Category: Applied Holistic Exercise Science

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How Do You Challenge Yourself to Grow? 🧐

For any living thing, growth is life itself. Humans have an innate need to grow, improve and learn. There’s nothing wrong with it – it’s only natural, after all. It’s one of the 6 Human Needs Tony Robbins says drive us all. Think about your own desire for growth. Where does it show itself? Does

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Pursuing Significance, Love and Connection 🌻

We all like recognition, don’t we? Remember a time when a boss or parent offered you praise. It felt good, didn’t it? Well, the desire for recognition is common, and it’s of our broader desire for significance, which is one of the 6 Human Needs motivational author and speaker Tony Robbins says drive us all.

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Set The Bar High For Yourself While Managing Your Expectations.

Setting big, scary goals is exciting. But it’s also quickly disheartening too many times when we fail to support our efforts by managing expectations. Most of the time, the problem isn’t that the goal’s too big or grandiose. It’s that we’re not setting reasonable expectations about reaching it. Here’s an example that’s super-oversimplified just to

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You Gotta Make Space In Your Life For Your Goals

I’ve been thinking a lot about making space in one’s life for whatever goals you want to achieve. Take health and fitness. People come to us to get stronger, have better posture, and more mobility, correct injuries, reduce pain, etc.  Their past efforts led to where they are now and who they are. Their current

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Here’s How to Bloom This Spring 🌻

Spring is a great season right after winter and tied with fall. I love skiing, so it’s bittersweet, but I can now trail run in perfect weather. The one this that is very cool about spring is the feeling of aliveness! When I think about personal growth and rebirth, the symbolism is so clear and

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Success Is a Decision 💯

Some people say “Success is a journey, not a destination.” And while I agree with that, I also think success is something else. Success is a decision. That’s right. In building healthy habits, in achieving goals, in work… whatever: We choose our own results. I’m often asked how to succeed at something – like, how

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What Are Your Daily Non-Negotiables?

Sometimes the day gets away from you so fast. You start out with a list of good intentions and then, bam! Work, family, traffic… all the stresses of daily life barge in, and suddenly that new fitness class is no longer on the calendar, and you’re tempted to think about hitting a drive-through window for

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Work Out With Water And Fascia In Mind

Work out to help increase the flow of water in your body. Which means work out with the facia in mind. This doesn’t mean using really aggressive damaging techniques like foam rolling or therapeutic techniques like Graston. Use myofascial stretching, ELDOA pumping therapy, and fascial normalization. It’s not just working out, it’s building a foundation

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