Insights
Embracing Your 40s: The 5 Crucial Steps to Achieving Vitality
The transition into your 40s can be an opportunity to reassess your lifestyle choices and make adjustments where necessary. Here are five comprehensive steps to guide you.
The Role of Self-Care in Combating Exhaustion: Tips and Strategies
Exhaustion is a common problem faced by many people in today’s fast-paced world. It can be caused by a variety of factors, including stress, lack
Sleep Disorders 101: What You Need to Know to Find the Right Treatment
In this article, we will provide an overview of the most common types of sleep disorders, their symptoms, causes, and treatments.
Awaken Your Inner Urban Monk: Discover the Podcast for Spiritual Growth
The Urban Monk Podcast is a virtual platform that taps into the offerings of ancient wisdom, translating the insights of various sources into information which
Popular Now
The Penumbral Lunar Eclipse & Our Spiritual Hygiene
There are four to seven eclipses of several varieties every year, and while each has their own meaning, they all share a sentiment in common… They herald change. Monday evening marked the beginning of a period from November 30th to December 14th during which two eclipses will come to pass.
Does Your Sleeping Position Affect Your Digestion? Answers Inside…
During our waking hours, we’re told to consider our posture. Our form when we’re exercising. How we lounge when we’re watching TV.
We’re told that it’s vital to concern ourselves with our spinal alignment, that we can seriously injure ourselves if we’re not careful, and that anything from the functioning of
How Sleepless Nights Affect Your Gut
It’s becoming common knowledge in scientific circles that our guts, or “second brains,” have a symbiotic relationship with almost every other system in our bodies. What this means is that the composition of your microbiome is not only influenced by your body’s systems… But that it influences them as well.
Best Habits for Amplifying your Energy Reserves
For most stable, 9 in the morning until 5 in the evening, two-hour-daily-commute Americans, the word “habit” is probably used most in terms of something you’d like to quit.
Smoking… drinking… eating junk food…
Or if you’re a forward-thinking progressive person intent on self-actualization, you may find yourself preoccupied with how to
Diet and Nutrition
The Microbiome and Aging: How Our Gut Bacteria Affects Our Longevity
Research has shown that the health of our gut microbiome may play a crucial role in determining how we age.
Sleep and Nutrition: The Surprising Link Between What You Eat and How You Sleep
The food we eat can have a significant impact on our sleep quality, and understanding the relationship between nutrition and sleep is essential for improving sleep hygiene.
Wellness
The Importance of Supporting Employee Well-being in the Workplace
It’s essential for employers to prioritize their employees’ well-being by offering support and resources to help them maintain a healthy work-life balance, reduce stress, and prevent burnout.
Understanding the Role of Inflammatory Signaling in Immune Responses
The immune system is a complex network of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to defend the body against foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. One of the key players in this system is the inflammatory response, which is a type of immune response that helps
How to NOT get divorced with Sarah Intelligator
Meet Sarah Intelligator Sarah is the author of “Live, Laugh, Find True Love: A Step-By-Step Guide to Dating and Finding a Meaningful Relationship, By a Divorce Attorney”. Raised by a mother who has practiced Family Law for almost thirty years, and still practices, Sarah feels as though she has been
It’s time for a Gut Check with Dr Steven Gundry
Meet Dr Steven Gundry Dr. Steven Gundry MD, Heart Surgeon, New York Times Bestseller, Host of The Dr. Gundry Podcast. Dr. Steven Gundry is one of the world’s top cardiothoracic surgeons and a pioneer in nutrition. He hosts top-rated health show, The Dr. Gundry Podcast, is the Founder and Director
How Oxygen Therapy Can Improve Your Quality of Life
Oxygen therapy is a medical treatment that can improve your quality of life by increasing the amount of oxygen your body receives.
Beating Alzheimer’s – A Proven Path with Dr Dale Bredesen
Meet Dr Dale Bredesen Dale Bredesen, MD, received his undergraduate degree from Caltech and his medical degree from Duke University. He served as resident and chief resident in neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and as postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Professor Stanley Prusiner.
Gardening
5 Ways to Keep Your Garden All-Natural
It’s almost time to start harvesting your spring veggies and considering your fall haul. Mid-July to early August is the beginning of the fall planting
Spring Time in TCM – Plus, 5 Plants You Can Forage
It almost feels like if you say it out loud, you’ll jinx it. But the weather is starting to change for those of us in
“Plants Tell You What They’re For,” Says Evan Cohen
What did people do when they felt anxious 300 years ago? Were they too uncivilized to recognize it? Did we consider it simply part of
Gut Health
The Microbiome and Aging: How Our Gut Bacteria Changes as We Get Older
While the composition of the microbiome is unique to each individual, there are certain patterns that emerge as we age.
