Posts Tagged ‘attention’
Learn from the impulse
When a chiropractor gives an impulse, she takes a joint to a place that it could not have traveled alone. As the impulse is given, the doc senses the release of stored potential energy, notices the quality of the end-feel and with subtle perception can even feel the landscape of tension that still exists just…
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Connection Strategy
Anytime we find ourselves in conflict, it’s best to focus on and clear our side of it first. A strategy to begin resolving most conflict from our side of the net is to ask the following questions in your mind: 1) What would all of this look like if it was easy? 2) When I’m…
Read More35,000 decisions
The decision to be healthy is not just one decision. We make roughly 35,000 decisions per day and each of them is an opportunity to influence health for better or worse. There is variability is the number of decisions among people of course. For example, a child’s choice count is perhaps closer to 3,000. Regardless,…
Read MoreKnow your surroundings.
If you knew a neighborhood was infamous for people being captured and robbed, you would be more careful when walking there, especially late at night. Social media platforms warrant the same caution. If you’re just mindlessly strolling, aimlessly scrolling, you are vulnerable. The only difference is that your attention gets captured as you are robbed…
Read MorePresence is a practice.
Presence and mindfulness must be cultivated. There are nerves and muscles to be trained for creating space within yourself. Here’s an exercise you can do. It is best enjoyed with a loved one, even if that means looking yourself in the mirror. Sit across from your partner. Take one bite of dark chocolate. And get…
Read MoreNobody can make you feel
Nobody can make you feel wrong. Nobody can make you feel stupid. Nobody can make you feel. You’re more powerful than that. 1) You notice someone do something. 2) Your mind gives meaning to what they did and determines if it contributes to your life, or doesn’t. 3) Then you feel. When you take ownership…
Read MoreGetting cut-off from the flows
The quintessential example of the modern day saber-toothed tigers is the person who cut you off in traffic. To understand why the nervous system responds with such intensity to this act, you have to become interested in the needs involved. Driving involves forcing a mass of metals to travel at velocity. It’s inherently powerful. Need…
Read MoreCompounding Self-Interest
If you saved a penny today and two pennies tomorrow, then kept doubling your investment every day, you would have saved $1 Million in 21 days. Imagine the equivalent impact of healthy decisions. Move a little better today. Move and eat a little better tomorrow. Continue increasing the quality and modifying the quantity of your…
Read MoreCoincidences
If you notice two streets cross each other, like 9th Street and Main Street, the intersection is called 9th and Main. If you notice two things happen at the same time, this is called “two things happening at the same time”. Add a place that you wish you could work at the corner of 9th…
Read MoreThe 90-second phenomenon
A three-year-old throws a tantrum about not wanting to go to sleep. He lies in bed wailing about wanting to do a laundry list of other things instead of getting rest. Each time the thought of sleeping re-enters his mind, a new emotional action potential spreads throughout his physiology. The boy’s dad lies with him…
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