Knee Pain Sucks 😞
A couple of weeks ago my knees hurt. They ached soooo badly. And as if the dull ache wasn’t bad enough they would also take turns sending sharp jabs of pain up to my brain. To add to my misery they would also, intermittently, act as if they weren’t going to hold me up. Totally sucked.Why did my kne..
How to BE Happier + Healthier 🐾
Life's gonna happen and...Clean eating will not save you.Going vegan will not save you.Huberman protocols will not save you. The latest washboard abs in 30 days program will not save you.Drinking coffee with collagen and MCT oil will not save you.Eight hours of sleep each night will not save you.A k..
It's THE Best Exercise!
Did I say the best exercise?Because it’s much more than that. It’s also an incredibly important life skill.Practicing it profoundly enhances your ability to live and move in strength and in health.It’s a movement —actually a collection of movements — that nourishes the whole of you.It’s a life skill..
A Texas woman was driven off her land by a racist mob in 1939. More than eight decades later, she owns it again. - CBS News
In 1939, when Opal Lee was just 12, her family moved into a house that stood in an all-White neighborhood. They had lived at the home for just five days when a mob showed up and "tore it asunder."
A Reset to Close Out the Old and Ring in the New!!
Well it's time to say good-bye to 2023 and hello to 2024. And whether your 2023 was a bright and shiny year of goodness or pretty much a 💩show I'd suggest taking a few minutes to close out the books on 2023 by reflecting on what you're grateful for. Why? Because focusing on what you have to be grate..
A Core Reset for When You’re Feeling Stuck or Small
“I have a secret: I make myself big. Before I go into the room, I find somewhere private, I stand up on my tiptoes, put my arms in the air and make myself as big as possible to feel my own power.” -Rebecca (Ted Lasso, S02E05 Rainbow) Yes, the above words were spoken by a fictional character, Rebecca..
A Feasting Reset
The holiday season is upon us. Let the celebrations begin! The festivities, for many people, kick off with Thanksgiving and run through New Year’s Day. And for some — for those who view football as a religion — it’ll stretch all the way through Super Bowl Sunday. And with the all the seasonal festiv..
A Nourishing Reset
These seven words offer solid guidance when it comes to eating. And how you eat is also important when it comes to nourishing your body -- nourishing you. Be grateful for what you have to eat. Savor it. Eat with all your senses -- sight and smell, not just taste. Take small bites and chew well. Be p..
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered
where does it hurt?
it answered
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere.
-warsan shire
A Reset(s) for a Happier Brain
Your brain really likes to be free to float and flow. So does your spinal cord. And lucky for you both swim in a fluid called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF creates an environment for float and flow. CSF also acts as a shock absorber. It offers your central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) cus..
A Reset for Your Mind + Body
Have you ever wished you could go back in time to a when you felt more potential and promise? A time when you didn’t feel confined by limits — especially the limits that come with age? Well here’s a little surprise for you. You can. How do I know this? Because in 1979 a very amazing study called the..
A One Breath Reset
These words from Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen are full of amazing wisdom... "Restrictions, pain, and discomfort are very loud. Because they signal that something is not right, we pay attention to them. Once we pay attention, then how do we hear the quiet, gentle sound of ease underneath this loud on..
A Nose Knows Breathing Reset
Your nose knows about breathing. After all, it's designed to. Your nose is designed to humidify, filter, and adjust the temperature of the air you breathe in. That's why you have hairs in your nose and mucous -- to purify the air you take in. Another way your nose cleans up the air you breathe in is..
A Reset (ok, a few Resets 🙂) for Your Vagus Nerve
*I'm reposting this blog, originally entitled "Captain America Goes Vagus", because there's all kinds of goodness in it for your vagus nerve. And a happy vagus nerve makes for a happier you. “This is why you were chosen. Because the strong man who has known power all his life, may lose re..
A Mindset Reset for When Life Feels Like a 💩show…
We all have times in our lives when life feels like a total 💩show. Sometimes life can even feel like a full blown dumpster 🔥 💩show. And when life feels like a 💩show it can be hard to get motivated. Calling into life, unmotivated and overwhelmed, can seem like the best plan. But a better plan might b..
A Reset for Paying Attention
These days there are so many people and things vying for our attention -- family, friends, bosses, colleagues, customers, screens, the socials, work, to-dos, and more. Seems like there's always something pulling at our attention and taking our focus here and there and here and there. Our attention g..
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A Reset (ok, a few resets) for Happy Feet
Our feet do a lot for us. They offer us a foundation when we stand and serve us in moving through the world. Our feet deserve some serious respect. They are a miracle of design and they work really hard. They deserve to be treated well. They deserve to be happy. And a bonus to our feet being happy i..
A Sensing Reset for Your Feet
“You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different.” -Michael Franti Our feet are designed to help us navigate the world by sensing the ground. To do be able to do this the bottom of each foot is wired with over 200,000 nerve endings. That’s a lot of nerve end..
A Stress Relief Reset
There's so much to do these days. The to-dos on our to-do lists seem to multiply like rabbits. Trying to keep up with everything can be overwhelming. The thought of everything that hasn't gotten done and everything that needs to get done can totally stress a person out. As a result we try to move f..
A Reset to Ground Yourself with Good Vibrations
Did you ever wish you had a simple and powerful way to ground yourself, calm your mind, and promote good health throughout your body? I mean, wouldn’t it be awesome if you had a proven and effective tool to relieve stress? One that’s totally free and doesn’t require anything other than you and your ..
Ways to Reset Your Breathing to Reset You
Here are two wonderful ways to reset your breathing — naturally — so you can reconnect to the way you’re designed to breath. Using these breathing resets will serve to strengthen your respiratory diaphragm which will strengthen all of you. And these resets are also powerful ways to mitigate stress. ..
An Age Reset
Satchel Paige pitched his last Major League Baseball game at the age of 59. He had a storied career that began in the Negro Leagues in 1926. He made his MLB debut with the Cleveland Indians at the age of 42. There’s no doubt about it —Paige was an incredible athlete. He is considered by many to have..
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