse then shows that Jeff
Epstein is right there at almost every point of contact. It’s a mix of
old information, new investigating and a pretty close analysis of emails
in the Epstein Files that wouldn’t really jump out at you on their own
but become quite interesting when lined up with other outside
information which places them in context. Whatever that “thing” is,
Epstein is just as tied up in it as Trump —and at a lot of points he
seems to be a connecting tie. You can watch the speech after the jump.
The
French take time away seriously enough that it’s illegal to email
workers after business hours. While in the UK and America, we fill
weekends with errands and admin, the French prioritise friends and
hobbies (my French colleagues wouldn’t dream of dusting the apartment on
a Saturday). I now use weekends for long walks, gallery or museum
visits, or learning new recipes, arriving at work on Monday refreshed
and ready for the week ahead.
The
French often skip small talk in favour of philosophy and debate. Dinner
parties (which never went out of style in Paris) are lively, with
guests rotated every month to keep perspectives fresh. Strong opinions
and criticism aren’t seen as rude; the French love to argue because they
love to resolve disputes. I lost count of the number of couples I saw
arguing in public (often inviting friends to weigh in). While the
British and American custom of shallow chit-chat may seem more pleasant,
it’s these French-style honest conversations that build trust, openness
and stronger relationships.
The Only Place On Earth Where Anthony Bourdain Actually Loved Vegetarian Food By Autumn Swiers Aug. 22, 2023 9:30 pm EST
To say that Anthony Bourdain wasn't a fan of vegetarian dining would be a gross understatement. The chef-slash-writer had no interest in trying the Impossible Burger when it hit the market in 2016. Years earlier, in his 2000 magnum opus "Kitchen Confidential," Bourdain decried, "To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food." But Bourdain was singing a different tune when he visited India.
The host largely got his mind changed during the Punjab episode of "Parts Unknown." In a post-interview with CNN, Anderson Cooper points out how much Bourdain seemed to enjoy vegetarian food in Punjab, which seemingly contradicts his earlier outspoken vendetta. But Bourdain wasn't shy about admitting his change of heart: "India, and Punjab, in particular — that's a place where I could happily eat vegetarian for quite some time without really noticing it and enjoy it. The food is so proudly prepared; the textures are very colorful and spicy."
So what made Indian vegetarian dishes the exception for Bourdain? "In the Punjab, meat or no meat, you're almost guaranteed a free-for-all of intense colors, flavors, and spices," he raved. Instead of relying on meat to carry the meal, Indian dishes commonly showcase flavorful spices like cumin, cardamom, coriander, tamarind, and garam masala — and that's just the beginning.
As Anthony Bourdain mentioned in his CNN interview, "Indian vegetarian culture is very old and very rich." Indeed, Hinduism is the dominant religion in India, accounting for 79.8% of the country's population, per a 2021 study by Pew Research Center. The belief system champions vegetarianism, and Hindu or not, 81% of Indian adults restrict meat in their daily diets — though notably, as anthropologist Balmurli Natrajan and economist Suraj Jacob point out, factors like economic class, social pressures, and rampant stereotypes heavily influence the real-versus-reported accuracy of vegetarianism across the country (via the BBC). But largely, meat is not automatically assumed in Punjabi culinary stylings.
For some popular dishes like chicken tikka masala and mughlai chicken, meat is explicitly listed in the name. Others, like biryani and curry, are interchangeably made with or without meat. Palak paneer and aloo gobi are veggie-forward dishes with huge flavor and dimensional texture. Chickpeas, mung beans, naan roti, yogurt, basmati rice, and coconut milk are commonplace star ingredients — no meat necessary.
When diehard fans think of the foods Bourdain loved, they'll probably think of oysters or foie gras long before considering baingan bharta. As Bourdain himself teased in a promo for the episode, "See Tony eat vegetables — and like it." But humanity contains multitudes, and few individuals contained as many multitudes as Bourdain. (If a trip to Punjab is a bit of a reach, hit up a local Indian restaurant and find out what the hype is about for yourself.)
