Last Chance to Prioritize Your Healing in Sedona
Last call for The Audacity to Heal Retreat. Sedona, AZ | June 1–4 Your healing doesn’t have to wait anymore. Link in bio. 🔴 • Luxury Accommodations • Chef-prepared dinners • Labyrinth walk with fire ceremony • Floating sound bath • Reiki • Yoga • Group therapy sessions • Individual sessions And overall, rest. #SedonaRetreat #BlackWomenHealing #BlackMentalHealth #HealingRetreat #WomensRetreat
Neglected Coordination Increases Injuries; Targeted Work Cuts Risk 72%
Balance & Coordination Limitations → Injury Amplification in Compensation Loops This loop/trap — is built through years of reinforced poor movement. This was the big thing I saw with endurance athletes 20yrs ago. Neuromuscular injury prevention demonstrates that high adherence to...
Continuous Glucose Monitors Aid Weight Loss in Non‑Diabetics
The effects of wearing a continuous glucose monitor are generally studied in participants with diabetes, but this new study on non-diabetics shows great promise for CGM’s when it comes to successful weight loss: https://t.co/cvlYi7bdo5 https://t.co/1LLnf2FAWp
Breathing Exercises Significantly Lower Perceived Stress
Want to learn the science and art of healthy living? Check out the Lifestyle Medicine Pocket Guide and find facts like this: "In a randomized control trial, healthy volunteer males randomized to a breathing exercise program had significantly decreased scores...
Being a Healthy Role Model for My Daughter
My why for showing up here and trying to make a difference is even deeper than before. 💛 I am determined that my daughter grows up with a healthy, robust relationship with food, exercise, and her body. My hope is...
Inner Wellbeing Is Essential for Tech Leaders' Success
Those who are at the cutting edge of technology and external wellbeing, if we want to ride on the successes we have created, investing in inner wellbeing is no more a spiritual aspiration but a basic requirement to remain effective...
Positive Thoughts Spark Joy and Ripple Outward
For every positive thought and positive action, we receive a small dose of joy, and we give some away as part of the ripple effect... 🙏 #FridayThoughts #FridayVibes #FridayMotivation #Positivity #Optimism #Kindness https://t.co/LkGOwUOmJD
Self‑diagnosis Works if You Stay Open to Experts
Self-diagnosis can be valid. But if you're not willing to hear "hmm, this is actually something else" and keep an open mind when you do see a professional, it's actually not.
Stop Letting Others Dictate Your Emotions
RT @JoeContrera When what others do and say determines how you feel (angry, sad, disappointed, happy, etc.) you are in for a roller coaster of a ride. If you find yourself taking things personally here are 5 things you can do...
Simplify: Dump, Prioritize, Act with the COD Method
Overthinking everything? Do this instead: Dump everything out of your head Pick what actually matters Do it (yes, actually) That’s the system. Simple works. Every time. Look up the COD Method and simplify your life. https://t.co/Lqxaz8fIlZ https://t.co/Ct4hGpI8Lc
Expert Tips for Treating and Preventing ITBS
PT/coach Duane Scotti is on the pod to chat about ITBS treatment & prevention. Watch: https://youtu.be/UKJEv4cIV1g
Free Lifestyle Medicine Curriculum: 13 Modules, 150‑200 Slides
Looking for Free Resources to learn about and teach lifestyle medicine. Here's the LM 101 Curriculum. https://t.co/E2am3WdaY6 You can see the 13 modules on the first image and examples of 3 slides in the PowerPoint deck for the exercise module. There are...
Early Brain Hunger: Nutrition Shapes Lifelong Cognitive Power
A newborn's brain burns through around 50% of their resting energy. In adults the brain uses about 20%. By age 4 or 5 it peaks at roughly 66%. No other organ comes close. This is why nutrition plays such a big...
Exercise 3‑5× Weekly Boosts Happiness and Attractiveness Sevenfold
You become 7x happier (+ 7x more attractive) when you workout 3x-5x per week .
From Quad Tear to Consistent Runs: Progress
One year ago today I tore my quad tendon. When asked if I would ever run again, my surgeon said, “Only God knows”. I’ve been running for 6 months, seldom more than a mile. I’ve yet to break 10:00. 39...
