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80 Year Study Shows Happiness Is The Driving Force In Our Health - Duration: 13:51.
80-Year Study Shows Happiness Is The Driving Force In Our Health
How people describe both positive and negative events in their lives influences their perception
of their own life.
When scientists began tracking the health of 268 Harvard sophomores in 1938 during the
Great Depression, they hoped the longitudinal study would reveal clues to leading healthy
and happy lives.
They got more than they wanted.
After following the surviving Crimson men for nearly 80 years as part of the Harvard
Study of Adult Development, one of the world�s longest studies of adult life, researchers
have collected a cornucopia of data on their physical and mental health.
Of the original Harvard cohort recruited as part of the Grant Study, only 19 are still
alive, all in their mid-90s.
Among the original recruits were eventual President John F. Kennedy and longtime Washington
Post editor Ben Bradlee.
(Women weren�t in the original study because the College was still all male.)
In addition, scientists eventually expanded their research to include the men�s offspring,
who now number 1,300 and are in their 50s and 60s, to find out how early-life experiences
affect health and aging over time.
Some participants went on to become successful businessmen, doctors, lawyers, while others
ended up as schizophrenics or alcoholics, but not on inevitable tracks.
During the intervening decades, the control groups have expanded.
In the 1970s, 456 Boston inner-city residents were enlisted as part of the Glueck Study,
and 40 of them are still alive.
More than a decade ago, researchers began including wives in the Grant and Glueck studies.
Over the years, researchers have studied the participants� health trajectories and their
broader lives, including their triumphs and failures in careers and marriage, and the
finding have produced startling lessons, and not only for the researchers.
�The surprising finding is that our relationships and how happy we are in our relationships
has a powerful influence on our health,� said Robert Waldinger, director of the study,
a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical
School.
�Taking care of your body is important, but tending to your relationships is a form
of self-care too.
That, I think, is the revelation.�
Close relationships, more than money or fame, are what keep people happy throughout their
lives, the study revealed.
Those ties protect people from life�s discontents, help to delay mental and physical decline,
and are better predictors of long and happy lives than social class, IQ, or even genes.
That finding proved true across the board among both the Harvard men and the inner-city
participants.
The long-term research has received funding from private foundations, but has been financed
largely by grants from the National Institutes of Health, first through the National Institute
of Mental Health, and more recently through the National Institute on Aging.
Researchers who have pored through data, including vast medical records and hundreds of in-person
interviews and questionnaires, found a strong correlation between men�s flourishing lives
and their relationships with family, friends, and community.
Several studies found that people�s level of satisfaction with their relationships at
age 50 was a better predictor of physical health than their cholesterol levels were.
�When we gathered together everything we knew about them about at age 50, it wasn�t
their middle-age cholesterol levels that predicted how they were going to grow old,� said Waldinger
in a popular TED Talk.
�It was how satisfied they were in their relationships.
The people who were the most satisfied in their relationships at age 50 were the healthiest
at age 80.�
What makes a good life?
Lessons from the longest study on happiness
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life?
If you think it�s fame and money, you�re not alone � but, according to psychiatrist
Robert Waldinger, you�re mistaken.
As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented
access to data on true happiness and satisfaction.
In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical,
old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.
He recorded his TED talk, titled �What Makes a Good Life?
Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness,� in 2015, and it has been viewed 13,000,000
times.
The researchers also found that marital satisfaction has a protective effect on people�s mental
health.
Part of a study found that people who had happy marriages in their 80s reported that
their moods didn�t suffer even on the days when they had more physical pain.
Those who had unhappy marriages felt both more emotional and physical pain.
Those who kept warm relationships got to live longer and happier, said Waldinger, and the
loners often died earlier.
�Loneliness kills,� he said.
�It�s as powerful as smoking or alcoholism.�
According to the study, those who lived longer and enjoyed sound health avoided smoking and
alcohol in excess.
Researchers also found that those with strong social support experienced less mental deterioration
as they aged.
