Posts Tagged ‘recuperation’
Re-covery
Most people try to recover from injury and trauma. They hit a dead end, throw it in reverse, and do it again. The same habits. The same decisions. The same hopes for a different outcome. Hitting dead ends is a part of life. An important part. Reversing away from the wall enough to see the…
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Movement carcinogens
High heel shoes. Economy airplane seats. Wallets in back pockets. Tight fitting clothes that limit the range of motion required for activities of daily living like tying shoes and picking small humans up off the ground. Laptops literally being used on laps. Sitting in one position for more than twenty minutes. Walking only on smooth…
Read MoreBudgeting for health, not survival
We put a significant portion of our health care budget toward keeping people alive during their last two years. We put almost no money and energy toward teaching our culture how to cultivate and maintain their health throughout life in an effort to avoid such an enjoyable couple of final years. Imagine if budgets swung…
Read MoreAlways training
We are always preparing for the next challenge life brings us. I recommend using the “good” moments between the “rough patches” as active rest between the sets. We can work on our physical and mental mobility to build resilience. Train our ability to give empathy for others and ourselves so we can hold space when…
Read MoreRested potential
Your resting potential represents how close to threshold you are while at rest. This is how quickly you respond favorably to the presentation of an immediate need to act. Your rested potential is the elevation of your resting potential due to rest. Sleep deeply. Act profoundly.
Read MoreInk in the pen.
Don’t wait until you’re hungry to go shopping. Your choices will be irrational and will often cost you more. Don’t choose what time you will wake up when you’re exhausted and about to go to bed. You may confuse what your priorities are. If you want to start trusting yourself and accomplishing higher levels of…
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,…
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As Close to (perfectly) Healthy as Necessary The thing is, with almost limitless options of where to exercise, from Curves to Crossfit, and year-round availability of most foods (it’s Spring-time somewhere), just about every decision you make about what to eat, how to move, and when to recuperate can be made healthier. That’s not the…
Read MoreTeach a girl to sleep
The most common question I’m asked in the office is, “What is the best position to sleep in?” If I say, “On your side,” the girl might try it that night. If I say, “On your side, because you have two sides,” she’ll sleep better twice as often and gain agency in having a choice.”…
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