New Psychedelic Trials Target Depression and PTSD
Compass Pathways’ psilocybin (COMP360) for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) Usona Institute’s psilocybin for major depressive disorder (MDD) Otsuka’s methylone (TSND-201) for PTSD
Therapy, Not Wealth, Is the Real Wellness Starter
Proximity to wealth is not a wellness plan. Start with therapy. 🤎 #StartWithTherapy #EmmeGrede #Therapy #StartWithYourself #MentalHealth
Being Chronically Online Undermines Authentic Social Media Content
Please stop asking for “chronically online” I’d argue it makes Social Media Managers WORSE. Yet somehow it’s in half the social media job descriptions I come across, like it’s a superpower instead of a fast track to burnout, anxiety, and genuinely...
Naming Gordon Whipped Peter: Remembering Hidden Slavery Truths
Washington, D.C. hit differently last night. 💜💛 At @sankofadc in conversation with @drmarlinefrancois , we named what so many try to forget. Gordon AKA Whipped Peter. A back that told the truth the world tried to hide. There were no images of what we...
Intense Play Triggers ADHD Overload—Use Reset Techniques
Why ADHD kids struggle right after intense activity (and how to reset their brain properly)
Ease Into Sprints to Boost Distance Running Safely
Sprints can be very beneficial for distance runners. But you still need to ease into this type of training. Muscle and tendon forces are REALLY high during sprinting. If you haven’t attempted it in years, you run the risk of...
Tiny Tasks Feeling Draining? You’re Under-Recovered, Not Lazy
I’m neurodivergent and have a PhD in healthcare research. Here are 10 signs you’re under-recovered, not unmotivated (and what you can do): 1. Even tiny tasks feel emotionally exhausting.
Identify and Share Strengths to Empower Daily Growth
Let's make this a "strengths-finding" day. List your own strengths. Use your strengths, maybe in a new way. 💙 Then, search for strengths in others. Point them out to people. Help them to see their own gifts and talents and use them day by day. 🙏 #fridaywisdom #coaching https://t.co/EE2v3PlxcS
Stay Active Post‑race: Sun, Friends Beat Sedentary Stress
This is a good one to keep in mind for the first 14 days after an Ironman or Marathon Keep moving, get outside in the sun, see friends There's a lot of stress associated with taking yourself from highly active to sedentary As...
Own Your Needs: Ask, Don't Expect Others to Fix
Relationship Tip From A Licensed Therpaist: Please make sure you are asking for what you need in your relationships. There is a common misconception that having needs will make you “needy.” However, having needs makes you human. The inability to...
Train Optimism in 10 Minutes, Live Longer
Here's something that surprised me: Optimists don't just feel better. They live 11-15% longer. But here's the part that really matters: Optimism isn't something you're born with. It's trainable. The Best Possible Self exercise takes 10 minutes. It's been tested in dozens of...
Why Your Medial Elbow Pain Gets Worse Before Healing
Medial Epicondylitis.. Golfers' Elbow (stupid name). The most common cause of pain on the inner side of your elbow. A thread... If you lift, and certainly if you climb, you'll likely experience medial elbow pain at some point. Heck, most...
Kids' Sensitivity Signals Deep Empathy—Recognize and Nurture
Signs your child is more empathetic than you think: They get really upset when someone else is hurting. What looks like oversensitivity is actually a well-developed nervous system that feels other people's pain. Name it for them and protect it.
Burnout Comes From Chasing Catch‑up, Not Fast Tech
You don't burn out because tech moves too fast. You burn out because you think you're supposed to "catch up." As if being behind is a failure that has to be hidden and fixed asap before anyone finds out. 100% some work...
Lifelong Cognitive Enrichment Slows Brain Aging
A new Neurology study just gave us one of the cleanest lifestyle signals for brain aging we have ever seen. As a medical school professor, I teach that the brain follows the same rule as every other organ: use it or...
Negotiate with Self‑doubt Instead of Fighting It
We all have doubts, a voice in our head pushing us to quit. It's normal. The key is learning how to deal with it, not by trying to push it away, but by negotiating with it. The best learn to live...