In Family court, Scott Naso reiterated his reasons for
suspending his in-laws’ visits with his 4-year-old daughter and said
the state’s grandparents visitation law was being used as a weapon
against him
Scott Naso wears a
pair of beaded bracelets that read “Dad” and “Daddy” in reference to his
parenthood of his 4-year-old daughter, Laila, as he testified against
granting visitation rights to his daughter’s grandparents on Friday,
March 5, 2026. Ken McGagh for The Boston Globe
WARWICK, R.I. — A father who is trying to keep his late wife’s parents away from his daughter testified Friday that he didn’t believe they could be trusted if the Family Court granted them visitation.
Scott
Naso told Judge Felix Gill that he believed his in-laws lacked
“credibility, character, judgment, and a moral compass,” and that his
4-year-old daughter, Laila, would not be safe with them.
“I
believe wholeheartedly they are morally corrupt, and they are the
reason my wife, my daughter’s mother, and their own daughter, is not
here,” Naso testified on Friday, in a grandparents visitation rights trial in Kent County Family Court.
Naso
testified that they had blamed him when Shahrzad “Sherry” Naso, his
wife and their only daughter, died on April 24, 2024 after her breast
cancer reoccurred andmetastasized.
He
said that Khorsand accused him of “causing stress” that killed Sherry
Naso and mocked the funeral services he arranged as a “narcissistic
display of artificial grief.”
Naso’s lawyer spent much of Friday’s hearing going over his previous testimony,where she and the judge asked about the reasons he was refusing to allow visits.
Naso
had allowed his in-laws to visit with Laila several times after his
wife’s death. But by July 2024, he had become uneasy with their
behavior, and he emailed them not contact him or his family and friends.
His in-laws took him to court.
In
the fall of 2024, Family Court Judge Debra DiSegna ordered supervised
visits, without holding a trial as required by law. Those visits were
suspended in February 2025 when Naso asked the state Department of
Children, Youth, and Families to investigate his in-laws. He has refused
to resume visits.
Since then, Naso testified, he discovered that Ghoreishi had prescribed 124 medications for Sherry Naso over the last decade of her life. The medicationmasked
signs that her cancer had returned, because Ghoreishi didn’t inform
Sherry Naso’s doctors that he was treating her, they wouldn’t know that
her cancer had returned, Naso said.
On Friday, Naso also reiterated how he hadfound
dozens of medications, including prescription bottles for Xanax that
Ghoreishi had prescribed for Khorsand and his office manager. He told
the judge he believed the pills were being funneled to Sherry Naso.
Naso said that Ghoreishi had not informed him ofthe American Medical Association Code of Ethics and Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline rules against physicians treating family members when he was Laila’s pediatrician and prescribing medicines for Sherry Naso.
He discovered that Ghoreishi had written 36 prescriptions for Laila by
the time she was 2 1/2. That included prednisone, which Ghoreishi and
Khorsand forced down her throat the day Sherry Naso died, without Naso’s
permission.
Naso repeated that he discovered that Ghoreishi had filed insurance claims for him, his wife, and his daughter with Blue Cross & Blue Shield, and that dozens of the claimsappeared to be fraudulent.
He told the judge that he believed his in-laws let their state medical licenses expire in 2024 to avoid accountability.
“As
I sit here now in March, those reasons [to stop visits] have only been
amplified by a hundred through their testimony and depositions, and
things that I’ve learned,” Naso said.
Scott Naso and his then-3-year-old daughter, Laila, in their kitchen in Rhode Island in 2025.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
Since this trial began in October2025, the judge has heard very little about an important factor in any grandparents’ visitation rights case: Why visits withher grandparents would be in Laila’s best interest.
Under
the law, a judge needs to consider the reasons a parent believes that
it is not in the child’s best interest to have visits with their
grandparents.
The
judge asked Naso about whether Laila would find out that he believed
that her grandparents were responsible for her mother’s death.
Naso said he’s been vocal about his beliefs and knows that Laila will learn about themwhen she’s older. “My daughter deserves to know what happened,” he said.
The judge asked whether she would know that her grandparents hold her father responsible for her mother’s death.
