Insights
From Zero to Zen: A Beginner’s Guide to Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness meditation is a practice that involves focusing your mind on your experiences, such as your own emotions, thoughts, and sensations, in the present moment.
Why Reading is the Best Workout for Your Brain
Often compared to a workout for the brain, reading stimulates various cognitive functions and has the potential to significantly improve our mental capacity.
Immune-Boosting Herbs and Supplements to Try
With the myriad of advice and suggestions available, it can be overwhelming to navigate the world of immune-boosting herbs and supplements.
5 Steps to Reducing Stress and Reclaiming Your Calm
Here, we present five key strategies that have the potential to make a profound difference in your overall wellbeing.
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Caveman Skills Modern Man Still Can’t Do Without
The more we’ve moved humanity indoors, automated our skills away, and gotten our experience of the world filtered and sent to us through screens… The more we’ve lost touch with some of the vital skills cavemen and prehistoric men learned in order to survive. We’re only able to tell an
Did Our Ancestors Hibernate During the Winter? Should We?
Short answer? No.
Although when the days get shorter, the air outside bites the skin, and outdoor activities require forethought and preparation…
We tend to get hungrier, sleepier, and grumpier. Sounds like we’re preparing to hibernate, doesn’t it?
Hibernation is a state of minimal movement and low metabolic activity characterized by
Global Energy Authority Looks Skyward for the Future
The International Energy Agency recently released its annual World Energy Outlook, and while it is, of course, bleak, there were dappled rays of hope. Every year, the World Energy Outlook report attempts to bridge gaps in the public understanding of what global superpowers have promised to do, what they’re actually
Prison Labor Helps Keep Wages Low on the Outside
“Stay out of it” is pretty much the standard distillation of analysis regarding the prison industrial complex, at least according to most public school curricula.
Not bad advice, certainly.
But in the wake of the great informational tsunami that’s flooded the shores of the West these last few months, and in keeping
Diet and Nutrition
The Microbiome and Aging: How Our Gut Bacteria Affects Our Longevity
Research has shown that the health of our gut microbiome may play a crucial role in determining how we age.
Sleep and Nutrition: The Surprising Link Between What You Eat and How You Sleep
The food we eat can have a significant impact on our sleep quality, and understanding the relationship between nutrition and sleep is essential for improving sleep hygiene.
Wellness
Exploring the Power of Mind and Technology with Dr Patrick Porter
Meet Dr Patrick Porter Patrick K. Porter, Ph.D. is an award-winning author, educator, consultant, entrepreneur, and speaker. With 20 years of experience operating the largest self-help franchise in the world, he has become a highly sought-after expert within the personal improvement industry, having sold over 3 million of his self-help
Embracing Your 40s: The 5 Crucial Steps to Achieving Vitality
The transition into your 40s can be an opportunity to reassess your lifestyle choices and make adjustments where necessary. Here are five comprehensive steps to guide you.
The Role of Self-Care in Combating Exhaustion: Tips and Strategies
Exhaustion is a common problem faced by many people in today’s fast-paced world. It can be caused by a variety of factors, including stress, lack of sleep, poor diet, and overwork.
The Importance of Supporting Employee Well-being in the Workplace
It’s essential for employers to prioritize their employees’ well-being by offering support and resources to help them maintain a healthy work-life balance, reduce stress, and prevent burnout.
Understanding the Role of Inflammatory Signaling in Immune Responses
The immune system is a complex network of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to defend the body against foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. One of the key players in this system is the inflammatory response, which is a type of immune response that helps
How to NOT get divorced with Sarah Intelligator
Meet Sarah Intelligator Sarah is the author of “Live, Laugh, Find True Love: A Step-By-Step Guide to Dating and Finding a Meaningful Relationship, By a Divorce Attorney”. Raised by a mother who has practiced Family Law for almost thirty years, and still practices, Sarah feels as though she has been
Gardening
“Plants Tell You What They’re For,” Says Evan Cohen
What did people do when they felt anxious 300 years ago? Were they too uncivilized to recognize it? Did we consider it simply part of
Controversy Trails in the Wake of “Rewilding”: Explore the Nuance
The clarion call of the ‘90s to “save the trees” wasn’t too far off base… but we’ve learned so much more now that we’ll have
Fixing our Food and the Climate: Regenerative Farming 101
Agriculture changed the world. In more ways than one, but primarily, it allowed human beings to become the dominant species on the planet. (Depending on
Gut Health
The Microbiome and Aging: How Our Gut Bacteria Changes as We Get Older
While the composition of the microbiome is unique to each individual, there are certain patterns that emerge as we age.