In part of a recent study, researchers found that women who felt securely attached to their
partners were less depressed and more happy in their relationships two-and-a-half years
later, and also had better memory functions than those with frequent marital conflicts.
Loneliness kills.
It�s as powerful as smoking or alcoholism.
� Robert Waldinger �Good relationships don�t just protect
our bodies; they protect our brains,� said Waldinger in his TED talk.
�And those good relationships, they don�t have to be smooth all the time.
Some of our octogenarian couples could bicker with each other day in and day out, but as
long at they felt that they could really count on the other when the going got tough, those
arguments didn�t take a toll on their memories.�
Since aging starts at birth, people should start taking care of themselves at every stage
of life, the researchers say.
�Aging is a continuous process,� Waldinger said.
�You can see how people can start to differ in their health trajectory in their 30s, so
that by taking good care of yourself early in life you can set yourself on a better course
for aging.
The best advice I can give is �Take care of your body as though you were going to need
it for 100 years,� because you might.�
The study, like its remaining original subjects, has had a long life, spanning four directors,
whose tenures reflected their medical interests and views of the time.
Under the first director, Clark Heath, who stayed from 1938 until 1954, the study mirrored
the era�s dominant view of genetics and biological determinism.
Early researchers believed that physical constitution, intellectual ability, and personality traits
determined adult development.
They made detailed anthropometric measurements of skulls, brow bridges, and moles, wrote
in-depth notes on the functioning of major organs, examined brain activity through electroencephalograms,
and even analyzed the men�s handwriting.
Now, researchers draw men�s blood for DNA testing and put them into MRI scanners to
examine organs and tissues in their bodies, procedures that would have sounded like science
fiction back in 1938.
In that sense, the study itself represents a history of the changes that life brings.
Psychiatrist George Vaillant, who joined the team as a researcher in 1966, led the study
from 1972 until 2004.
Trained as a psychoanalyst, Vaillant emphasized the role of relationships, and came to recognize
the crucial role they played in people living long and pleasant lives.
When the study began, nobody cared about empathy or attachment.
But the key to healthy aging is relationships, relationships, relationships.
� George Vaillant In a book called Aging Well, Vaillant wrote
that six factors predicted healthy aging for the Harvard men: physical activity, absence
of alcohol abuse and smoking, having mature mechanisms to cope with life�s ups and downs,
and enjoying both a healthy weight and a stable marriage.
For the inner-city men, education was an additional factor.
�The more education the inner city men obtained,� wrote Vaillant, �the more likely they were
to stop smoking, eat sensibly, and use alcohol in moderation.�
Vaillant�s research highlighted the role of these protective factors in healthy aging.
The more factors the subjects had in place, the better the odds they had for longer, happier
lives.
�When the study began, nobody cared about empathy or attachment,� said Vaillant.
�But the key to healthy aging is relationships, relationships, relationships.�
The study showed that the role of genetics and long-lived ancestors proved less important
to longevity than the level of satisfaction with relationships in midlife, now recognized
as a good predictor of healthy aging.
The research also debunked the idea that people�s personalities �set like plaster� by age
30 and cannot be changed.
�Those who were clearly train wrecks when they were in their 20s or 25s turned out to
be wonderful octogenarians,� he said.
�On the other hand, alcoholism and major depression could take people who started life
as stars and leave them at the end of their lives as train wrecks.�
The study�s fourth director, Waldinger has expanded research to the wives and children
of the original men.
That is the second-generation study, and Waldinger hopes to expand it into the third and fourth
generations.
�It will probably never be replicated,� he said of the lengthy research, adding that
there is yet more to learn.
�We�re trying to see how people manage stress, whether their bodies are in a sort
of chronic �fight or flight� mode,� Waldinger said.
�We want to find out how it is that a difficult childhood reaches across decades to break
down the body in middle age and later.�
Lara Tang �18, a human and evolutionary biology concentrator who recently joined the
team as a research assistant, relishes the opportunity to help find some of those answers.
She joined the effort after coming across Waldinger�s TED talk in one of her classes.
�That motivated me to do more research on adult development,� said Tang.
