Monthly Archives: October 2017

Our culture is heavily dominated by a focus on the individual. There is a lot of pressure on us to ‘stand for something’, or to ‘be a part of this tribe or that tribe.’ It’s possible that this permeates our lives so much, from the time we were young, that the idea of simply beingContinue reading “Your Health Is A Journey”

It’s common to see yourself divided: Mind, body, & spirit Physical & mental Emotional & rational Self versus others Work versus personal … and, you can come up with more. But there is only one, whole, ‘you’. It’s impossible to define with a word, which, is why we create these sub-categories. Sub-categories are fine. There’s nothingContinue reading “What’s Not You?”

For as long as I can remember, going all the way back to my childhood, just about every single time I took a bite of food, I had no so much as chewed that bite once, before I was already reaching for the following bite. Occasionally, yes, there were moments of slower paced enjoyment. But,Continue reading “Momentary Eating”

Everything I’ve heard, from people with much more experience than I, points towards the notion that running should not be your only modality of exercise. Particularly, running only one style, such as medium or long distance. You may have heard this idea already. My question to those who still only run, and have read this,Continue reading “What Are You Running From? (Or, To.)”

It takes several, sometimes many, personal failures, to find out what works for your health. Eventually, with persistence, you will find it. But, when you do, remember that it is a fallacy to state that what works for you must also work for another. What works for another is the your process, not your answer.

What you need to eat now is not the same as what you needed to eat when you were an infant, a decade ago, or, what you will need to eat in ten years. But, it’s not just time that changes it. It is also what you do. For example, if you take up aContinue reading “Play Your Own Cards”

My #1 struggle with home cooking is getting home early enough on weekdays to cook, in time for my family to all sit down together. The best way I have found to combat this is to cook everything on Sunday, for the whole week. You can: Prep all vegetables Cook, or even 3/4 of theContinue reading “My Best Home Cooking Tip For Working Parents”

I’ve seen lots of conflicting dietary advice, and, that makes sense, because bodies differ. So, no one piece of advice will work for everyone. And certainly, no one diet will work for everyone. For example: Paleo VS Vegan Dairy VS Non-Dairy Pre VS Post-Workout Nutrition Keto VS Carbs The list goes on. I’ve even seenContinue reading “What Dietary Advice Is True?”

My dietary guideline is, simply, to eat what makes me feel food. I advise you to do the same. However, this not always simple to implement. For example, I don’t eat gluten, and I eat very little processed foods or dairy. I learned that, after eliminating those things from my diet in 2010, I am aContinue reading “Dietary Guidelines”

Focus is a skill, which means that you can practice it, and strengthen it. The first thing to do is to determine what you want, and write it down. Once you write down your goal, and, there are many different tools designed to help you do this, you will have a destination to focus on.Continue reading “The 1st Step Towards Stronger Focus”