While every shape and size is beautiful, fat—wherever it’s found in excess upon one’s frame—can endanger your health and well-being. It’s true that some level of body fat is both necessary and helpful, as it serves the body as a store of energy to...
1. Safety first Stress is a positive force that challenges the body, and in doing so, helps sustain physical resilience and build strength. Strain is an excess of force that causes deformation (including injury). We want to stress the body, but not strain it. ...
Gravity is one of the many forces of the physical world working against us. It constantly pulls at us. So, pull back. Without doing so, slowly over time your skeletal frame will bend to the will of gravity. Routinely assess you posture while sitting, standing,...
As the saying goes, what gets measured gets done. So, however you plan to attack learning more, consider a means of tracking your performance. Are you going to read more? Consider the book and page reading metrics in Goodreads. Are you going to study a new language?...
There are several lifestyle behaviors and practices that improve your physical capability, and the resulting capability can, in turn, positively impact those lifestyle behaviors and practices, i.e., the virtuous cycle. If you follow Living Better closely, you...
Positive feedback in many forms can motivate new behaviors and prompt different decisions. Accordingly, a little bit of personal vanity can be a good thing. Take time to… Look in the mirror and assess improvements made and opportunity areas to be pursued. Stand tall...
