Health & Wellness

Blocking blue light with yellow lenses

Health & Wellness: Removing Night Time Exposure to Blue Light Improves All Aspects of Health

by Jack Kirven on April 19, 2019

As I mentioned in a past article, sleep hygiene is very important to rest and overall health and wellness. … When something interrupts your sleep, the effects ripple out across your entire life … A ubiquitous source of sleep deprivation is artificial light in general, as well as the gadgets that have assimilated us into a hive mind (which emit blue light in particular).

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Square Foot Gardening

Health & Wellness: Easy, Efficient and Varied Home Grown Nutrition

by Jack Kirven on March 22, 2019

Of all the formats and styles of gardening I have encountered in my research, the one that makes me the most eager to one day give my hopefully green thumb free rein is Square Foot Gardening.

Dear Happily Partnered Extrovert,

Health & Wellness: Re-establishing Boundaries as a Happily Single Introvert

by Jack Kirven on February 22, 2019

I love you, and I want our friendship to continue flourishing. But there’s something I need you to understand, and I’m going to force you this one time to fully acknowledge what I’m saying to you. If you refuse, I’ll stop spending time with you.

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Getting Past the VD Hump

Health & Wellness: How to Avoid Being in the 90 Percent

by Jack Kirven on January 24, 2019

The VD in question here is Valentine’s Day, and the 90 percent refers to the number of new gym members who stop going by Feb. 14.

Killer gene mutations

Health & Wellness: This one is a MTHFR

by Jack Kirven on December 28, 2018

Not long ago my sister had a miscarriage. It was upsetting in and of itself, because that kind of news is terrible; however, there was more. This was her fifth miscarriage.

Kundalini Yoga

Health & Wellness: A reminder to stop and breathe

by Jack Kirven on November 30, 2018

At any rate, the reason rest is once again on my mind is because a client recently took me to a yoga class as a treat.

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Stress, cortisol and weight gain

Health & Wellness: Why chronic stress can make you fat

by Jack Kirven on November 2, 2018

If you’ve got your finger on the pulse of health trends, it’s likely you’ve been hearing the current buzzwords “cortisol creates belly fat” and “cortisol causes muscle wasting and fat storage.”

Forging your gains though progressive overload

Health & Wellness: The grueling process of improvement

by Jack Kirven on October 5, 2018

They were recreating in minute detail the process of forging a sword. It looked like backbreaking work. Not just the actual physical activity, but the sweltering conditions and the constant repetition.

Ripped Abs

Health and Wellness: Getting to the Core of the Situation

by Jack Kirven on September 7, 2018

There’ve been many signifiers of fitness and beauty over the years. … In 2018 USA we value visible six packs.

Innercise: Emotional Wellness

Health & Wellnes: In My Fillings

by Jack Kirven on August 10, 2018

I felt something punch me in the chest so hard that I felt the wind knocked out of me. For a few moments I thought it was my ex. They look that similar.