The Impact of Antibiotics on the Microbiome: What You Need to Know
Antibiotics have been a game-changer in modern medicine, saving countless lives by fighting off bacterial infections. However, the use of antibiotics can also have unintended consequences on the gut microbiome.
Fitness
Physical Fitness to Get Your Gut Health in Gear
A lot can happen in 42 days. Habits form, people fall in love, zucchinis grow. And according to recent research, the bacteria in the gut microbiome changes after only 42 days — or six weeks — of exercise. That’s without changing your diet, medication, or anything else. A burgeoning field
Staying Connected to Yin and Yang with Yoga at Home Pt. 2
Wednesday, we talked about some of the effects of the coronavirus. Not the medical and political effects – you watch the news. We don’t need to tell you what you already know. But the spiritual, emotional, and mental effects. Especially in terms staying connected to the rhythm wave of our
Are Your Adrenals Exhausted? Here’s How You Can Tell…
Quick – point to your adrenal glands.
Did you point to either side of your abdomen, right under your rib cage?
If not, we’ve got bad news: You have no idea where your adrenals are. And you might not know how important they are, either.
6 Different Ways to Start Using Grounding
Electricity sends signals through our flesh and blood and molecular make-up as surely as it does through wires and circuits. Before we paved paradise, we had no English word for “Earthing.” Maybe that was because we hadn’t discovered electricity yet, let alone learned to harness its power on a societal
Mental health
From Burnout to Breakthrough: Overcoming Exhaustion
Burnout can make you feel drained, hopeless, and helpless, and can negatively impact your overall quality of life.
5 Effective Stress-Management Techniques for a Healthier Life
In this blog post, we’ll discuss five effective stress-management techniques that can help you lead a healthier and happier life.
Sleep
Ignoring Your Budget: Worse for your Mental Health than Sleep Loss
Have you ever wondered why it feels so good to cross something off of your list? There’s a psychological principle, known as the “Zeigarnik effect,” named for its discoveress Bluma Zeigarnik, that comes close to addressing why. You see, we tend to remember things we need to do better than
Sleepless Affiliate Dude “Hertz, Insomnia, and David’s Secret Chord”
Leonard Cohen managed to condense what is actually quite a complex and riveting Biblical tale into a few timeless lines: Now, I heard there was a secret chord, That David played, and it pleased the Lord… And for the rest of the classic song, most of us focus on the
How Can We Increase our Heart Rate Variability?
And why do we want to? In the West, we worry about heart disease. But in ancient belief systems – like Taoism and the tenets of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) – they worry about the heart in a different context. In Taoism, equilibrium is achieved by nurturing the heart-mind – the balance between
Why You Should Be Waking Up at the Same Time Every Day: The Science of Sleep Cycles
While many of us may not give much thought to when we go to bed or wake up, the truth is that our sleep cycles play a crucial role in our overall health and wellbeing.
Relationships
Beyond Words and Actions: The 6th Love Language and Its Impact
In this article, we delve into the depths of this sixth love language and explore its profound impact on our connections with others.
Why Ignoring Your Exhaustion Could Be Hurting Your Relationships
Do you ever feel like you’re running on fumes, but you keep pushing forward anyway? Maybe you’re burning the midnight oil at work, trying to
Finance
Dip Your Toes into Personal Finance with HYSAs
Burning the candle at both ends may temporarily add to your bottom line. But you’re working hard, not smart.
And since you hear so much in the news about recessions, crashes, corrections, bear markets, post-pandemic economies…
You
What Happens When a Banking SuperPower CoSigns an Eco Trend
Even if you consider yourself an environmentally conscious person, there is a trend that may have escaped your notice.
Socially responsible investing, or SRI, is an investment strategy which rewards thriving companies that include positive social
Has Covid-19 Brought Us Closer to Renewable Energy?
In April of this year, something happened that no one saw coming. The pandemic was picking up steam, global economies were plunging, jobs were either lost or relocated… And we thought we were in this
Dip Your Toes into Personal Finance with HYSAs
The FOMO of watching your friends make a killing on bitcoin… Or discussing multiple streams of passive dividend income… Or hearing whispered secrets about the latest hot pot stock that’ll have you retiring at 30…