Tag: Better Living

Should Versus Want: Freeing Yourself From the ‘Shoulding’ Habit

Have you ever noticed how much of your life is driven and dictated by the word (and feeling) of should? Most of us devote an inordinate amount of time and energy to doing and being what we think we should do and be. At the same time, we spend a surprisingly small amount of attention…


How to Make Stress a Good Thing, Instead of Something That Damages Your Health

Is stress a friend or foe? Most people believe that stress can harm health, increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancers and other chronic diseases, and even shorten life expectancy. However, an important study has shattered this view. Two Groups Under Equally High Stress Have Different Mortality Rates The study, published in the journal Health…


Is It Time for a Mental Health Makeover?

“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate…


The Art of Japanese Archery

You may never have considered trying traditional Japanese archery—kyudo—but it offers a profound form of exercise that combines physical activity with mental clarity. In 1948, a slender paperback, “Zen in the Art of Archery,” by German philosophy professor Eugen Herrigel, introduced Westerners, particularly Americans, to Zen Buddhism. This is not a book on meditation; it…


The Power of Pomegranates

When was the last time you had a pomegranate? Can’t remember? Never have had one? Have one occasionally but consider them too much trouble to enjoy more often? What’s a pomegranate? These are typical responses whenever someone is asked when they last enjoyed one of these less common fruits. We want to share some tasty…


Real Treatments for Alzheimer’s?

Alzheimer’s remains one of the most feared diseases in the United States. Affecting approximately 6.2 million Americans, the incidence is expected to triple by 2050. After decades of research, no truly effective medical treatment exists. The currently approved Alzheimer’s medications are, unfortunately, ineffective in stopping or slowing this devastating disease, which robs victims of their…


Mindset Shift to Deal with Overwhelm

In recent weeks, almost every coaching client I’ve been working with has been feeling one big thing: overwhelm. It seems almost universal: people can’t seem to deal with the big things in their lives because they’re feeling too overwhelmed. They can’t take on their more meaningful projects, because there’s just too much. You can deal…


Hospital Design Should Consider the Psychological Aspects of Healing

Long before COVID-19 made the public aware of the importance of good air ventilation, designers had been concerned with how physical environments affect people’s well-being and mental health. In the 20th century, hospital design underwent a profound change. Hospitals used to be a place for only the treatment of diseases and injuries—or places strongly associated…


5 Tips for Improving Your Spiritual Well-Being

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal…


How to Conquer Fatigue and Low Energy

Nutrition and lifestyle expert Ari Whitten has provided a collection of key insights to explain and address low energy levels in his new book, “Eat for Energy: How to Beat Fatigue, Supercharge Your Mitochondria, and Unlock All-Day Energy.” Whitten also has written an excellent book about infrared light exposure or photobiomodulation as a healing modality,…