Turning Morning Routines into Morning Bliss
Do you have a morning routine? And do you struggle with it somedays, or every day? The problem here is the word ‘routine.’ If the first things you are going to do in the day don’t light you up, you’re more likely to snooze than excitedly leap out of bed. 生き甲斐 – IkigaiThe thing that gets you out of bed in the morning – your sense of purpose. There are a gazillion morning routines in books and all over the Internet. You may have tried one or more of them and given up. No single routine is better than any of the others because the question is not “What is…
3 Easy Vagus Nerve Exercises to Down Regulate Anxiety
Did you know that in 1921, Nobel Prize-winning German physiologist named Otto Loewi discovered that stimulating frogs’ vagus nerves caused a rush of acetylcholine, unlocking the idea that tapping into this chill-out nerve could be a fast way to dial down stress? Earlier this week, I posted about Solfeggio tones (in Can Sound Heal the Body?) and the effect they have in calming and ‘rewiring’ the nervous system due to sympathetic resonance with the Vagus Nerve. There is a lot of information coming through into the public domain now about this central nerve in the body and the essential roles it plays, especially in connection with mental health. In the video above, Sukie…
My Fitness Journey: Running and Wellness
My fitness journey has been stop/start for years. I know it is essential to keep fit, raise the heart rate and push the body. It keeps things working in the long-term and helps restore the balance. The body was used to labouring in ancient times – the hunter/gatherer required us to be active – and the body is designed to deliver. But in today’s sedentary times where we have “the good life” (if we’re fortunate enough) we have to bolt on exercise to our regular daily routine. And that’s when it can feel like a chore and we find excuses not to do it. And that’s OK as long as…
Transformational Life & Business Coaching by Edward Terry
