He showed me that when I laugh, it’s always best to laugh with my whole body. He showed me that as powerful as storytelling is, listening intently can have even more of an impact. Because of the sacrifices he made throughout his life, the least I can do is be the hardest working person in the room and make this world a better place for the rest of my life so that the lessons he passed down to me are meaningful.
Arm after arm, legs just dragging along, I watched her work up a sweat in the hot August heat, covering herself in sand and no doubt causing brush burns on her motionless legs. I watched in disbelief as it took her ten minutes to crawl 20 yards just to reach the edge of the water...
I started treading water with Steven’s head on my chest talking to him saying, “Steven! Come on buddy you gotta wake up.” I started slapping his face, saying louder and louder, “Steven! Come on Steven! I need you to wake up for me now.”
I sure as hell wasn’t going to let my mind be filled with someone trying to tell me that I needed to sacrifice my standards just to be successful in life.
In life we have negative images and suffer mental and emotional effects of powerful experiences we haven’t yet resolved and released. We stay in our comfort zones. We maintain inaccurate beliefs about reality or harbor guilt and self-doubt.
But the balloon broke free and began to lift off. The professionals knew to let go immediately, but Stevenson hung on as the balloon ascended 300 hundred feet over the parking lot, where his grip finally failed, and he fell to his death.
Doing the right thing in life means doing the right thing, especially when no one knows whether you did it or not.
We no longer have the ability to do just do nothing. And it's in these moments where doing nothing leads to the best of something. And having true silence is part of the magic that makes doing nothing so powerful.
We think the answers to our problems lie in reading a lot of books. We think the answers to our problems are inventing the next newest drug or machine. We think these are the answers to our health problems and the solution to that is to constantly seek out more information and learn more stuff. But I think that's the problem, don't you?
We think the answers to our problems lie in reading a lot of books. We think the answers to our problems are inventing the next newest drug or machine. We think these are the answers to our health problems and the solution to that is to constantly seek out more information and learn more stuff. But I think that's the problem, don't you?
If we are too hot at night (from working out too close to bed, sleeping in a hot environment, eating certain foods, etc.) then that can inhibit our ability from entering that deep stage of sleep, as well as cycle through all of our sleep stages appropriately.
Muscle is our ultimate fat-burning machinery. The more muscle we have and the more we work to increase our muscle mass, the more fat we will burn in the process. Muscle is very metabolically expensive tissue. That just simply means we burn a lot more energy (whether that’s energy in the form of exogenous food or endogenous fat tissue) when we have muscle mass on our frames.
3 out of 4 U.S. households have contaminants in their tap water that exceed safe limits, according to Environmental Working Group (1). Contaminants like arsenic, PFAS, fluoride and more are commonly found in the water supply of most Americans and have known harmful effects to our health.
The more sugar and vegetable oils began to make their way into the kitchen of nearly every home in America throughout the 1900s, the more and more we saw skyrocketing rates of chronic disease.
Collagen is the most abundant protein found within our bodies. It makes up 30% of the total protein in the body and 70% of the protein found in your skin. Essentially, it’s the glue that holds us together.
It’s a lot better to start that forward momentum with a little progress now. You don’t have to wait for the perfect timing, nor do you have to be perfect to start. Loving yourself now, embracing the fact that you are enough in this moment, and choosing little daily progress over perfection is the first step in getting started.
We've all heard the notion that cows are killing the planet - but the truth is, there's so much more to the story than that. Most of these claims and numbers that get thrown around that "cow farts" are contributing to green house gases (GHGs) came from a 2006 analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States (FAO) called Livestock's Long Shadow (1).
More recently, science has shown the gut-brain connection via the vagus nerve is important for not just our sleep quality, but all other areas of our health as well. Simply put, what you eat can trigger certain hormones to either give you a great night of sleep, or a poor, restless night of tossing and turning.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune condition that attacks the myelin, the tissue that wraps around the nerves to essentially insulate and protect them. It is estimated that over 2.5 million people suffer from MS worldwide.
Because celiac disease is a condition of the small intestine, this can lead to a host of problems all throughout the body. The gut is the direct link from the external environment to our internal environment. Due to the complete destruction of the gut lining, this leaves the intestinal wall permeable to foreign invaders, resulting in an autoimmune attack.
Full blown Alzheimer’s is a progressive form of dementia that affects daily functioning and memory and it usually starts with mild confusion and memory problems. While there is no one definitive cause, many experts believe that lack of sleep, insulin resistance, obesity, smoking, and chronic stress may send an epigenetic trigger to activate the “Alzheimer’s gene”.
Traveling can be a stressor for a lot of people, no matter who you are. You're exposing yourself to many toxins, heavy metals, and EMFs on plane rides. And for lot of people, the only time they care about their immune system is after they are already sick.
We have a very intricate relationship with viruses. In fact, we are as much as eight percent virus ourselves. It is largely believed that we have an immune system because of the evolutionary relationship we have with viral infections. Most of us have probably been infected with another strain of coronavirus in our lives before but have never realized it because our immune system did its job to defend against it.
When it comes to choosing a protein bar, you need to be careful, however. Many protein bars on the market contain conventional whey that can cause digestive issues, rather than help, as well as many other synthetic ingredients and flavors that don’t help the body in any way.
I sat there and listened to every word. It was the first time in years that things started to make sense. It was at that exact moment I knew I finally made the right decision. I knew that I was pursuing something I believed in and would make me great. I didn't have all the answers, but I knew I was on the right path.
However, unlike most other vitamins and minerals, vitamin D isn’t something that is most bioavailable from our nutrition. Even though there are amazing foods that contain small amounts of vitamin D like fish, eggs, mushrooms, meats, and dairy products, it’s not the number one source that our bodies expect.
Proper digestion and release of your bowels should be as easy and quick as one minute. As soon as you squat, your body should easily release everything in your lower colon and a simple 1-2 wipes is all you need. Anything longer than that can be signs of chronic constipation and/or other health issues.
And with what seemed like a quick power nap, and what felt like a blink of an eye, I awoke to cheers, clapping, a standing ovation, and a lot of laughter. I thought to myself at this point, “it’s only been like 5 seconds? Why are they clapping already…”. Well, I looked up at the clock and it was now 9:50 P.M.!!!!