Life & Community
SOCIAL MINDFULNESS
The act of being mindful means to be observant of your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and surroundings without becoming stuck in one’s mind with analysis and judgment. This is the essence of being...
STUCK IN A BUBBLE?
Every single one of us wants certain things out of our lives, but do you know the difference between those who succeed and those who don’t? One word: action. The ones who truly want something will...
TAKE A RISK
Change in life is a constant. When it comes to the idea of change, platitudes, such as “step out of your comfort zone” and “take a risk” can oversimplify this ever-present force. Almost everybody...
TAKING A MINIMALIST APPROACH
Sometimes, it seems to be difficult to fully appreciate what we have in our lives, because we just have too much… clutter. There is just so much that we can obtain, consume, and absorb, be it...
THE ECONOMY OF FOOD CONSUMERISM
Awareness of the body and mind are paramount to realizing health and fitness goals, but we can sometimes forget about our environment, both on a personal and a global level. Almost everything that...
THE EROTICIZATION OF FITNESS
We are regularly bombarded by media of eroticized super fit individuals who are trying to convince us to become fit just like them in the hopes that one day we may be just as desired. Sex drives...
THE FOOD-MOOD CONNECTION
So how does our diet affect our mood? Consuming a balanced diet can have a significant impact on the body as well as the mind. What we eat can have an effect on our moods because of the connection...
THE ESSENCE OF MOTIVATION
What drives you? What is the one thing that you do at the start of each day that sets the tone and momentum for the rest of the day? Those little daily cues are the stepping stone for motivation and...
THE LIFE CYCLE
What drives you? What is the one thing that you do at the start of each day that sets the tone and momentum for the rest of the day? Those little daily cues are the stepping stone for motivation and...
THE LIFE-DEATH PARADOX
It is only when we are faced with a threat to our mortality that we begin to truly live to the fullest. When there is no threat, we bargain with time as if we will never run out. That is the...
THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE
We give ourselves the glimmer of hope when we fantasize about how we are going to work on self-improvement and steps towards our goals and dreams, but then, the inevitable barrage of excuses sneak...
THE POWER OF HOPE
When life overwhelms us, our instinctual reaction is to usually disengage from the source. The mind becomes hijacked by negative, catastrophic thinking, because it becomes stuck on the potential and...
CONTROLLING HYSTERIA
With so many things going on in the world, it becomes easy for us to get dragged into the emotional white noise and hype of other people’s anxieties and fears. There are so many political,...
CUES AND HABITS
What are some things that you do on a regular basis that you don’t give a second thought to? What are the visual, sound, and smell cues to signal what action you should take? Is it the smell of...
DO YOU BOTTLE-NECK YOUR GOALS?
We are often pressured by society and other people to have things figured out and to follow socially acceptable protocol. This leads to ideas of how things should be and how things should go:...
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT?
Motives We can strive to become our ideal selves but what is the point in putting in all the effort if there is no bigger purpose beyond ourselves? It's like continually trying to climb up a...
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
What Is Erectile Dysfunction? An erection is a state of male sexual arousal where blood flows to and fills up the penis, giving it a rigid, hardened texture. They usually last several minutes in...
SOCIAL ISOLATION
Social Isolation With the increase of staying indoors and working from home, it also increases the likelihood of social isolation. On one hand, it forces us to be more deliberate and thoughtful in...
ARE YOU MALLEABLE?
The word, “fluidity” often refers to the ease of movement of a substance or the body. But we can expand this idea to other areas of our lives, especially that of our emotional dispositions and...
WOMEN’S SEX HORMONES AND POSTURE
Women’s Sex Hormones and Posture Biologically, estrogen is a vital sex hormone for women. Estrogen helps to maintain the reproductive traits (breasts, body hair) and processes (menstrual cycles,...
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