Balancing Brain Power for Maximum Productivity

Have you ever wanted to get something done but didn’t have the mental energy or clarity to do so?  Have you ever struggled with shutting down your mind at night in order to get a restful sleep?  Have you ever found yourself reaching for your fourth cup of coffee at 3 pm to power through the rest of your work day?  Or maybe find yourself laying around endlessly scrolling through Netflix because you don’t have the “get up and go” to do anything else?

If you are from this planet, you probably answered “HELLZ YEAH” to at least one of those. 

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Who are "The Experts" and how can you find them?

Thanks to the good ol’ World Wide Web, we as a society have officially launched into a PermaCyberWar, or PCW if you will.  Apparently these days you can get rich and famous doing just about anything whether it’s educational based or entertainment based (insert latest YouTube star).  I’m sure it’s probably similar in other industries, but at least in the health and fitness industry it is all about “I’m right and you’re dumb unless you agree…..obvy”.  You can’t particularly blame us of course.  I mean our careers and financial stability depend on our abilities to be right(er) than the next person. 

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Why Methylation is Killing your Gains!

In the never ending pursuit of “mad gainz brah” bodybuilders and fitness freaks alike are searching for all the information they can find on how to improve performance and results.  This has led to some awesome paradigm shifts and some downright stupid ideas (“it’s okay!  This muffin fits my macros”).  I’ll be the first to admit that early on in my bodybuilding days and fitness career, I definitely was more concerned about getting all my grams of protein than I was living as clean as possible.  That being said, I think it’s time to close the gap between Naturopathic medicines and smashing that iron.  Enter methylation.

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Practicing Self Compassion

I once read an article that distinguished the difference between love for oneself versus discipline.  The author stated that there wasn’t really such a thing as discipline but rather that the driving factor of success is love.  It may have been a bit hippie’ish but I got the vibe he was sending and although I didn’t have my shovel with me…..I could dig it! 

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