Calm Your Body, Clear Your Mind, Grow Creatively
I help overstimulated creators build calm bodies, clear minds, and freedom. Not through hustle. Through nervous system regulation, primal health, and AI leverage. This is the simple system: followers become readers readers become buyers buyers become clients But the foundation is the body. Start here.
Recovery Nutrition: Fuel Your Body Like an Engine
Your recovery nutrition is equally as important as the workout itself. Imagine putting stress on an engine by revving and going very fast but never putting gas in the car or never changing the oil or avoiding putting air in...
Start Lifestyle Changes With GLP‑1, Not After Stopping
The GLP-1 weight regain studies everyone is citing have a quiet design flaw: in a lot of those trials, patients were put on a rigid reduced-calorie plan while on the drug, then told to keep following that same rigid plan...
Rock Bottom Can Spark a Transformative Breakthrough
If you're at emotional rock bottom, it can be the beginning of a new breakthrough. How To Get Through A Dark Night Of the Soul:
When Nice Turns Into People‑Pleasing: Spot the Shift
Girl to girl… When did you realize it was people pleasing & not “just being nice?”
One Avocado Daily Cuts Glycemic Load by 14
The Effect of Including One Avocado Daily in a Habitual Diet on the Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load in Free-living Adults with Overweight/Obesity "Daily consumption of one avocado within the habitual diet significantly reduced GL by almost 14 points, without requiring...
Rest Is a Biological Necessity, Not a Productivity Perk
Don’t forget: Rest is not a reward for being productive. It’s a biological need that helps your nervous system regulate. Sincerely A Psychologist
Morning Run and Light Beat Jet Lag
Had a wonderful morning run from NII to Qutab Minar and back through the greens of Sanjay Van Park. Exercise+morning light and a healthy breakfast beats jet lag. https://t.co/E2nRzS1HFt
Salty Sweaters Need Sodium: Track, Replace, Stay Strong
Yes, this is completely normal and very common in “salty sweaters”. It really depends on genetics, sweat rate, how intensely your body is working to cool itself, the climate/humidity, and even how acclimated you are to the heat. Seeing white salt residue...
Weight Control Depends on Calories, Not Lifelong GLP‑1
The most annoying question that everyone keeps asking me is if I have to continue to take a glp-1 for life. Stopping a glp-1 doesn't make you gain weight. Eating a calorie surplus makes you gain weight. I know exactly how...
AI Building Feels Like Minecraft—Need Real‑world Breaks
As a new AI builder, I find it very hard to stop working. It's kind of like playing in Minecraft all day. World building is fun and a bit too addictive. Forcing myself to stop and play some basketball with the...
Stay Soft, Keep Sweetness, Embrace the World’s Beauty
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it...
Find Freedom in Simple Breath and Presence
30 seconds to breathe and words to repeat [with the sounds of an open field]: “I am free to seek out spaces where I don’t feel obligated to perform and I free to simply be.”
5 Hours Weekly, 35 Years:
The investment: ~5 hours a week. Lifting heavy objects 3x a week, 2 work sets per exercise, 2-3 exercises (at least one compound movement) to failure and hiking or jog for an hour or so 1X a week, sprint intervals...
Resistance Training Counters Age‑related Muscle Loss and Restores Protein Sensitivity
Muscle loss with age is common, but much of that decline is driven by inactivity, not aging alone. On average, we reach peak muscle mass somewhere between 20 and 30, then lose about 8% per decade after that. By the time...
Study Confirms CBN Improves Sleep Quality
CBN (not CBD) strikes again with a study backing up what other research has shown: it’s *fantastic* for sleep quality (but I only use it when traveling, so I maintain sensitivity) - https://t.co/kP6dD1d129 https://t.co/1OYsI2gfZ5
432 Hz Music Relaxes Muscles, Enhances Yoga & Massage
432 Hz music are thought to have a soothing effect on the nervous system, helping relax muscle tension and decrease physical discomfort. This might be especially beneficial during yoga or massage therapy.
Validate Exclusion Pain, Reassure Child It’s Not Their Fault
Your child needs to hear, "Being left out hurts. It doesn't mean there's something wrong with you, though."
Attitude Shapes Happiness Despite Circumstances
For the most part, life gives you so many decisions to make and so many opportunities to recover from your mistakes that, if you handle them well, you can have a terrific life. Of course, sometimes there are major influences...