Lifestyle

It was much more evident during these camping trips over the years, how much Mother Nature can teach us, if we ALLOW ourselves to SLOW DOWN and just be MINDFUL of what she's saying.

Want to stop "feeling old"??? There's your recipe.

We don't get better from ZERO adversity, setbacks, mistakes, or resistance. We get better BECAUSE of those things!!

Marcellus Bowman III, Head Strength Coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) shared a post on Linkedin recently. It was quick and to the point. I thought it would be fun to use his tips, but to put them into context for the everyday human. Whether you consider yourself an athlete or not, the principles are similar.

THAT mindset, THAT approach to your every day lifestyle and all the "I can'ts" that you say to yourself internally and out loud - THEY are HOLDING YOU BACK from living a better quality life. PERIOD.

It's not uncommon in working with clients where despite the best intentions and sometimes efforts, they continue to be held back in their progress to healthier lifestyle habits. It's not unlucky or that they "are just not destined to be healthy". They're missing a major foundational pillar to human health and wellbeing: YOU need to SHOW UP for yourself, CONSISTENTLY. Not to brag, but my client roster is FULL of great humans. Many of them are AMAZING at putting EVERYONE and

This is part of my job as a Health & Wellness Coach. Sometimes we just need that neutral, unbiased ear to suggest something like, "Talk to him/her" and you'd be surprised what doors that can open for one's health.

It wasn't until my practices became more normal in my days/weeks that these lessons and realizations began to unfold, and I'm only STILL just beginning this lifelong experience. The connections have begun to make sense between my practice and every day life.

YOUR time and YOUR energy are IMPORTANT and neither are infinite. Practice and learn to PROTECT both of these elements. YOU deserve it.

The "ah-ha moment" that I just love, because it signals LEARNING, GROWING and CULTIVATING a root system or foundation within that only makes us more RESILIENT in this wild, wacky life adventure.

The problem is NOT in the age, but rather our mindset toward aging (especially in Western cultures). The NUMBER has MUCH less to do with how we feel, than does the LIFESTYLE we've chosen to live and the habits within that daily lifestyle.

I'm very interested and intrigued by Buddhism. "The study of the self". And boy do we need more of this in today's modern world in my opinion. Whether you're interested in Buddhism to any extent or not, I hope you'll continue reading this post.

As much as it's not easy to revisit some of these moments for me, it IS actually a good feeling when we recognize WHAT WE LEARNED from the good and/or not so good experiences in our lives.

I don't like SPEED. I don't like HEIGHTS. Therefore I'm NOT an extreme sports guy either - clearly.

The concern is when these three things become your NORM. It becomes a PRACTICE to hold yourself, your fun, and your happiness back more often than not. What we practice most, becomes our reality.

Somewhere though, over our lifetime, we've become "shocked" by the fact that some things require PRACTICE, TIME and EFFORT. Our deep health being one of those things. With that, the principles of the process remain the same as what James Clear eludes to in his words.

We are SO COMPLEX that focusing on ONE DAY, ONE WEEK or even ONE MONTH will NOT give you a clear indication as to how you ARE progressing.

And this is just what's happened so far. The story continues. My point of this example is to show how one action for our health and wellbeing IMPACTS other aspects of our deep health.

We are IGNORANT to the fact that there are SO MANY WONDERFUL ways to be a healthy, happy human. Yet we continue to do things that "other people" around us are doing or say "we should be doing".

Participaction recently released an awesome report on the state of physical activity in Canada. Why is this report so special? Because it addresses REAL concerns of people across GENERATIONS.