Lifestyle
5 Health Tips Every Woman Should Know
In celebration of Women’s Health Week, it seems appropriate to share some simple tools when it comes to supporting a strong, healthy brain and body to help last you a lifetime. Which of these tips do you follow?
How to Truly Win: Cooperation Over Competition
Every single one of us is built to win. Winning is deeply entrenched into our DNA. But winning sometimes comes at a cost.
Do You Believe in Love at First Sight?
Love is a wonderful and volatile feeling; it can mean and apply to different things and can be expressed differently across cultures. Does love and affection vary by sex?
Winning Is a Must: The True Spirit of Sportsmanship
For the majority of athletes, it’s about winning and nothing else. And with such a singular focus, it becomes inevitable that the narrative occasionally involves cheating.
Does Sex Impact Habit Formation?
It seems like common sense that the sexes are driven by different things. But what about habits? Are there certain environmental considerations that set one sex up versus the other?
Splitting Your Day for Good Habits
Creating good habits is easier if you understand the underlying mechanics. Another useful tip? Break up your day.
Habit Building: The Influence of Dopamine
Habits can be created in an instant, but that’s often not the case. Underlying success can often be correlated with the ability to manipulate a neurotransmitter known as dopamine.
New Year, New You? 5 Tips for Creating Good Habits
We suspect that for most of us we don’t fully understand the mechanics of habit-building. And that puts us at a disadvantage right away. Here are some tips to get you started on your journey.
The 4 Recovery Personas: Which One Are You?
These are the 4 that I see most often in my work on the frontline of performance and rehabilitation. Can you find yourself here? Do you know how you should be recovering?
5 Signs You Need to Recover
Our bodies and brains are miracles of the natural world, but we still need to recover, and not just after periods of physical exertion. Here are 5 signs you need to begin recovering.
Expanding Our Concept of Immunity
If you were asked to explain your immune system, could you do it? You’d likely describe it as a defense system. This is the traditional model, and it is all true. But it’s not the complete story.
How Exercise Affects Your Immune System
New studies have found regular exercise can lower the risk of infection and reduce inflammation. Learn which exercises you should be trying to help you do so.
Sleep Chronotypes: Listen to Your Body to Get the Most Out of Your Day
People are either early birds or night owls. But research is showing us that there is much more nuance to it than that. Do you know your sleep chronotype?
Sleep: A Nuisance of Necessity
As we get older, our sleep progressively reduces to 25–35% of our lives. Still, sleep remains a necessity. Learn how to prioritize it here .
To Nap, or Not to Nap?
That is the question, but whether or not you need to nap is highly debated. Science, as is often the case, will point you in either direction. But should you?
How to Sleep Like the Pros
How do you weed through the troves of sleep information and know which sleep strategies will get you the best bang for your buck? Here’s are 5 go-to strategies from the world of sport to try!
Why Kindness Is Important to Humanity
What does kindness mean to you? We very often have a higher likelihood of demonstrating kindness to others than we can to ourselves. But why?
5 Tips to Cope With COVID
To help you cope, here are five relatively easy-to-implement strategies honed by Co-Founder Daniel Gallucci that help him sleep, keep him active, and allow him to focus on the stuff that truly matters.
Seizing the Day and Acknowledging the Finish Line
Death is one of life’s greatest teachers. Discover how seizing the day and living each day like it's your last may be one of the secrets to living a fulfilling life.
How Does Your Immune System Affect Aging?
With so many factors playing into the deterioration of cells, understanding how we age is a huge challenge. Early research shows how immunity may predict mortality. Learn how your immune system effects aging today.
Effects of Past Trauma in Adulthood
The personal traumas we fear are often just below the surface, whether we recognize them or not. Luckily, you are not alone. Learn how this affects your adult life today.
How to Change Your Perspective
Our perception is much more powerful than we typically believe it is. Learn how controlling your perceptions can help you see the bigger picture today.
Psychological Effects of Fear on the Body
We all have specific fears and triggers. Learning to control our fears through understanding them is essential to minimizing the effects of these fears.
What Is Gut Health and Why Is It Important?
Trust your gut. Go with your gut. What do these phrases really mean? Learn about gut health and how to reconnect with what your gut is trying to tell you today.
Building Better Blood Sugar
Sugar as glucose is vital for your health, but too much or too little can cause destructive problems. Here are 6 ways to balance blood sugar and improve insulin sensitivity.
Milk and Sunshine: The Calcium Paradox
Calcium is everywhere in the diet, yet osteoporosis is rampant; this is the calcium paradox. The goal is to get it to the bone where it belongs.
What Is Mindfulness?
There are many ways to support your mental health and like with anything, the power is with consistency. Learn how to practice mindfulness today.
What Is Familiarity Bias?
Studies show that your own psyche craves familiarity by seeking to recreate past environments to make you feel comfortable. This is familiarity bias.
The Life of a Startup Depends on the Life of the Team
Any startup's life depends on the willingness of a group of individuals to come together. Before success, there are some things to first consider.
Why It's Important To Be Sensitive
There is a difference between sensitivity and fragility, despite modern beliefs. Discover the true meaning of sensitivity and why it is so important today.
How to Show Compassion to Others
Compassion is part of the bedrock of what makes us human. Discover how to show more compassion to others and build up others and yourself with your actions.