“I wouldn’t know,” Naso responded. “I don’t want her to have any contact with them.”
The
judge said that Ghoreishi and Khorsand had testified that they wouldn’t
disparage Naso. “That doesn’t change anything for you?” Gill asked.
“There
are a lot of things I don’t believe that they’ve said and that this
litigation has proven as well,” Naso said. “I absolutely believe they
would say things to my daughter.”
Ghoreishi and Khorsand have both said they love the little girl and want to be in her life. They paid for the surrogacy and egg donor that produced Laila and several embryosthat
are still in storage (Naso is Laila’s biological father). Both spent a
lot of time at the Nasos’ home after Laila was born, and all but moved
in with the family after Sherry Naso grew sick again inDecember 2023.
Both have testified that Naso is a fit parent to his daughter. Both havedenied any wrongdoing and promised not to administer medicationto Laila. Ghoreishi previouslytestified that he didn’t believe he was doing anything unethical by treating his daughter.
On Friday,Naso told the judge that he didn’t believe them and that they lied about their actions.
He also said that thestate’s grandparents’ visitation law has been used as a weapon against him.
“They
were talking about using this legal process to bankrupt me, to the
point I wouldn’t be able to live in my house and my daughter in the
house that me and my wife built,” Naso said.
When
he first asked his in-laws not to visit in July 2024, Naso said, he had
been open to resuming visits after he had time to mourn his wife and
Laila to grieve for her mother.
“I still have not had that opportunity, Your Honor, and it’s been almost two years,” Naso said.
He became choked with tears, and looked up at the ceiling. The judge sat facing him, and the courtroom fell completely still.
“I
am broke, but they haven’t broken my will to protect my daughter,” Naso
said, briefly touching his hand to his heart. “I may be broke, but they
haven’t broken me.”
The trial will resume the week of April 20, duringthe second anniversary of Sherry Naso’s death.
Whatever you do, don’t rely on memory. Don’t even imagine that you will be able to remember verbatim in the evening what people said during the day. And don’t squirrel notes in a bathroom—that is, run off to the john and write surreptitiously what someone said back there with the cocktails. From the start, make clear what you are doing and who will publish what you write. Display your notebook as if it were a fishing license. While the interview continues, the notebook may serve other purposes, surpassing the talents of a tape recorder. As you scribble away, the interviewee is, of course, watching you. Now, unaccountably, you slow down, and even stop writing, while the interviewee goes on talking. The interviewee becomes nervous, tries harder, and spills out the secrets of a secret life, or maybe just a clearer and more quotable version of what was said before. Conversely, if the interviewee is saying nothing of interest, you can pretend to be writing, just to keep the enterprise moving forward.
JOHN McPHEE
Empty Stomach Syndrome
Some dogs vomit bile early in the morning because they have an empty
stomach. It's speculated that a long fasting period between their
evening meal and morning meal can cause intestinal fluid to backflow
into their tummies, causing nausea and vomiting.
It all comes down to being disappointed in how rude and idiotic people can be and I think if I am polite and kind they will learn. Nope! The enlightened kind ones already are there. The rude ones have always been there, I just hoped they would be inspired GET BETTER.
An estimated 500 clowns from around Mexico and the
rest of Latin America gathered Wednesday at the International Clown
Meeting and held a 15-minute laugh-a-thon "to demonstrate their
opposition to the generalized violence that prevails in our country."
As
hard as it might sound to be a clown in a country so riven by crime and
violence, the laughing came naturally, Villanueva said.
"We laugh at the very things that hurt us," he said. "It is a very special, very Mexican humor."
I
was incensed. I had just finished reading a story on Medium by a writer
who creates content under a pseudonym. But, instead of using that
pseudonym for the purposes of anonymity, he uses his actual photos (of
his face) in his articles. My brain screamed. What an idiot! This makes no sense! Has anyone heard of facial recognition software? That defeats the whole point of a pen name!
Instead
of internally stewing for hours, though, I decided to do something I
call “writing it out.” I took to my keyboard and typed furiously until I
had laid out all of my angry thoughts. I included my reasons to justify
my frustration over this cocky writer, and I had wrapped it up in an
oh-so-popular paragraph full of takeaways for the reader.
