Habits are key to achieving your goals—but only if you don’t get tired of them, research suggests. ↓ By Caroline Benner | July 10, 2018 ↓ ↓ Along the Pacific Crest Trail, hikers who set out to complete the entire 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada are especially vulnerable to quitting at...
Read MoreYour brain is boosted by your feet hitting the ground. ↓ Many people are obsessed with counting their daily steps, trying to hit 10,000, and for good reason. Walking has a host of health benefits, from helping prevent osteoporosis, to lifting the mood, to burning calories. Now...
Read MoreWays to allow for reflection while walking. ↓ In the children’s book Wacky Wednesday, Dr. Seuss imagines a world where people are doing very odd things indeed, like driving a car facing backward. That’s how I felt the other day in my neighborhood. I saw one lady pushing...
Read MoreFight extra holiday pounds with this common spice. ↓ Bring on the mulled cider with cinnamon sticks! A new study looks at how cinnamon’s essential oil, called cinnamaldehyde, might protect people against obesity, as well as prevent abnormally high blood sugar levels (called hyperglycemia). ↓ Scientists had previously known that cinnamon...
Read MoreAuthentic people live according to four practices that you can adopt in your daily life. ↓ “This above all: to thine own self be true.” — William Shakespeare Life is an amazing adventure. When you are being yourself, your best self, and doing work you love, time flies...
Read MoreLearn how to release tension in the neck and shoulders with these exercises. ↓ Neck and shoulder tension is incredibly common, partly because so many of us are straining our necks and shoulders forward to peer at phones screens or computers. Releasing the tension in the neck...
Read MoreReplace your less productive habits with more beneficial ones to succeed as an entrepreneur. ↓ Did you know startups fail about four times as often as they succeed? Do you know why it’s so hard to get a successful business off the ground? It’s attributable to a number of...
Read MoreThree grounding practices that help you gather energy from the earth to replenish and enhance your own life force. ↓ Energy healing Energy healing is based on the ancient concept that there is a vital force, an underlying flow of energy, both within the physical body and extending...
Read More↓ Keeping muscle as we age A friend of mine just moved her elderly mother into a new living situation. Her mom had fallen, twice, and it was only a matter of time before she seriously hurt herself. Falls become more common as we age due to...
Read MoreDesign a space mindfully using color to emphasize the energy you want to enhance. ↓ Design plays a huge part in creating a sacred space, and color is definitely instrumental to cultivate the right atmosphere. Whether you are using a room or area for meditation or yoga,...
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