Issue# 39 Everything in nature is imbued with a natural will. Trees grow, birds migrate, lions hunt, zebras run. Nature doesn’t need will power programs or tools to ‘Survive the Holidays’ and set New Year’s Resolutions that ‘finally stick!’. What is it about human will that requires so much effort? I think it lies …
Issue #36 Research shows that our brains are negatively biased, and we will look for problems no matter what our current circumstances are. In Michael Easter’s book, The Comfort Crisis, studies by David Levari are cited on “prevalence-induced concept change,” where Levari found that instead of becoming more fulfilled as our lives improve, we lower …
Issue #29 How much bandwidth have you spent worrying about the meaning of a text from someone you have issues or insecurities with? Texting is great for logistics; “running 5 minutes late” or “out of eggs”. It’s great for staying connected with photos or quick quips. Texting is terrible for relaying context-dependent or emotional content. …
Issue #28 The Paradoxes of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) & Where Unlimited Growth Lives The ANS is the largely unconscious regulator of our bodily systems. Yet, we also can control many of these systems through our manipulation. When we manipulate our breathing, we alter many, if not all, aspects of how the ANS …
Issue #17 12 times, she explained, exhaling smoke into the wind away from my face. That’s how many relapses with heroine she’d been through. She snuffed out her cigarette in the dirt and put the butt it in the pocket of her jean shorts. She picked up her pink compound bow with a wink …
Issue #6 I grew up hearing stories about my dad as a kid holding his breath when he didn’t get what he wanted. My grandparents didn’t bite. One time he passed out and hit his head on a radiator and that ended the strategy. As a breath nerd I kinda respect the will power …
Issue #5 Most mornings, you will find me in the ocean off the coast of Southern California. I was born and raised in Southern California and like most people living along the coast, I spent my childhood and youth in the water body-surfing, boogie-boarding, surfing, swimming, you name it. I went through junior lifeguards, played …
“There’s nothing more important to your performance than sleep, and I don’t care how you measure your performance….nothing breaks you faster than sleep deprivation” – Dr. Parsley, former Navy Seal Neuro Nidra to Rescue Sleep Not sleeping well isn’t just painful, it’s damaging and frustrating. Before having our kid, I was a sleeping machine. …
In our latest member feature, meet Lindsey from Norco, CA. SH//FT: What obstacle/s were you facing when you decided to join the SH//FT program? Lindsey: Neither my husband nor I had done a triathlon, let alone an Ironman. Neither of us were strong swimmers, and I had done two marathons training in the traditional method but …
