Buying that thing won’t demonstrate the value of your love, affection, or friendship. Your presence and attention are what those close to you desire most.
Gluten
For the past decade, gluten has been one of the most polarizing topics in the health and food worlds. Many health practitioners are only now beginning to recognize and validate the spectrum of symptoms and diseases associated with gluten. At the same time, many people working in the restaurant industry continue to view the consumer demand for gluten-free foods as an annoying fad that will pass. However, the trend has not passed and diagnosis of gluten-related issues continues to rise. Why?
Seasonal Affective Disorder
It’s fall in Montana and the next 6 months will be relatively cold and dark — the time of year when something called seasonal affective disorder (SAD) can surface. The constellation of SAD symptoms which range from irritability, lethargy, and oversleeping, to depression can be combatted in many ways. Standard treatment includes light therapy, talk therapy, and medication, but for those with mild SAD or the occasional “winter blues” — such as myself — a few nutrition and lifestyle tweaks can improve winter outlook.
Gratitude
In the aftermath of my divorce and work-related woes, I read a book called The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living which detailed the importance of gratitude in living a happy, less-stressed life. Although this was not the first time I’d read or heard about the role gratitude plays in a positive outlook, the author did an excellent job of laying out the scientific rationale for practicing gratitude. Since then, I’ve been conscious — especially during potentially challenging times — of being grateful for this astonishing life.
Health Cycle
Health is a cycle. It’s a continuous feedback-loop that can move in a positive direction, a negative direction, or be stagnant.
Interview with The Elementarist
Recently, I connected with Fabian and Veronika, who run a minimalist magazine called The Elementarist. They asked to do an interview with me as part of a series highlighting how different people apply minimalism in their lives and work. Because I haven’t talked explicitly about minimalism in a post on Minimal Wellness yet, I thought it would be nice to cross-post the interview. I recommend checking out the beautifully formatted version of the interview on their site.
Travel
Travel is a beautiful opportunity to experience a different reality, to challenge what you truly need, and to inject life with some uncertainty. Being away from home is also a classic roadblock for people in terms of living a healthy lifestyle, but it needn’t be.
Meal Timing
Traditional nutrition advice includes statements such as “breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” and “as long as you don’t over-consume calories, it doesn’t matter when you eat”. Unfortunately, both of these long-standing beliefs are flawed. The latest iteration of the US Dietary Guidelines no longer explicitly encourages breakfast consumption, as the vast majority of the science supporting eating breakfast as a weight-management tool has been de-bunked. And it turns out that meal timing does have an impact on overall health.
Fear and Resistance
We all have things we want to do, create, or be. Regardless of what our desires are, making them a reality requires that we overcome fear and resistance, a process which isn’t easy.
Looking Good
A few weeks ago a reader asked me if I would consider writing about minimalist beauty routines because there are so many confusing products on the market. The request was humorous as I’m one of the least qualified people to talk about the best or most “minimal” beauty products. However, the request intrigued me and as I pondered my response, a few things became clear.
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