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The Curious Observations of Poly Moone
Simple questions, funny findings and creative thinking for anyone looking to live a longer, healthier and happier life.
Is stress making your Controllables out of Control?!
This feels like a lesson I can never reinforce enough in myself. What can I actually control. My thoughts, my feelings, my words and my behaviours. The workshop that Melissa and I give has a terrific exercise for being aware of this and making changes. I feel like I...
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Are you or your employees or co-workers stressed out? Our 3 Brains Workshop is here to help!
I am teamed up with Family Life & Wellbeing Coach, Melissa Carter @thehappychilduk Together we offer a uniquely creative and empowering workshop called The 3 Brains supporting emotional intelligence and personal development for your business. Our goal is to foster a...
Since when have there been 4 macronutrients? Welcome ketones!
Dom D'Agostino calls ketones the fourth macronutrient. Just when I thought carbs, protein and fat was all I needed to calculate, ketones come in! He has a very interesting discussion with Tom Bilyeu about the positive effects that ketones and ketogenic diets can have...
The real reason that we have “nutritional” labels at the grocery store.
I was listening to Robert Lustig on my friend Peter’s podcast and I thought it was so funny when Robert said that it there is a label on a food, it is a warning label. How true! I guess that would be a pretty healthy eating strategy; just buy any food without a...
Allulose: the sweetener that skips your liver
I had never heard of allulose before but I was listening to my friend Peter Attia being interviewed on Jocko Willink’s podcast and the topic came up. It’s a pretty interesting. Apparently allulose is a rare naturally occurring sugar substitute. Peter explains that the...
Aren’t nuts healthy? Don’t overdue those ‘healthy paleo’ foods like chocolate, coconut, and brazil nuts!
I’m guilty of this! It’s so easy for me to overdo those ‘healthy paleo’ foods like chocolate, coconut, and brazil nuts. The trouble with them is that they are very high in phytates. Too much phytate consumption from whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds can...
Chronic Cardio and Sleeping like a Pro athlete
I was listening to Mark Sisson’s Primal Blueprint Connection and they discuss how amateur gym-goers like me need to be careful not to fall into the trap of doing too much chronic cardio and mistakingly thinking that it is a healthy activity. He explains that "elite...
Can you Doodle your way out of grief?
This is a great article my friend Adrian found about the surprising benefits of doodling from BBC News Katie Wright: How do you cope with the unexpected death of your partner of 19 years? That was the question facing Gary Andrews, 57, when his 41-year-old wife Joy...
I need a new perspective. Can a physical change give me a mental change?
I actually do this. I know it seems weird but doing a handstand does really change my perspective. Maybe it’s because I’m changing my energy mode or maybe it’s all that blood rushing to my head, I have not idea, but it works. My friend Michelle who is an occupational...
Do you schedule creative downtime?
I was listening to Dom D’Agostino and he was talking about the importance of taking creative downtime. He thinks it’s important to keep balanced. I agree and I need to practice this more. I get too caught up in work sometimes and forget that inspiration and fresh...
What is a saponin? And why your gut may not thank you
Saponins are anti-nutrients found in legumes. They are so called I’ve learned because they foam up like soap when shaken in water. Saponins are a chemical defense for plants against microbes and fungi. According to Robb Wolf, author of The Paleo Solution, notes...