It’s so easy to get bogged down in the details of health and neglect the BIG STUFF. But the big stuff is where your attention needs to be — checking health boxes every single day.
There are six key lifestyle elements — six health boxes for you to check every day by developing good habits… With our busy lives this is a big enough job on its own without getting distracted…
Continue reading “The BIG STUFF of health and happiness”
In my 20 year search for health and happiness I wasted a lot of time researching the fine details of this and that.
I studied all the little biochemical effects, promising remedies, the debates and so on… desperately trying to get a handle on everything and how it all interacts…
It slowly but surely dawned on me… it’s an IMPOSSIBLE task.
Your body is probably the most complex thing that exists. It’s magnificent and wonderful. When you really consider it, it’s just AWESOME. Just have a look at one of those tiny hairs on your arm… really LOOK. Doesn’t it fill you with wonder?
The TRUTH is that even the greatest minds know NOTHING about your wonderful body. Even the greatest minds can only hold a little part of how it works. And humanity as a whole has only uncovered the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how your body works…
Continue reading “One of the biggest mindset ideas you need”
In short, we self-destruct because we want to feel good.
It seems a very strange thing to say but wanting to feel good is behind self destructive behavior. Feeling good is natural to us and when we don’t feel good we will do whatever it takes to feel good again.
The problem is that the quick fix we choose makes us feel even worse after the short-term high. It’s dysfunctional because it doesn’t work. Self destructive behavior only makes things worse but it’s the way we’re wired…
In nature we couldn’t fall into this trap. There are no pizza trees, no ice-cream or chocolate trees.
There are no rivers of vodka :-) Continue reading “Why we self-destruct and how to stop”
Like a lot of conventional “wisdom” I think this little nugget is a load of old TWADDLE.
Stress means not coping or “If you don’t step up, something BAD is going to happen.” Neither scenario is good in my opinion.
BUT proactivity, passion, inspiration, enthusiasm, vision… these are the good guys… Continue reading “Is stress good for you?”
One of the big solutions to effective change is to take small steps.
It’s SO important because what most folks are doing will almost certainly keep them stuck.
When we identify a change we want to make and take action, most often we simply fall flat on our face because the change was TOO BIG and that causes pain and misery.
What most people do in this scenario is DOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS… they PICK A BIGGER CHANGE!
Seems even funny reading that doesn’t it… illogical. And yet that’s what nearly everyone does…
Continue reading “Take baby steps”
I couldn’t believe what my friend said the other day. “When you come over, we can go shopping and you can show me how it’s done.”
Brain freeze! That came as a bit of a shock to me!
What could be easier? You go round and put fruits, veg, nuts and good protein sources in your trolley, then you pay :-)
But of course it’s easy to assume that everyone knows what you know. If you’re used to having cereals, sandwiches and pizza as your staple diet, the fruit and veg aisles can look a bit daunting… Continue reading “How to stock your kitchen”
Not only is nearly all chronic illness created by poor lifestyle but medicine cannot cure chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, depression, obesity, heart disease, diabetes or cancer.
Modern medicine is based on drugs, surgery and the “pill for an ill” mentality…
It’s quite astounding when you think about the massive human resources we put into “health care” that to put it quite bluntly — doesn’t work! For trauma, acute conditions and inherited conditions, the approach can be amazing. But for chronic conditions i.e. most problems, drugs and surgery don’t cure anything…
How could they? The problems aren’t caused by lack of drugs and so cannot be solved by adding drugs. A true cure is only possible by removing the original cause and providing the ideal conditions for the body to heal itself… Continue reading “Prevention is better than cure”
Do you have a shelf full of diet and health books that just didn’t work for you? So why don’t they work?
There’s more than one reason but here’s the big one:
Most health and weight loss books don’t address the ROOT CAUSE of chronic health and weight problems. And for that reason, they’re ineffective, they don’t work and so they’re a waste of your time and money.
How many weight loss books do you know for instance, that explain why you just can’t stop yourself eating ice-cream when you get home from work — or whatever your “bad thing” is… Continue reading “Why most diet and health books don’t work”
Getting Happy Guide off the ground is not unlike your health and happiness.
We take steps, we fall, we try again, we crawl for a bit, perhaps even bum shuffle :-) We refocus and try again.
And after a couple of years of falling on our a**, it finally seems we’re standing up. A bit wobbly but hey, we did it!
Just the same really.
So don’t be scared to take action. That’s how you learn…
It’s ironic that it’s often the most intelligent people who are scared to act. There are some folks who just don’t think too far ahead and they don’t see problems — they just do their thing. In my experience, they tend to be happier and sometimes more successful… Continue reading “Take action”
If you’re overweight, perhaps lacking energy and suffering from low self-esteem, it can be a big ask to get the sneakers on and go jogging.
From that state of mind and body, following some of the weight loss plans out there can seem like climbing Everest.
In fact, my experience and the statistics tell the same story — it’s simply not going to work. So what to do? Continue reading “Weight loss with NO CARDIO? Yes, it DOES work!”
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