I thought I could “out-lifestyle” my genetics … I was wrong! My Lifestyle I never eat fast food and rarely eat any ultra-processed food I intermittent fast 20 hours a day I get well over 200 minutes of HIIT (high…
Many of us come from dysfunctional homes. Our memories of those difficulties may have faded, but their lingering influence can remain for a lifetime. I will share a powerful remedy for dealing with stress, one that I’ve used myself with…
Forget “food” restriction. To lose weight we need to FEED our bodies, NOT starve them! I always thought I could tell if someone was obese just by looking at them. YOU CAN’T! Obesity is so insidious that millions of people…
No one said Democracy was easy; but then again whatever’s worthwhile never is. Image by Midjourney The recent American election is the poster child for the state of global democracy; things are precarious at best. Everywhere you turn – from…
From best-selling business books to false prophets, if IT looks too “good” to be true … it is! What is the Halo Effect? The halo effect is a cognitive bias in which our initial or superficial impressions of a person, product,…
Either the Democratic Party is mind-numbingly stupid, they’re deliberately lying, or they’re drunk on their own B.S. Image Credit-Midjourney How is it possible, in the age of AI (the “I” being dubious at best), that a party with all the might…
I accepted lower back pain as a natural consequence of aging. I was wrong! The first “wrong” assumption I made was that since I do 30 plough-pose stretches nearly every day, I was sure I was doing everything possible…
Intuition can be a valuable tool … but only if used in the right order. During my presentation on Decision Making, I often ask: “Who here would consider yourself to be a natural, intuitive decision-maker and problem-solver?” Anybody? Invariably,…
You Can’t Escape Them, But You CAN Disarm Their Effect From bosses and fellow employees to random people crossing our path, we’ll never escape incivility — but we can choose how we’ll react, and that will make all the difference in the…
No one can see into the future, but you can predict a few things with uncanny accuracy, and one of those predictions is how you’ll age based on your current lifestyle … particularly if you’re sedentary. Thanks to dozens…
We fool ourselves into thinking that we’re magically doing more than one thing at a time. The grand delusion that is known as multitasking can be defined as this: The attempt to “consciously” perform two or more tasks simultaneously. …
Illusions occur because we unconsciously believe our assumptions, biases and intuitions are accurate. When this belief is left unchecked (and usually is), it leads to endless errors in thinking, reasoning, decisions and judgment. Stepping Feet Illusion … by Rinuraeni To…
Nothing Will Make You Look and Feel Young (or Old) Like Your Posture Do you know what I’m doing right now … from a physiological perspective? My forward head posture and slumped rounded shoulders are setting me up for…
As a society, we’ve made a Faustian deal with big media, and it’s becoming critical that we understand it or end it. Big Media is enjoying unprecedented profits because, like all prosperous enterprises, they create, manufacture, and deliver their product…
Faith: By definition, it can’t be proved, but it can make life’s journey so much easier … and perhaps yours as well. I was raised in a Christian fundamentalist home. The Bible was taken as literal truth: The Earth…
For 5 Days I consumed zero calories. There was no promised cognitive clarity, enlightenment, or surges of new-found energy. It was a F%$#@% grind, but you know what? … I’m going to do it again! 😉 The benefits of…
“How much time do you schedule each week just for thinking?” Whenever I ask someone that question, I’ll invariably receive a hard look and a furrowed brow followed by a reply along the lines of, “Get serious. Who has time…
A slight shift in perspective will result in a lifetime of “effortless” self-control. We humans are masters at rationalizing. Day after day, we pretend that what we do today has little bearing on what we’ll do tomorrow, but unless…
“They” say we’re most creative when our backs are to the wall. It may not be a universal truth, but it was key to my success. This is my story. My Epiphany It was 1984, I had just finished…
Waking me up on a Saturday morning is one thing, but waking me up for this … Admittedly, it was after nine, but if you were going to wake me up on a Saturday morning, you had better be…