�I want to see how childhood experiences affect developments of physical health, mental
health, and happiness later in life.�
Asked what lessons he has learned from the study, Waldinger, who is a Zen priest, said
he practices meditation daily and invests time and energy in his relationships, more
than before.
�It�s easy to get isolated, to get caught up in work and not remembering, �Oh, I haven�t
seen these friends in a long time,�� Waldinger said.
�So I try to pay more attention to my relationships than I used to.
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James Comey Was Just Caught In Massive Lie About Trump�This Is Huge!
By Danny Gold
FBI Director James Comey is in really hot water after what just came out about him last
night.
Senator Chuck Grassley, The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, noticed something very
suspicious about James Comey�s testimony over Chris Steele, the British spy who made
the �dirty dossier� on Trump.
Senator Grassley said Director Comey changed his story.
According to Senator Grassley,
�There appear to be material inconsistencies between the description of the FBI�s relationship
with Mr. Steele that you did provide in your briefing and information contained in Justice
Department documents made available to the Committee only after the briefing.�
Basically, �material inconsistencies� means Director Comey�s stories aren�t
matching up. That�s a pretty good indicator that something is up.
His concerns can best be summed up in this letter showing the link between Comey, Steele,
and�you guessed it�Hillary Clinton:
�The idea that the FBI and associates of the Clinton campaign would pay Mr. Steele
to investigate the Republican nominee for President in the run-up to the election raises
further questions about the FBI�s independence from politics, as well as the Obama administration�s
use of law enforcement and intelligence agencies for political ends.�
So what does this mean for our President? Was the FBI behind PI$$GATE to get Trump impeached?
Were they secretly investigating Steele?
Look, I cannot say any of those for certain, but what I do know is we the People deserve
some answers. Help get this shared everywhere so we can show we are serious and hold them
accountable for once.
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I, I see it in your eyes
It's written in the stars, tonight
I, I follow in my dreams
It's all that I can do, for you
One, you and I are one.
We will always be together
Deep, in an endless space
The world is so unkind right now
Yet I feel, I feel, I feel, Alive
And I feel, yes I feel, I feel, Alive
Love, we will have love
It overcomes hate, always
Smile, baby just smile
If only for awhile, it's freedom
Give, honey just give
All you can to others
Sad, whenever I'm sad
I sing that song, we love
And I feel, I feel, I feel, Alive
And I feel, yes I feel, I feel, Alive
Sha la la la we sing
Sha la la la We cry
Sha la la la We learn
Sha la la la We live
We live
We live
And I feel, yes I feel, I feel, Alive
And I feel, yes I feel, I feel, Alive
And I feel, yes I feel, I feel, Alive
And I feel, yes I feel, I feel, Alive
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3 Reasons Why Our Awakening Will Have Nothing To Do With, Or Result In A Revolution
The non-sociological definition of a revolution and the one most people are familiar with
is "the forcible overthrow and thorough replacement of an established government or political
system by the people governed."
If you ask most people involved in the truth and freedom movement, they'll likely tell
you that a coming revolution of this kind is inevitable.
However, there are many reasons why the majority of the world will not move in this direction...
here are three reasons why.
1.
Non-Compliance
The political events that have recently transpired are giving us a glimpse of dramatic acts which
have sparked a cascade of protests and unrest.
Although the superficial impression portrayed by the media is violence and chaos, there
is so much more occurring.
Collective consciousness has finally penetrated through the false paradigm of our society.
The power of the people in unified purpose is now dictating the pace to prevent further
oppression and suppression of truth.
People are realizing that they do not have to comply with government and their outrageous
lies and deceit.
They are realizing that the only way for a sustainable future to exist is to self-govern
and release the old conventional mentality of a government ruling the people since it
never really was about people ruling their government.
More people are learning to turn off their televisions, think for themselves, question
authority, get out of debt, meditate, start their own garden, reduce stress, etc.
The trauma from this awakening is indeed causing a major shift as these revelations arise and
the global populace changes thinking patterns that have kept them enslaved for thousands
of years.
