Archive for October, 2009
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Our Unknown Self: Shedding Light on Your Blind Spots
In an earlier posting about the Johari window (a tool for describing the parameters of self-perception and perception by others), I mentioned that perhaps the most interesting pane in the window is the Blind Spot, which is defined as information that is known to others about us, but is unknown t...
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The Kind Diet: 6 Tips from Alicia Silverstone’s Vegan Book
Alicia Silverstone has channeled her passion about being a vegan into writing a book called The Kind Diet which is set to hit book stores in October 2009. Inside the pages of Silverstone's book she describes how choosing a plant-based diet can benefit your body and save the lives of animal...
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Xenohormesis and Cancer: What’s the Connection?
If you recall, Xenohormesis is derived from the root word “xeno” (foreign) and “hormesis” (relating to control). Essentially, xenohormesis pertains to how certain types of food and substances within them (both natural and synthetic) or environmental pollutants, can have positive or negative ...
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Introducing the Kettle Bell
For all of you who are new to the word Kettle Bell, it is not a completely new kid on the block in the fitness industry. Kettle Bells have been used for nearly 100 years in countries such as Russia. More recently in North America, Kettle Bell training is exploding in gyms due to its simplicity and i...
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Looking Through the Johari Window: At Self Perception
As Robert Burns famously (and with Scottish flair and inflection) put it: “O would some gift the Power gie us, to see ourselves as ithers see us”. Only slightly less famously, two psychologists, Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham, developed their own tool for exploring the world of self-perception ...
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Natural Treatments for Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder that has multiple symptoms which include musculoskeletal pain, multiple tender points in specific areas in the neck, shoulders, hips and spine, as well as disruptions in sleep resulting in muscle or joint stiffness, irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety. While th...
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Plus Size Models: Using Healthier Body Images in Fashion
Recently there has been numerous articles and editorials written on the subject of plus sized models being used in the fashion industry. Several designers such as Mark Fast and John Galliano have used plus size models in their shows. Fast, a Canadian designer recently caused quite a controversy ...
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Do You Know Your Resting Heart Rate?
Studies are now finding that your Resting Heart Rate (RHR) is a strong predictor of cardiovascular health as well as a good indicator of your basic fitness level. A strong heart is able to pump more blood with every beat, so you want to have a low resting heart rate. It is very easy to figure out y...
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Vegan Diet – Benefits for Inflammatory Conditions
The vegan diet is a subset of the vegetarian diet whereby any animal byproducts are avoided completely. Strict vegans extend this ideology to a philosophy and lifestyle which excludes the use of animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose. Recently, investigators from Karolinska University Hos...
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Men’s Facial Care: 3 Steps To A Healthier Looking Face
Although skin care for men has been practiced for centuries dating back to the Roman emperors, guys now understand the reasons why it is so important to maintain a good facial skin care routine. Pay attention men, you also need to understand that any facial skin care regime that you undertake nee...
