Powerful visualization tool: Imagine a scenario where you visualize a horse and cart, symbolizing your complete self. In this analogy, your physical body represents the cart, carrying the weight of your physical condition and any other baggage you may carry. The horse symbolizes your mind, the driving force behind your actions and well-being. Your [...]
Hormones are “chemical messengers that coordinate different functions in the body.” Most of us are aware of and relatively knowledgeable about a handful of them such as estrogen, testosterone, oxytocin, serotonin, melatonin and cortisone. But did you know there is another hormone, a bone hormone called osteocalcin? The story of osteocalcin, the hormone believed [...]
Leading a productive life, demands that you respect and care for yourself enough to know that you deserve to live in a healthy, slim, fit, feel-good body. It means being self-accountable. Self-accountability...what is it and why do we need it? The standard definition of self-accountability is: "An obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or [...]
Many people start an exercise program looking to achieve changes to physical appearance – weight loss, less body fat, firmer and more toned muscles, improved heart health and so on. But there are many more health benefits from exercise that you cannot see. These “invisible” often hidden benefits are just as important, if not more [...]
Most of us are aware of the physical benefits of exercise but we usually only think it benefits us below the neck. We know we can expect stronger muscles and bones; we can lose some weight and slow the aging process but what about our mental and emotional health, can exercise help us there as [...]
We are always trying to pack more into our day and most times proper exercise gets left out because it takes up too much time. As a result our strength levels decline along with our fitness level, our waistlines increase and we set ourselves up for a variety of health problems down the road somewhere. [...]
We cannot deny the fact that our genetic blueprint was formed back when our ancient ancestors had to survive that harshest of conditions. Being highly active stimulated chemicals that told the body’s operating systems that strength, endurance and health was needed for example to feed a family. Once hard physical activity slowed or stopped it [...]