When
I was finished, I felt a little better. I felt less angry and
more…vindicated. My “writing it out” process had helped me process my
anger. And my anger fueled my writing in a few other ways. My anger made
me more creative, it gave me energy, and it helped me create a
passionate narrative. In short, my anger helped my writing process.
I
truly believe that writing when we’re angry about something is one of
the best things we can do. And, in my experience, this practice has
proven to be both significantly profitable and cathartic at the same
time. Here’s why I think you should write when you’re angry.
Anger is energy
Many people think anger is just an emotion. It’s not. According to Dr. Scott Haas in Psychology Today,
“Anger is instead a reaction to other primary feelings that the angry
individual ignores with or without insight. Ultimately, it is a
carapace, a surface reaction, which makes external or dramatic the
nitty-gritty that goes unaddressed.”
So,
what does that all mean? That means that underneath anger lies
something else. But that anger cover is pretty powerful. It is the
movement driven by something you may or may not be aware is riding
underneath the surface. And what better way to get to the bottom of what
is going on in your life than to write it out?
There’s a reason we want to punch and kick things like a three-year-old when we’re angry.
Trump didn’t fire Kristi Noem because she failed to respond to the floods in Texas which claimed the lives of at least 100 people.
He didn’t fire her because Americans were murdered by her rabid masked goons.
He didn’t fire her for posing for photos in front of human beings in cages like they were livestock.
He didn’t fire her for racially profiling Latinos, African-Americans, Arab Americans and Asian Americans.
He didn’t fire her because she was arresting legal permanent residents and US citizens and detaining them illegally.
He didn’t fire her because she was keeping children in fetid, rancid concentration camps without access to clean water, fresh food or medical care.
He didn’t fire her for turning our cities into militarized war zones.
He fired her because she made him “look bad.”
That was the red line.
None of the other things were.
A
Haitian man who was living in Dorchester and seeking asylum when he was
detained in September by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents
died in federal custody this week from an untreated tooth infection, his brother said.
Emmanuel
Damas, 56, was eventually transferred to the medium-security Florence
Correctional Center in Arizona after he was detained and was held there
for several months. In mid-February, he told personnel at the facility
that he had a toothache, but he was not sent to a dentist, his brother,
Presly Nelson, told the Associated Press.
Damas
died Monday at an area hospital. The circumstances of his death have
sparked outrage among lawmakers in Massachusetts and Arizona. On
Thursday, Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, along with
Representative Ayanna Pressley, wrote a letter to former Department of
Homeland secretary Kristi Noem
and ICE acting director Todd Lyons demanding a full investigation into
the death of Damas. They also called on the DHS to provide proper
medical treatment care to detainees.
Damas is at least the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year, the lawmakers said.
After
Damas first informed staff of his nagging tooth pain, he visited the
health clinic at the detention center over the course of two days, on
Feb. 17 and Feb. 18. He was given over-the-counter medications but was
reportedly denied dental treatment, according to the lawmakers. Several
days later, Damas told his family that his condition had worsened and he
could no longer speak properly. He informed them he would be taken to a
hospital, the letter states.
On
Feb. 20, staff at the HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center told
his family that Damas was suffering from pneumonia and had been placed
on life support in the intensive care unit, where he remained in
critical condition, according to the letter. Lawmakers wrote that his
family was left unaware of his medical condition and physical
whereabouts.
“For
the next few days, the hospital declined to release Mr. Damas’s medical
information and redirected his brother, Presly Nelson, to ICE. Mr.
Nelson repeatedly contacted the Florence detention facility to obtain
more information, to no avail,” Pressley, Warren, and Markey said in the
letter.
On
Feb. 23, Nelson reached out to the ICE facility again and was told that
Damas had been moved back into detention. He was not given any
information about his brother’s condition, according to lawmakers. That
same day, Markey contacted ICE and requested an update on his health
status and location.
“ICE
did not provide satisfactory answers, blaming the lack of a Privacy
Release Form. Senator Markey had made clear that a Privacy Release Form
was impossible given that it was unclear where Mr. Damas was located and
if he was even alive,” the letter states.
