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I love to cook and bake. And I spend a lot of my time thinking about, and creating new recipes. You might say that the Kitchen is my Happy Place.

For me, cooking and baking are forms of “moving mediation”, involving all five basic human senses: touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste. The sensing organs associated with each of these send information to our brain and our conscious movement helps calm the mind while it’s focused on the present moment.

Some recipes were handed down by family members, or shared with me by friends. Most of those are modified. Many are my own creation and continue to evolve over time.

For a full list of my recipes, please click on the menu bar ( ☰ ) found on the upper left of this page.

If you’re looking for a specific recipe, the search icon on the upper right works pretty darn well too.

Coming to terms with Negativity

27 Monday Jul 2026

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From the moment we are born, we inherently feel both positive and negative emotions. Both are important to us for specific reasons.

Negative Emotions (Fear, sadness, anger, and disgust) are survival focused. These evolved to help us spot danger, react to threats, and to just simply stay alive.

Our brains naturally lean toward these negative feelings because avoiding threats was more critical for early human survival than seeking pleasure.

For that reason we are thought to be born with something called “Negativity Bias” .

Negativity and the fear, sadness, anger, or other emotions it produces can last a very long time because when we’re happy, our bias towards negativity doesn’t want us to stay that way.

Have you ever shared some great news with someone, only to get a response like “but what if something goes wrong”? That’s possibly a case of them sharing what they believe is a valid warning emanating from their Negativity Bias.

For us to disregard their comment would be irresponsible. Their comment may in fact be pointing out something we need to address up front. Once addressed we may alter our plans to avoid a negative outcome, or disregard depending on what we find.

Coming to terms with Negativity is essential. After all, its innate purpose is to protect us.

Lynn Kendall