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09 Jan

This is the time of year where we audit what we can change, improve, and do away with in our lives. What goals can we crush this year? If there was a phrase that could be done away with it, this would be it for me: “CRUSH YOUR GOALS.” It sounds exhausting, and a little angry. Here, instead,...

09:00 / coaching / goals / habits / Personal Improvement / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles / resolutions / Stumbling Blocks
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01 Jan

A big problem with New Year’s resolutions is not something intrinsic to the practice of resolving to make positive changes in the coming year—these can be beneficial forces in a person’s life—but with the way we word our resolutions. Word choice determines everything. Words mean things. The words we use determine everything that follows. With...

09:00 / Diet & Nutrition / Personal Improvement / Primal / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles / Self-Experimentation
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17 Dec

A couple weeks ago I wrote a post about how to read scientific research papers. That covered what to do. Today I’m going to tell you what NOT to do as a consumer of research studies. The following are bad practices that can cause you to misinterpret research findings, dismiss valid research, or apply scientific findings...

08:28 / Diet & Nutrition / Hype / Personal Improvement / Recent Articles / research analysis
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05 Dec

Scientific journal articles can be incredibly intimidating to read, even for other scientists. Heck, I have a Ph.D. in a research science and have authored scientific papers, but sometimes I look at a research report outside my field of study and just go, “Nope, can’t decipher this.” Learning to read them is an important skill, however,...

09:09 / Personal Improvement / Recent Articles / research analysis
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28 Nov

Per Primal tradition, the bees and I are off for the day. I’ve said before that I consider Thanksgiving to be the most Primal of holidays. The elevated act of preparing and sharing a traditional meal is about as basic—and sacred—as human ceremony gets. It’s like gathering around a fire together. We bask in the comfort...

06:00 / Personal Improvement / Recent Articles
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26 Nov

As we covered in Parts I and II of this series, during perimenopause and menopause women can experience a complex web of physical, psychological, and social symptoms. The treatment usually prescribed by doctors, hormone therapy (HT), is controversial and not appropriate for some women. I won’t get into the HT debate here—Mark did a great job...

08:58 / Aging / creativity / goals / habits / hormones / Longevity / Mental Health / mindfulness / Nature / Personal Improvement / Play / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles / Self-Experimentation / Stress Management / women's health
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23 Oct

Older people (and those headed in that direction, which is everyone else) are really sold a bill of goods when it comes to health and longevity advice. I’m not a young man anymore, and for decades I’ve been hearing all sorts of input about aging that’s proving to be not just misguided, but downright incorrect....

13:24 / Aging / Diet & Nutrition / Fitness / habits / health challenges / injury/ailment / Lift Heavy Things / Longevity / mobility / Personal Improvement / prevention / Protein / Recent Articles / Self-Perception
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25 Sep

Last week, speaking as an elder of physical culture, I wrote a list of ten fitness tips for younger readers: the things that every young to middle-aged man or woman should know about training. Some were things I learned along the way. Some were mistakes I made. And some were big wins I figured out...

09:17 / habits / mindfulness / Personal Improvement / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles / Self-Perception / Stress Management / Virtues
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08 Aug

Disclaimer: I have not gone through menopause. I am, however, turning 40 this year. Statistically speaking, this is the decade in which I’m likely to enter perimenopause, so I have a vested interest in understanding what might be in store for me.  I’m all too familiar with the stereotype of the belligerent, out-of-control menopausal lady plagued...

08:00 / Aging / Personal Improvement / Primal Lifestyle / women's health
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