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Dazed & Confused Part Deux: Fix Your Brain & Your Life By Disconnecting From The Smartphone “Matrix”

Filed Under: Aging

Dazed & Confused Part Deux: Fix Your Brain & Your Life By Disconnecting From The Smartphone “Matrix”
jean marc cote smartphone mental health

Ancient Brains Are No Match For The Smartphone’s Digital Opiates:

Way back in 2007, I met a colorful character who worked at a gas station.

He somehow had the money to not only buy the brand new “Jesus Phone”, but to pay for the yacht-owner-expensive data plan.

And by 2011, only ~30% of non-gas-station Americans had a smartphone.

That number is much much higher now, and it’s drastically changed the way we do just about everything.

But for every miracle-save by a Door-Dasher or an Uber driver, there is also a downside.

The truth is both our short time using the internet, and even shorter time using smartphones are something our primitive brains are not ready for.

And a UTA team has the numbers on just how bad that is…

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Maximizing The Benefits Of Your Hard-Earned Vacation For Fun And Profit. Take A Break, Change Your Life!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Maximizing The Benefits Of Your Hard-Earned Vacation For Fun And Profit. Take A Break, Change Your Life!
vacation health benefits man in hot tub near mountains

Return From “Anti-Productivity” Refreshed, Restored, & Ready To Rock:

Are you someone who a) “lives to work”, or b) “works to live”?

I’m willing to guess that more than a few of you answered a).

-Especially if you’re one of the countless go-getters who left vacation days on the table last year.

After that informal personality test, I’ll share another short axiom from someone I met on one trip:

“In America, you survive. In Europe, you live.” [economists and entrepreneurs can make their own interpretations here, btw]

Still worse than answering a) on the above, is the Scope-Creep “Workcation” where you “try” to go on vacation, but you still “peek” at work stuff.

But there is some really good news for those of you who want to reform!…

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The Stealth Health Of Being Outdoors. Even Informal Surveys Confirm Nature’s Mental Health Mojo

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

The Stealth Health Of Being Outdoors. Even Informal Surveys Confirm Nature’s Mental Health Mojo
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A Few More Reasons Why Being Stuck Inside All Day Is No Bueno:

So it’s great to find out interesting health tweaks and tips from study sources.

It’s even more interesting to chase down Old Wives’ Tales and check if any of the crazy stuff your grandmother taught you is right.

Somehow it can be encouraging when you find evidence from simpler, more social sources.

A trusted-colleague can sometimes be more helpful than a guy in a lab coat.

And this time, it looks like Joe Sixpack is bringing his perspective to one of the old Stealth Health factors we discussed several times in the past…

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Intermittent-Fasting Pulls Another Rabbit Out Of Its Hat. -The Unexpected Psychological Benefits

Filed Under: Weight Loss / Fat Loss

Intermittent-Fasting Pulls Another Rabbit Out Of Its Hat. -The Unexpected Psychological Benefits
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What You Don’t Know … Can HELP You! A Great Plan Wows Again.:

Some of the weirdest and most interesting things happening in the diet and weight-loss space are the odd benefits people are seeing from meds like Ozempic.

Heart-disease reduction, lower rates of substance abuse, fewer kidney problems; many unexpected but great things.

Contrast that with fad diets, which are usually based on a silly-yet-plausible premise that is supposed to lead to results.

But there’s one new diet plan that is based on studies, does work, and if a KCL team is right, just might brighten your day…

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Is There An Easy Way To Be Happier? One Company’s Marketing Survey Says Yes And It Might Not Be Bullshit

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Is There An Easy Way To Be Happier? One Company’s Marketing Survey Says Yes And It Might Not Be Bullshit
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The Overlooked Wellness Hacks Might Be The Best Ones:

Every once in awhile, you find a piece of info that doesn’t arrive the way you’d think.

Especially if it’s about something you take for granted or is sitting in your blind spot.

This time around, the start of it doesn’t come from a study, but instead a marketing campaign or stunt designed to sell more drink powder.

-Which would normally raise strongly-worded questions.

But the results of their survey might accidentally be worthwhile…

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Use Holidays To Help Beat Loneliness. The Socializing Will Increase Lifespan If The Alcohol Doesn’t Kill You First!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Use Holidays To Help Beat Loneliness. The Socializing Will Increase Lifespan If The Alcohol Doesn’t Kill You First!
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The 5th Element Is The Social Chemistry Of Good People In Your Life:

With all the things we have to worry about, there are many that can just fall through the cracks.

For entrepreneurs, the two main things they neglect are their social lives and their health.

And regular people might have their own share of things that get overlooked and end up in the category of “Stealth Health”.

Just like the previous group, one of those omissions can be the social element.

Now if you haven’t read How To Live To 100 yet, this might seem a bit out of left field.

But some new work by The University of Michigan suggests it’s not…

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Lower The Bar: 20+ Big Picture Lessons From The Road To Weight-Loss And Gaining Back Lost Muscle

Filed Under: Thinking Out Loud

Lower The Bar: 20+ Big Picture Lessons From The Road To Weight-Loss And Gaining Back Lost Muscle
weight loss routine man with squat barbell gym


What’s Really Holding Back Your Results?:
Every once in awhile I get asked how to achieve weight-loss results.

Unfortunately, I get the feeling that many people are held up by something almost invisible.

Whether it’s bad habits, a lack of experience, or even just good-ole’ fear of the unknown.

When I get a chance to talk to them, I share whatever I can. Many times it seems like a bit too much.

But one of the ideas I keep coming back to has parallels to their questions and the answers I give.

Because I’m usually reminded of a few parts of my own journey.

Once upon a time, I got a little bit too chubby…

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The Benefits Of Stress: Whittling It Down To The Right Type And Amount Might Be Good For Your Brain

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

The Benefits Of Stress: Whittling It Down To The Right Type And Amount Might Be Good For Your Brain
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Stress Benefits For Your Brain. Nietzsche’s Freakonomics Of Small-Dose Poisons:
Most of the time, it’s important to stay on the straight & narrow path.

Balance is an idea that’s been curated for millennia for good reason.

But when anyone really starts exploring something, it involves new territory that’s bizarre and weird before it gets figured-out.

It’s always Freakonomics before it becomes economics.

Just like the animal venoms that can kill a person in full-doses, but are helpful at ones several orders-of-magnitude smaller.

And freakily-enough a UGA team found out that one of the things poisoning many of us today can be helpful, in much smaller doses…

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