Days
later, the Damas family learned he had been hospitalized again and was
scheduled for surgery on Feb. 26, lawmakers wrote. Damas died on March
2.
His
family has alleged that ICE did not provide Damas with timely medical
care, “allowing an untreated toothache to become a deadly infection,”
according to lawmakers. Further, Nelson’s “entreaties for information
about his brother’s well-being were met with silence and stonewalling.”
The
family was kept “in the dark until it was far too late,” said the
Massachusetts lawmakers, adding that the case “raises serious questions
regarding ICE’s ability to timely treat and care for individuals it
detains.”
His
deaths comes amid growing concerns about the conditions inside federal
immigration detention centers, with last year marking the deadliest in
ICE history in over two decades, lawmakers said.
“It
is unacceptable that, under your watch, DHS has failed to keep
immigrants in its custody safe from preventable death,” they added. “As
Mr. Damas’s death tragically highlights, individuals in ICE’s custody
are not treated in accordance with the standards governing ICE’s
conduct.”
The
Florence detention center where Damas died is “owned and operated by
CoreCivic, one of the largest for-profit detention contractors,”
according to lawmakers. “CoreCivic has long been roiled by reports of
horrific conditions and insufficient medical care in its detention
centers.”
Pressley,
Warren, and Markey called his death “a tragedy and likely, a highly
preventable one.” The lawmakers requested answers to a number of
questions about the circumstances of his death by March 20.
“His
passing has shaken a family and community that have shown remarkable
strength in the face of unimaginable loss. Mr. Damas’s family members
deserve to know the full truth of what happened to him,” they said.
In The Paris Paradox,
Shemin Nurmohamed offers a transformative perspective on work and life
drawn from her nearly twenty years living in France. This insightful
book challenges American hustle culture by revealing how French
attitudes toward time, relationships, and priorities create not just
more fulfilling lives, but often more successful careers.
Through engaging personal stories and
practical wisdom, Nurmohamed shows how seemingly counterintuitive French
approaches—taking full vacations, enjoying leisurely lunches, building
deep community, and embracing contentment—can transform our experience
of both work and life. She demonstrates that by adopting these
principles, we can become more resilient, creative, and effective, all
while experiencing greater joy and deeper connections.
Each chapter explores an aspect of
French culture that Americans can adapt without moving overseas: the art
of leisure, the importance of Sundays off, the value of savoring meals,
achieving life-work balance (not work-life balance), cultivating
expertise through patience, building community, engaging in authentic
conversations, practicing moderation, and finding contentment in
everyday moments.
The Paris Paradox
isn’t about escaping to France—it’s about bringing the best of French
wisdom home. Nurmohamed provides practical strategies for implementing
these principles in American workplaces and homes, showing how small
shifts in perspective can lead to profound improvements in quality of
life and, paradoxically, in achievement as well.
Whether you’re an executive seeking to
build a more effective team culture, a professional looking for a more
sustainable approach to career advancement, or simply someone searching
for a more balanced and fulfilling life, this book offers a refreshing
alternative to the burnout and disconnection that characterize so much
of modern American life.
Darlene worried about using plastic wrap and eating inorganic carrots but her husband Ralph was making his own lead bullets by hand in his garage workshop off the kitchen. These were the conundrums Eloise always spotted in relationships. Ralph had a high paying job in the 90's working as a computer programmer but now he lived on his old gains drinking whiskey, smoking weed, eating mostly butter and bacon while she was being a life coach in their affluent neighborhood. She was preaching Reiki and wheat grass juice on her YouTube channel.
She worried about using plastic containers in her kitchen and had home delivered organic foods but in the end she mostly ate take out from the Thai restaurant downstairs from her fancy condo. Her father was a famous surgeon back in the day. He left her lots of money and she smoked it all on weed and a country house in Aruba. She and her husband Walter had six French Bulldogs that never had walks and crapped all over their authentic Persian rugs. She spend hundreds to have them cleaned only to repeat the problem over and over again. She was too stoned to read her dogs signals.
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