Hey everyone! Hope you had a fulfilling month. Here are some ideas for wellness practice. Digital minimalism • Read this one by Cal Newport, whose books are exactly as long as they need to be. He was very early to the idea of not letting social media take over our lives. • In this book he talks about the diminishing…
Music creation • Another amazing (and short) video of music creation, this time Paul Simon describing composition of Bridge Over Troubled Water. Just beautiful. Check out the Swan Silvertones song that inspired the title line. Rest • Love this old post from Dan John, a highly respected, thoughtful, and successful coach of many sports. I shared this with an extremely productive…
Superfoods • Check out this video with a somewhat random but interesting list of superfoods. A patient told me about Dr. Eric Berg. I haven’t read a ton of his stuff yet, but I love this video. Well done with visuals and broken down by nutrients, check out these “7 healthiest foods” • Here are the foods and time…
Legend • Check out this video of Paul McCartney with Ringo and George. Just riffing, trying to create a song. Starts out very rough the first 30 seconds, but then over the next 60 seconds you witness the creation of the song Get Back. Amazing. I have watched it several times. As always, the comments are entertaining,…
The First Space Jump • This is an amazing 3-minute video from 1960 on the first person to do a parachute jump from. outer. space. As you watch the video footage, you see and hear an interview with the man that did the jump. Fries and Chips • Somewhat technical blog post about an article describing the most fattening foods. Apparently French…
Titan • We lost a local surgical legend this year, J David Richardson. Please take a minute to check out this article written before he passed away. An impressive story about the man and his many skills (surgery, education, horse training, breeding, and racing).“David Richardson’s personal internal measure of success is not the number of cases he…
Carbquik • Check out this product on Amazon, also found in most groceries. A mysteriously low-carb biscuit mix that almost tastes like the real thing. Not going to pretend it is a whole, unprocessed food. They do use wheat flour but remove much of the carbohydrate. Compatible with ketogenic or low carb diet. • You can throw…
Self-enhancement • This article from an author I had no prior knowledge of links many ideas together: addiction, self-improvement, healing, expressive writing, fame. Such a beautiful piece about what motivates us to change. Some analysis of Buddhist principles, craving and aversion, the amazing transformation of Mike Tyson, work from Gabor Mate who has written about addiction and…
MAG • According to this study, higher magnesium intake correlates with less hostility. They studied 4700+ young adults, BUT they looked at Mag in the diet and in supplements; they did not measure magnesium levels. Still quite interesting. Ketones for the Heart • This brief article in JAMA proposes the use of ketone supplements in patients with sick…
How good is your air? • Better air might be the easiest way to prolong your life, especially if you live in a country or area with significant pollution. This article provides somewhat frightening statistics but offers solutions at the end. A few of the easy changes: – Try not to create particles indoors (burning food, incense, candles,…
