Midlife crisis is a term coined in 1965 by Elliott Jaques stating a time where adults come to realize their own mortality and how much time is left in their life, as noted in Wikipedia. Men tend to experience this event at the ages of 40 and 60 and women experience their version at the ages of 30 and 50. For a few people the fear of an impending death approaching sparks this crisis; for most it is actually a…
Here is an interesting health coach / life coaching tool helpful in prognosticating your future health. The purpose of any life coaching tool is to create awareness, and the ensuing impetus to cause someone to make positive changes in their life. Demosthenes proclaimed, “Nothing is easier than self-deceit.” Very often, the future consequences of what you are doing today begins with the fact that you are believing things to be true that are not true. Why do we do that?…
Life is good… until it isn’t. When things happen, especially unexpected things, we are out of our normal order, we are disturbed, feel out of balance and for many these are stressful times. Life is out of balance! What happened? Life was strolling along just fine but then an event took place that takes us “out” of normal order. So life’s experiences tells us that we need to always maintain a balanced life. I agree that life is better when we…
As a Doctor of Chiropractic, a spinal expert, it is very common for people to ask me the question: “What’s the best sleeping position?” The short answer is to sleep on your back with some right and left side sleeping but never on your stomach. Then I hear things like: “Babies sleep on their stomach and so it must be natural to do so,” or “I just can’t sleep on my back, so I sleep on my side.” It is…
This blog comes from my professional coach of 20 years, Dr. Jim Naccarato of Lake Tahoe, USA. www.rpchiro.com and email: [email protected] Somethings are said so plainly that it is worth repeating, word for word. We all deal with stress every day. It is a useful emotion that helps us keep up with our busy lives and motivates us to do better. Too much stress however, can be destructive, unhealthy, and distracting. The possibility of an underlying medical condition must be ruled…
Health is Not an Accident! The amazing thing about health is that it is NOT an accident, but for that matter, neither is sickness an accident. The same can be said about the health of your bank account, right? How about the health of your personal relationships? So why not be as diligent about your health? What’s the immediate take on this statement? The answer is FOCUS! Let me explain. In an earlier blog this week, “Do you ignore or…
It is said that the things that you ignore are the things that you lose in your life. Its true ! You ignore your friends and they disappear. You ignore exercising and your muscles disappear. You ignore your waist line and it too disappears! 😉 lol You ignore the things that are important and they will vanish simply because your focus is somewhere else and attrition is a natural consequence of the forces of life. Isn’t it time you focused on…
How active are you? When ever we are engaged in physical activities there is a positive health benefit; especially if the activity is repeated to increase skills and eventually personal enjoyment and satisfaction. People eventually suffer a growing list of health problems because they just never get around to developing a physicaly active lifestyle. “Things are the way things are because of the way things have been. Things need proper change for things to get better.” docMIKE Reports state that…
Wellness is the pursuit of health lost. While someone may not be actually sick they are likely still unwell. Take a personal self assessment of your health. On a scale of one (1) to ten (10) where would you say your health is at present? Begin by determining if you are above a five (5) or below a five (5); then refine it a little better and say how much above or below would you say you really are? Now…