There are moral reasons of course why many people are generally complying more with community
practices that relate to experiences linked to respect, fairness and reasonable expectations
in stability of mind and body.
We will see more chaos ensue in the coming months, but over the next few years, millions
will rally for peace and freedom in non-violent international meditations and the promotion
of non-compliance.
People will simply understand that government is not the answer and never will be.
Multitudes all over the globe will work toward the betterment of their communities, their
countries, their world in a way that has nothing to do with possessions, rules and restrictions
and everything to do with unity, spirit, compassion and caring.
2.
The Age of Lies and Deceit is Over
Energy planes acting on the Earth though solar activity and collective consciousness are
enabling telepathic connections.
Every human being will soon have the ability to communicate with each other with less words.
It is happening right now.
There will be no more lies and the end of worldwide deception as true human history
comes to light.
All children and adults will have access to schooling that reflects universal truths.
Agriculture will be in accordance with Nature, treatment of food animals humane, and nutritious
food in abundance for every soul on the planet.
Free energy sources will be implemented and the use of fossil fuels ended, and proper
health care will be the right of all peoples.
Legal, judicial and penal systems will be reformed, injustices corrected, all types
of slave trade ended, and women honored instead of relegated to possessions.
The control of media will cease; so will all types of pollution, and environmental destruction.
This monumental undertaking � no less than the transformation of a third density world
and the spiritual renewal of its civilization! � is happening with unprecedented speed
and assistance, unique in the universe, not only on Earth.
All these things will not be implemented or controlled by large governments but by people
working in communities until these principles are translated to larger cities, states and
eventually nations, simultaneously and peacefully transforming government as we know it.
3.
The Golden Age
The Earth is quickly moving towards a Golden Age of global healing.
This may be difficult for many to comprehend while the world struggles to break free from
this old and very controlled paradigm, but every single person living on earth has a
role that they will play out with their unique abilities, gifts and skills.
We all have a purpose and the only way to discover them are by following our passion,
inspiration and joy.
We can respond with great fear or with great love.
We will no longer have linear minds moving forward so we must prepare our bodies for
their new energy.
Our hearts hold the key in finding our direct connection to the earth and the universe.
A time on earth is soon coming where we will experience such chaos that it will be necessary
for agents of calm to act as leaders to help humanity through this phase.
We will dispel the negativity of despair in the people who are uninformed simply by living
our in this manner.
We are the change and as we change, so will others regardless of what is happening around
them.
This is not preaching or being hypothetical.
This is how the universe works.
It has no choice but to respond to the collective consciousness which is now shining a light
that is permeating through every human being on the planet.
Family members, friends and colleagues who you think are reluctant to accept whatever
doesn't fit into their ideas and beliefs will soon see act on a different perspective and
have a respect for others like they never have before.
This mode of thinking will change entire governments and international economic systems to the
point where they must be dismantled.
They cannot exist in the same plane of existence as those who are ascending their consciousness
to include more light and love.
It would be like trying to fill a swimming pool with only one glass of water.
It is impossible.
Think of humanity and our minds as the swimming pool and there is now a need to have it filled
with water.
The government, controlled media, and corporate mindset is only offering a glass of water,
so change is inevitable since our minds can no longer be satisfied with just a glass.
The purpose of those facilitating this process has always been to offer spiritual guidance
and enlightenment about this transitional period as Earth ascends out of third density
and approaches her Golden Age, where we will take our rightful place as members of our
universal family.
The end of the world, endless violent confrontations and revolutions are simply humanity's projection
of our current state of consciousness mixed with the slow and gradual release of the old
paradigm.
This phase will come to an end rather abruptly in the coming years and what humanity has
been striving to achieve will soon
be realized thereafter.
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Non-Humans That People Actually Married - Duration: 7:02.
Finding love isn't easy... but have you ever stopped to think that maybe you're going about
it all wrong?
Who says you have to fall in love with an actual person?
Love is hard, and weddings get… complicated.
Fulfillment takes all forms, and while your eventual marriage to your favorite object
may not be considered "legal" in most states, love is love.
Here are a few things that people have formed non-traditional relationships with.
