I’ve dedicated many years to studying the art of training my mind, feeling my body, and untethering my soul, and this book’s powerful words had me constantly nodding my head. Now take a deep breath, sink down deep into the center of your body, and read these 22 quotes and take-aways from an utterly inspiring text. How many actions do you take every day that aren’t meaningful, positive, or purposeful?...
A common point of tension can be the craving for in-person physical intimacy, which just isn’t possible with your partner. Weiss warns that it is “vital for people in long-distance relationships to talk about whether they would like a monogamous or non-monogamous relationship—and how they are defining monogamy or non-monogamy. Is it OK to flirt with other people? Dance with other people? Cuddle with other people? It is better to be honest about the fact that these desires will come up than to push them under the rug and risk going behind each other’s backs and hurting each other?...
According to Wendie Trubow, MD, adding magnesium—especially combination forms— to your routine can be beneficial for mood and PMS, along with sleep, gut function and migraines. “The only downside to getting too much magnesium happens with the magnesium citrate form, which can cause diarrhea if you get too much,” Trubow said. To find your ideal dose, she says to start low and increase every few days until you are below over-treating....
Many people enter relationships with a deep fear of rejection and abandonment, or they stay away from relationships to avoid experiencing these fears. If you do, what do you usually do regarding relationships when your fear of rejection and abandonment is triggered? What are the ways you are abandoning yourself? Let’s look at a few of them: You judge yourself. What are the judgments you level at yourself? If you had a child and you treated her with the same kind of harsh judgments that you might be leveling at yourself, your child would likely feel unloved, abandoned, alone, inadequate, anxious or depressed....
I had practiced yoga for years, under many different and amazing teachers, who’d instruct me to do these things, but neglected to tell me how. As a yoga newbie, these phrases can leave us feeling left out, as if we do not know the secret handshake to an ancient tribe. We have all been here at sometime or another. Perhaps it was your first yoga class, a teacher who you never met that focused more on the spiritual of the eight limbs, or maybe you are contemplating beginning a yoga practice but are concerned you will not know the “handshake....
Well, allow us to introduce mbg’s pioneering formula, probiotic+. This powerhouse probiotic is the first of its kind, and happy customers agree it’s made a huge difference in their gut health and comfort.* Here’s why: Here are the four strains you’ll find in each capsule of probiotic+ and a bit on what they each can support: Here’s a quick look at all the things you won’t find in our probiotic (or any of our supplements, for that matter)....
A few weeks later I saw Jon, a 44-year-old high-stress office executive who needed to lose about 50 pounds. I enthusiastically recommended IF, yet during a subsequent consultation he complained he was actually gaining weight. A little probing found that while he otherwise fasted correctly about 18 hours daily, he was drinking about eight cups of black coffee while fasting—which curbed his appetite but amped up his stress hormone cortisol—while stockpiling doughnuts and other junk foods for his “eating hours....
Unfortunately, most women have never been taught the language their bodies communicate in, much less how to decipher the often-confusing messages it sends. One of the best ways for women to take charge of their endocrine health is to begin carefully observing and taking note of various menstrual signs and symptoms each month. If your cycle is less than 25 days, you may have a condition called Luteal Phase Defect1, which is characterized by a short luteal phase (the second half of your cycle after ovulation)....
When viewed outside of a religious context, spirituality connects us with a dimension of life that is greater than ourselves. It’s a daily exercise in finding faith—one in which we are both teachers and students, givers and receivers—that allows us to live from a place of greater compassion for ourselves and others. And maybe that’s something a room full of 1,000 people would agree on, too.
We can’t change the past, but we can learn from it and use those experiences as tools for change. Instead of getting caught up in the “shoulds,” think of ways that you can learn to adjust your way of thinking. Start by letting go of the thoughts that may not even be beneficial to you. Where did those thoughts develop? What can you do or say to challenge those thoughts?...
Turns out vitamins carry out manifold essential functions throughout our bodies—and vitamin C is no exception. Your body needs enough vitamin C daily to support its actions as a powerhouse antioxidant, facilitator of multiple enzymes, enhancer of iron absorption, and lots more.* What exactly does vitamin C do? Firstly, it acts as a cofactor—a compound essential for the activity of an enzyme—“for a variety of biosynthetic and regulatory enzymes,”* explains Anitra Carr, M....
You can have the best intentions for your beauty to shine from within, but sometimes there are external factors that can negatively affect your inner beauty, especially in the work environment. Whether it’s a confrontation with a coworker or a heated email from a client, deadlines, stress, and negative attitudes can definitely put a damper on your day. Connecting with your favorite crystals lifts your spirits and helps you feel more like yourself again....
So as the list of foods I tried to fit into my daily diet grew, I decided to make a checklist. Here are six I try and eat daily: I also found the checklist helped with grocery shopping. Although I always keep bags of frozen berries and greens in the freezer, if I’m at the store and want to buy fresh produce for the week, it helps me figure out how much kale or blueberries I need....
So I called Dr. Steven Gundry, author of The Plant Paradox and driving force behind the anti-lectin movement, who spoke with clarity about lectins and their role in our health. Here’s what he said. “If you want to incite heart disease in a Rhesus monkey model—our cousins—you give them peanut oil. The peanut lectin produces heart disease. If you take the peanut lectin out of peanut oil, they will not get heart disease....
In fact, sea vegetables have garnered some popularity in recent years for their vitamin and mineral content, but outside of some better-known varietals like algae and seaweed, these unique veggies don’t often get the spotlight. But that’s just the beginning. Chlorella is also loaded with B vitamins, which can often be difficult to get on a plant-based diet. “It also has high mineral content in iron, calcium, potassium, and magnesium, and low levels of copper and zinc,” adds Leah Johansen, M....
Chronic diseases or autoimmune diseases are the most obvious risk factors for impaired immunity. But “there are definitely things lifestyle-wise that can set you up for infection,” says Randy Horwitz, M.D., Ph.D., immunologist and medical director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. For the generally healthy population with no underlying medical conditions, these can include an unhealthy diet, a high-stress job or home environment, and poor sleep. Below, experts break down these and other warning signs—and how to give your immune system some extra TLC....
But while we may be well aware of the changes that might result after taking birth control, we rarely hear what happens after women stop. For the next six months I had seemingly normal periods. But then my monthly bleeding stopped completely from January 2015 until June. Turns out my body forgot how to have a normal period! The bleeding I’d experienced before was just hormone withdrawal. I was so worried while waiting for it to return, and I wish doctors had been better about informing me of all the changes my body would go through with hormones....
Take a few slow, deep breaths, then close your eyes. Now, imagine waking up and rolling over and seeing your ideal partner lying next to you, fast asleep. Take a moment and really picture what they look like: What color is their hair? What do they look like when they’re sleeping? Can you hear their breathing? Let your imagination run wild. Now, they wake up and open their eyes and they see you and make eye contact....
In numerology, numbers and letters hold energetic vibrations—and those vibrations are thought to influence our direction in life. Once you calculate your numerology chart and know your life path number, you can use it to better understand your personality, strengths, and weaknesses. Today, we’re diving deep into life path number 8. Keep adding any double-digit numbers together until you get a single-digit life path number between 1 and 9. For example, if your birthday was March 29, 1969, it would look like: 3+2+9+1+9+6+9 = 39 3+9 = 12 1+2 = 3 So, 3 is your life path number....
