Strengthlab on Mar 22nd 2015 StrengthLab Thoughts
Emotional intelligence is very important to our overall contentment in life, but what exactly constitutes emotional intelligence? Is it our ability to perceive an emotion accurately and then being able to clearly explain it to others? Is it the ability to recognize the significance of the perception that we’re experiencing and learning from it and then later applying what we’ve learned? Perhaps it’s simply understanding the way that we’re currently feeling, but controlling our behavior for the proper response; instead of letting our emotions get the best of us? Although emotional intelligence may be difficult to clearly define in short order here, a book may be more fitting, we certainly know it when we see it in others. Perhaps the best and shortest definition of emotional intelligence can be summed up succinctly in one word… wisdom; and although they may not be exactly the same by definition, by working on one of these two precious gems you’ll certainly find the other.
Strengthlab on Mar 22nd 2015 StrengthLab Thoughts
Don’t try and fit your body into a random fitness program, the fitness program should fit your body; it should be designed specifically for you in other words.
Strengthlab on Mar 22nd 2015 StrengthLab Thoughts
Reading a well written book or having a meaningful conversation nearly everday is to the mind as exercising is to the body; both keep you sharp and in shape.
Strengthlab on Mar 9th 2015 StrengthLab Thoughts
Organic RAW nuts and seeds support good health and are a tremendous resource for dense, natural nutrition! They should be purchased in small bags and kept refrigerated between uses; the oils contained within a nut or seed are highly perishable when exposed to oxygen. They should not be purchased from grocery store bulk bins or in large quantities for the same reason mentioned above. Dry roasted is never a good choice, the valuable oils have been destroyed through the roasting process and have lost the health qualities they once possessed. And, although extremely healthy, nuts and seeds should be consumed in small quantities because of the density of their calories.
Strengthlab on Mar 9th 2015 StrengthLab Thoughts
The killer western diet contains too many saturated fats, as well as, too many altered fatty acids (e.g. hydrogenated oils and trans fats). In addition, the western diet contains too many low quality calories, too much protein and too little of the essential fatty acids (specifically Omega 3). Because there’s too little consumption of vegetables (and secondly fruits) essential minerals and vitamins, antioxidants and natural fiber are dangerously lacking as well. When essential nutrients go missing in our diet for an extended period of time degenerative disease soon manifests.
Strengthlab on Mar 9th 2015 StrengthLab Thoughts
Vegetables (and fruits to a lesser degree) are a richer source of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and fiber than any other category of food. Animal tissue (or meat from the muscles of animals) contain far fewer vitamins and minerals, less essential fatty acids, high levels of saturated fat and cholesterol and contain zero health enhancing fiber (soluble or insoluble).
Strengthlab on Mar 9th 2015 StrengthLab Thoughts
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Book Description: Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s famous investigations of “optimal experience” have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the quality of our lives.
