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Why I Use a Sit-Stand Desk

March 2, 2017

I remember the first time I saw someone working at a stand-up desk. It was 2009 and a colleague had rearranged the furniture in her office and needed some help reconnecting her printer. I noticed that her office makeover involved putting her computer on top of a stack of boxes so that she could work … Read full article »

cues, environment, exercise, mindfulness, mindlessness, move more, move more sit less, Movement, sit less, sitting, standing desk, Stuart Biddle

Books That Changed Me in 2016 (and how to find a health book that you can trust)

December 22, 2016

I was recently browsing the health section of my favourite book store, looking for a good book for a friend who recently discovered that she has a serious chronic disease and faces a lengthy period of medical treatments. I wanted to find something that would inspire and uplift her, something with credible and useful information, … Read full article »

Books, emotions, mind-body medicine, mindfulness, mindlessness, vitamins

If-Then planning template

November 23, 2016

Your unthinking routines form the bedrock of what you do in everyday life. The more you repeat a behaviour with a consistent environmental cue, the more automatic the behaviour becomes. With repetition, the mental effort to initiate a new behaviour gets easier, and over time the action becomes second nature. A simple “if-then” planning technique … Read full article »

Chapter 05 - Movement/Exercise, habits, if-then planning, mental contrasting, mindlessness, PDF, WOOP

Reading List – Chapter 6: Environment

November 15, 2016

Born Together – Reared Apart, The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study, by Nancy L. Segal The identical “Jim twins” were raised in separate families and met for the first time at age thirty-nine, only to discover that they both suffered tension headaches, bit their fingernails, smoked Salems, enjoyed woodworking, and vacationed on the same Florida beach. … Read full article »

Brian Wansink, Chapter 06 - Environment, Craig Hassed, diet, environment, Epigenetics, Esther Sternberg, Food, Genetics, mindlessness, Nancy Segal, Tim Spector, Twins

5 Simple Things I Do Every Day To Stay Healthy

November 9, 2016

I wish I had a time machine so I could go back 11 years ago when I was first diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. I wish I could bump into that 24-year-old version of me who was leaving a rheumatologists office in tears, having just been told she “probably has lupus,” that her immune system … Read full article »

Big MAC, Brian Wansink, Erica Sonnenburg, exercise, Gut bugs, Justin Sonnenburg, meditation, microbiome, mindfulness, mindlessness, move more, Ronald and Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, sedentary, sit less, sitting, sleep

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My Year Of Living Mindfully – Book

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My Year of Living Mindfully (DOWNLOAD-TO-OWN)

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