High-achieving women often skip the celebration and immediately move on to the next goal. This is a missed opportunity to cement the progress you've made. The act of celebrating is a powerful tool for your brain.

When we don't have enough water, our mental cognitive ability can go offline in a hurry. Brain fog, memory loss, reduced computation skills, anxiety, irritability, depression, and fatigue can all start happening with a 2% body water decrease.

Diaphragmatic or deep breathing strengthens the lungs. By practicing this, it works to prevent diseases like COPD, lower respiratory infections (like Ammonia), and reduces the severity of Asthma. While it may not cure these diseases it can reduce symptoms and long term impacts. In addition, by increasing the oxygen to the brain it can help improve cognitively, memory, and productivity.

Stressed-out women are praised for having a good work ethic but find when they are frantic doing twenty things at a time they get exhausted quickly.  This common obstacle gives us an illusion of being important, valued, wanted, or needed, and can fill our ego.

Essentially, getting regular physical movement at a moderate level reduced risks of illnesses, and improved quality of life for a longer period of time throughout aging. 

Often, we underestimate the impact of our diet, medications, caffeine, supplements, substances, alcohol, vitamins, and more on our mood, mental health and physical symptoms.  This impact can be both positive and negative.

Mindful eating means eating food with conscious awareness and intention, focusing on how food tastes and feels in the present moment.

True progress is measured not by what your body looks like, but by all the wonderful things it allows you to do: crush your goals, love and serve your family and community, and savor the simple pleasures of life.

Improve your sleep by preparing to rest deeply through meditating, journaling, avoiding screens, and/or reading.  When sleep evades you, practice training your brain to relax.  Consider your responsibilities and boundaries when you may feel the need to problem-solve or plan, instead of sleeping. 

We all need deep, reliable connections with others who treat us with kindness. This need is rooted in secure attachment, which serves as an anchor for our souls, keeping us emotionally safe when life gets dangerous or difficult.

The brain thrives on challenge and novelty. To keep your mind working and growing through neurogenesis, you must set intentional targets that force you to think in new ways and learn new skills/tasks.

Life Distracted. This is one of the biggest silent sources of chronic anxiety. We are constantly wired, constantly expecting a notification, and never truly present. This week, we’re putting our screens back in their place.

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When seeking to know how to have the best life possible and optimize our mental and physical well-being, it is critical to understand what causes us to suffer the most as we age.

Given the truths about human psychology, what is the single most effective tool we have to be better humans to ourselves, others, and the planet?

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It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.