The Impact of Antibiotics on the Microbiome: What You Need to Know
Antibiotics have been a game-changer in modern medicine, saving countless lives by fighting off bacterial infections. However, the use of antibiotics can also have unintended consequences on the gut microbiome.
Fitness
Introduce a Few Tantric Principles Into Your Relationship
Tantra isn’t about sex – yes, you read that right. It can include sex, and the sex you have may be tantric… but the ideology itself is so much deeper and wider. In Sanskrit, tantra means “web” or “to weave energy.” Tantra is about connection and fusion before it’s about
5 Effects Barometric Pressure Has on Humans That You Really Can Feel
When the weather changes, more changes than the nature of your office’s small talk. We are made of water and air and molecules just like the atmosphere. We feel those changes inside of us just as powerfully as the charged air of the world. We’re talking about barometric pressure –
How Exercise Can Help Combat Exhaustion and Improve Your Overall Health
Many people experience fatigue, especially when they lead busy lives or are under a lot of stress.
Gee, I’d Never Heard of That! Isn’t that NEAT…
Calorie-counters and gym junkies alike generally have a baseline understanding of how many calories different exercises can burn, what various levels of intensity feel like, and what to expect from a body that’s in a calorie deficit rather than a calorie surplus. But in reality, the body is always burning
Mental health
From Burnout to Breakthrough: Overcoming Exhaustion
Burnout can make you feel drained, hopeless, and helpless, and can negatively impact your overall quality of life.
5 Effective Stress-Management Techniques for a Healthier Life
In this blog post, we’ll discuss five effective stress-management techniques that can help you lead a healthier and happier life.
Sleep
Can Getting Up Early Change Your Whole Life?
If you had to guess, out of all the falsehoods and fibs and omissions in the history of the world… What would you say is the greatest lie ever told? Okay, okay, I’ll tell you. For late risers, it’s a no-brainer. “I’ll get up early and do that.” You see,
How Sleepless Nights Affect Your Gut
It’s becoming common knowledge in scientific circles that our guts, or “second brains,” have a symbiotic relationship with almost every other system in our bodies. What this means is that the composition of your microbiome is not only influenced by your body’s systems… But that it influences them as well.
“Cracking the Code: Master the Art of Sleeping Through the Night”-Sleep and Endotoxemia
Sleep and Endotoxemia [00:00:00] Are you tired of waking up in the middle of the night tossing and turning, waking up at three in the morning? Wide awake, unable to fall back asleep. It’s more common than you think, and there is a reason for it, but. It’s not a
Struggling to Sleep Without Western Aids? Hear from the East
If you’re worried and you can’t sleep… Have a nightcap to unwind! Take some cough medicine. Eat a second helping. Pace the hallway. Squeeze your eyes shut. Give your social media one final scroll. Right? For a need that all humanity has in common, there are some pretty common misconceptions
Relationships
Beyond Words and Actions: The 6th Love Language and Its Impact
In this article, we delve into the depths of this sixth love language and explore its profound impact on our connections with others.
Why Ignoring Your Exhaustion Could Be Hurting Your Relationships
Do you ever feel like you’re running on fumes, but you keep pushing forward anyway? Maybe you’re burning the midnight oil at work, trying to
Finance
Conscious Capitalism: Snack Edition
What do a teenage girl with IBS and a world-renowned animal welfare expert have in common?
Apparently, beef-sticks.
You see, when Autumn and Chas Smith got married and were dealing with Autumn’s lifelong digestive issues, they discovered
What Happens When a Banking SuperPower CoSigns an Eco Trend
Even if you consider yourself an environmentally conscious person, there is a trend that may have escaped your notice.
Socially responsible investing, or SRI, is an investment strategy which rewards thriving companies that include positive social
Do You Know What Kind of Money Manager You Are?
And make no mistake – if you have any money at all, you are a money manager. Those of us not ranked among the financial 1% may not consider our relationships with money… well, managed. But
Has Covid-19 Brought Us Closer to Renewable Energy?
In April of this year, something happened that no one saw coming. The pandemic was picking up steam, global economies were plunging, jobs were either lost or relocated… And we thought we were in this