If you find yourself looking at, say, your shoes or that tube of tennis balls a little
differently after watching this, don't blame us.
But do invite us to the wedding.
The Berlin Wall
From an early age, Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer knew she was into things, not people, and
never felt the need to hide her orientation.
In the '70s, Berliner-Mauer wanted to teach others about her feelings, and helped coin
the term "Objectum Sexuality," or simply "OS."
In 1979, she made her love official when she married the Berlin Wall, an object she'd loved
since she was a child, changing her last name to, literally, "Berlin Wall."
It's easy to make fun of someone like Berliner-Mauer for their odd proclivities.
However, she and other OS individuals have insisted that it's not just a fetish, but
rather a complete orientation.
Why the Berlin wall?
She explained,
"I find long, slim things with horizontal lines very sexy.
The Great Wall of China's attractive, but he's too thick — my husband is sexier."
Unfortunately, the marriage ended in tragedy.
In 1989, the Berlin wall was demolished.
The widowed Berliner-Mauer was horrified, but in her deceased husband's place, she kept
multiple models of the wall at her home.
Fortunately for her, she was able to move on.
At the time of her death in 2015, she was kind of seeing a nearby garden fence.
That's not a joke.
A large rock
Tracey Emin is something of a high-concept performance artist.
You may recognize her from her controversial installation called "My Bed", which recently
sold for millions of dollars, and was pretty much just her bed after she soiled it for
three days during a mental breakdown.
Art, right?
"I don't know much about art, but I know what I like."
Recently, for the love of art, Emin married an "impressive stone" in her garden.
For Emin, the groom rock represents permanence in an unreliable world.
Emin described her feelings about the marriage, saying,
"It just means that at the moment I am not alone.
Somewhere on a hill facing the sea, there's a very beautiful ancient stone, and it's not
going anywhere.
It will be there, waiting for me."
That's a pretty lovely sentiment, even if the rock, and most human beings, will never
understand.
The exhibit itself, titled "I Cried Because I Love You," features several of her works
in a variety of mediums revolving around her stone-cold wedding.
Not one for tradition, Emin wore a white shroud that was initially intended to cover her father's
dead body.
Now, she has a husband who will never take her for granite.
A Barbie doll
A man marrying a Barbie doll might sound a little creepy, but it's okay.
He was only doing it for his dead wife, who had tragically committed suicide twenty years
prior to their own personal Barbie dream wedding.
Chang Hsi-hsum believed that the doll contained his spirit of his former wife, Tsai, and wanted
to give her the happy marriage of her dreams.
Chang had married another human wife in the years since Tsai's death, but his new wife
was totally cool with the marriage, which took place in 1999.
The wedding reportedly looked like a traditional Buddhist ceremony with the plastic bride adorned
with gold jewelry.
Chang was relieved to have finally found spiritual peace, saying,
"Now I will marry her spirit and take her home.
We will be finally together and able to live in peace."
…providing that Ken isn't the jealous type.
And we all know that he is.
"I can't take it here, Ken.
I wanna go to the butterfly room with you!"
"Yeah, well, you should've thought of that yesterday."
A pizza
In 2015, The Mirror reported that an unnamed Russian man decided human love was just too
much trouble.
Rather than finding another annoying, needy human, full of emotions and thoughts and not
nearly enough pepperoni, he decided to straight up marry a pizza.
The happy groom made no secret about his motivations, saying,
"Love between two humans is a complicated wild thing … Pizza would not reject you
or betray you, and speaking quite frankly and sincerely, I love it."
The marriage was not officially recognized for obvious reasons, the least of which being
the fact that the ordeal sounds like a rejected too-hot-for-TV Ninja Turtles plot.
Multiple inflatable animals
Though the young man we know only as Mark is happily married to Lila, a dragon-shaped
inflatable toy, he's still involved with 14 other inflatables.
Featured on TLC's My Strange Addiction, Mark deeply loves the toys and keeps his relationships
completely non-sexual.
"If I could marry Lila, I would, because I am that much in love with her."
