Category: wellness
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Yoga retreats will change your life
Going on a yoga retreat will change your life. I say this from years of experience, having both attended and led yoga retreats around the world. Yoga retreats blend 1) the physical and mental benefits of yoga and 2) the presence of mind from meditation with 3) the spiritual freedom and exploration of travel. Retreat is…
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I read 52 books in 2023. Here’s how.
I’ll let you in on a secret. I read as much as I do because I You know one of the main reasons why you’re not reading? You’re forcing yourself to read an author, genre, or style of book that you just couldn’t care less about. This is classic sunk-cost fallacy: the phenomenon whereby a…
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Yoga: The #1 Way to Boost Employee Wellbeing
In today’s fast-paced corporate world, where stress and burnout are commonplace, thoughtful organizations are starting to recognize the crucial importance of employee wellbeing in driving employee retention, productivity, and job satisfaction. As unlimited PTO and other generous paid time off become standard, what are companies doing to stand out from the crowd? These stand-out efforts…
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My life-changing habit of a social-media free weekend
How do you want to spend your time on Earth? According to DataReportal, the average user spends about 2.5 hours per day on social media. That’s 864 hours (or 36 days) a year spent scrolling. Should you live to be 72 years old, that’s 5.5 cumulative years on social media. You’ve heard the adage ‘you…
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Healthy habits I keep while traveling
Just don’t do it. This may seem counter-intuitive, in a post entitled ‘Healthy habits I keep while traveling’ to open with this hot take. But, what if you give yourself a break from your usual routine (the same workouts, the same, rigid types of meals)? Whether you find down-time in between work events or can…
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Rest is radical.
Rest is a full exhale. It is nowhere to be, nothing to do. No phone, no to-do list. No “checking in on work”. Rest is taking a walk in the woods without taking a phone call, without listening to a podcast, without recording content to use on social media later. Rest is watching sunlight filter…
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How to build habits you love
If you want to create habits, a routine, and a life you love, I’ll give you a peek behind the curtain to understand how I build and maintain my healthy habits, and how you can too!
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Qualities of a mindful leader
Leaders exist all around us. A leader might be the manager of a team, the founder of a company, or the director of a department. But a leader also can be an individual contributor, community activist, or solo-preneur. But what makes a leader great? A great leader is a mindful leader. A mindful leader cares about…
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Lessons in love and loss from Susu
Hear me out: A pet is a member of the family. And losing that pet is devastating. Before my partner and I had cats, I didn’t get it. I did not understand how someone could love a pet so much that the pet was an integral member of the family. How could a pet be as…
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Mindful tips for job loss
So, you just lost your job. These are the key mindfulness practices you can use to process, grieve, and move forward from job loss.
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What the COVID pandemic taught me about living a healthy life.
Over the last three years, the whole narrative around health and wellness has changed as we have demanded healthier lifestyles. Let me share with you the key ways three years of a global pandemic shifted my whole perspective on what it means to be healthy and how to live a healthy life.
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What I learned from 365 days of meditation
365 days of meditation has changed my life and outlook in multiple, significant ways. In this post I’ll share with you the secrets of focus, habit formation, and happiness that meditation has taught me over the last year.