Mark realizes that his relationship to the inflatables might not be completely healthy.
By admitting that his obsession with blow up toys was a coping mechanism left over from
his traumatic childhood, Mark has been able to wean himself off of his dependency on inflatable
objects, even if that only means spending a couple of days away from them every week.
And what relationship can't benefit from spending a little bit of time apart?
The Statue of Liberty
Amanda Whittaker of Yorkshire fell head over heels in love with the Statue of Liberty and
now can't imagine love with anyone else.
While Whittaker has admitted to being attracted to a few different objects, Lady Liberty,
who she calls "Libby," is her favorite, for obvious reasons.
She's traveled across the sea to visit her partner four times and has been lucky enough
to land a kiss.
As of 2013, Whittaker considered the statue to be her partner, but they aren't technically
married.
She knows that too many people love Libby, so she won't subject her to a monogamous relationship.
Still, she goes by the name "Amanda Liberty," and to celebrate their love, she keeps replicas
of the statue in her home which she can love more freely.
Recently, she's given Lady Liberty some space and kind of moved on to chandeliers and candleholders.
Twilight Sparkle
When you're a Brony, how far is too far?
"Say love, love, if you love ponies, you're my little pony girl."
Do you draw the line at wearing your Rainbow Dash t-shirt to dinner, or do you just go
full-brony and post your erotic fan art online under your real name?
Any potential future employer who doesn't understand your attraction to a cartoon animal
just isn't worth your time anyhow.
In 2013, a letter from one angry Pony-lover went viral.
The unnamed Brony had contacted a DeviantArt user, asking him to stop requesting erotic
art of his fiancee, Twilight Sparkle, saying in part,
"...we're planning on getting married next June or July should everything go as planned
financially speaking.
And yes, I have found a wedding chapel that will let me marry someone that most people
would consider a fictional character."
True to his word, the man claimed to have later gotten married via webcam, since "his
family in Equestria wasn't going to be able to attend anyway."
He continues to publish countless images of himself with his plushie bride even today,
visiting museums together, smoking, and sharing sweet, sweet pony love.
And the less said about that last one, the better.
Hasbro could not be reached for comment, but we're assuming that it sound something like
this.
"Oh my god, AHHH, AHHHHH, AAHHHHH, AHHHHH!
Oh, that's better.
AAHHHHH!"
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The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond, has blogged, cooked, and chatted her way into the big time
with a hit show on Food Network and a list of delicious recipes a mile long.
Drummond's city girl-turned-pioneer woman lifestyle has become a showcase of kitchen
savvy, and she's leveraged her charming culinary skills and storytelling abilities into a full-on
franchise.
While Drummond hasn't been shy with details about her life along the way, there is still
a lot to learn about her.
Here's what you might not know about the Pioneer Woman.
Returning to her roots
A huge part of the appeal of Drummond is her sweet love story.
Although she grew up in Oklahoma, she'd become a fast-paced city slicker before her entire
world changed in a quiet little bar.
Before becoming a corporate girl in California, Drummond studied broadcast journalism at USC
and worked in marketing.
During this time, Drummond came home to visit her parents in Oklahoma before applying to
law schools in Chicago.
One night, she went out with friends and noticed a cowboy in the bar.
The cowboy, whom she now refers to as "Marlboro Man" in her blog, turned out to be her future
husband, Ladd.
After meeting him, it wasn't long before Drummond ditched her stilettos and sushi for cowboy
boots and southern steaks.
Trading her fast-paced LA lifestyle for cattle and cowboy hats surprised Drummond herself.
She had to get used to the inconveniences of rural life, but as soon as Drummond and
Ladd were married, they became pregnant with her firstborn on their honeymoon and started
an entirely new adventure.
Of course, she's since been able to see some more of those bright lights she might've missed
from the big city, so it's the best of both worlds nowadays.
Bored blogger
One brisk morning in May 2006, Drummond changed her life without even realizing it.
When her husband took all four kids out with him to work on the ranch, she found herself
with some rare alone time.
So, she decided to start a blog, figuring it might be an easier way to update her mother
on her family's happenings.
By sticking to it, though, Drummond slowly typed her way into an empire.
Even though she doesn't consider her family life anything special, she found that her
way of telling people about their daily experiences reached an audience.
She stuck to her keyboard every day, even on weekends and holidays.
And while she does avoid the too-much-information line, steering clear of posts about — in
her words — "hanky panky," she's been completely open with her readers and viewers about pretty
much everything.
The food part came later
It's hard to believe after so many years of comfort food delights and her cookbooks selling
like hotcakes that the Pioneer Woman didn't plan to become a recipe sensation — but
it's true.
Drummond has revealed that the only reason her foods made it online is that she'd been
teaching herself photography and, on a whim, decided to post some photos of her husband's
steak one night.
She told The Huffington Post, "I wound up posting 12 or 13 photos, and the response
was really favorable.
Even if somebody already knew how to cook a steak, they enjoyed watching it unfold through
pictures."
Her recipe section quickly took off, and Drummond was soon offered a book deal.
Shortly after her cookbook — aptly called The Pioneer Woman Cooks — hit shelves, the
Food Network contacted her about her own show.
Surprisingly, Drummond wasn't sure she'd be a good fit for the small screen at first.
She said, "Neither of us really jumped into it…I wasn't always convinced that was the
direction I wanted to go.
I'm a writer and a photographer — I'm totally aware that doesn't always translate to TV."
Ultimately, of course, that apprehension was misplaced, because she's been an even bigger
hit on TV.
All business
Drummond's laid back style and casual ranch life creates an illusion, making it seem like
all of this fame just fell into her lap.
She might look like a regular mom who started a blog and success spiraled in from there.
But in reality, her successes were no accident.
Instead, they reflect her strong work ethic.
Her friend and fellow blogger Ed Levine told The New Yorker, "She's quietly, insanely ambitious.
[She] reminds me of a duck: underneath the water, it's paddling like mad, but above the
surface it's placid."
So, next time you're wondering what her feet are doing behind that kitchen counter, now
you know...
Life away from the lens
As if running a lifestyle brand and national show wasn't enough to keep her busy, Drummond
also homeschools her four children.
She works hard to keep them grounded, despite her success, and the fact that they sometimes
get some air-time themselves.
Drummond told Blasting News, "They're aware that their mom might do a few things that
their friends' moms don't do, but when we're home on the ranch, the word fame isn't at
play.
I mean, I have manure on my porch right now that I have to clean up later.
We're very grounded here in the country."
So, how does she handle her responsibilities on the ranch?
With help from Ladd, of course.
Mr. Marlboro Man reportedly helps shuttle the kids around town while Drummond works
on her blog and other projects.
He even brainstorms about upcoming blog post ideas with her from time to time, which means
it's a full-on family effort with the Drummond six.
Hot water
With her sweet demeanor and down home style, Drummond seems pretty scandal-proof.
But she's been making headlines lately.
After re-airing an old episode of The Pioneer Woman, Food Network began hearing from angry
fans about Drummond's comments in regards to her spicy Asian hot wings.
During the episode, Drummond was making snacks for game day.
When she pulled the Asian hot wings out of the oven, her family looked less than enthused.
One of her friends refused to eat the treats, and said that he didn't trust them.
To that, Drummond laughed and pulled out a pan of traditional buffalo wings from the
oven and said, "I'm just kidding, guys.
I wouldn't do that to you."
The network was quickly hit with accusations of promoting anti-Asian sentiments and even
demands that the episode be pulled for cultural insensitivity.
The silver screen treatment
The Pioneer Woman's story of leaving behind the city for a simpler life and gaining fame
in the process of finding love has inspired Hollywood to make a movie about her experience.
In 2010, Sony picked up the rights to produce a romantic comedy based on Drummond's love
story with her Marlboro Man, with Reese Witherspoon reportedly attached to star.
Two years later, a pair of screenwriters were tapped to script her story.
While there hasn't been news on the project since then, as Drummond's star continues to
rise, it's safe to say we'll be visiting that ranch on-screen soon enough.
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