I write a Weekly Journal Reflection. This reflection is based on nuggets of thoughts, ideas & learnings that struck me during the week.
Click on the blogs below to read my journal topics.
How do you reflect on your thoughts, ideas & learnings and how do use your reflections to inspire yourself?
🌱 Health & Happiness: You Are In Charge
"You are the CEO of your life" - popular motivational quote often attributed to Kim Perell
🌿 Health & Happiness on the Cheap
“If you don’t make health and happiness fun and meaningful, it’s going to be a lot harder to achieve them.” - Dominic
🍬 Your Body on Sugar
“Sometimes, the only time we learn about what’s too much is when we had too much.” - Dominic
Blood Pressure: Long-Term Management
"Your life does not get better by chance; it gets better by change.” - Jim Rohn
“Try” or “Do”, it’s up to you.
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” -Yoda from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Love: More & Better
"Today will be my peaceful day"
- popularized by Venerable Bhikkhu Pāññākara (Walk for Peace Monk)
-photo by Roseanne
Peroneal Tendonitis (foot pain)
"Feet are the foundation of our mobility, and caring for them is the cornerstone of a healthy, active life." — Dr. William Scholl
NEAT Is Truly Neat ✨
“I have to keep this body in shape or it will take on a shape that I might not like.” -Dominic
Cows Don’t Drink Milk
"The human body has no more need for cows' milk than it does for dogs' milk, horses' milk, or giraffes' milk." - Michael Klaper, MD
Eating: It’s a Two-Way Street
"Before you heal someone, ask him if he's willing to give up the things that make him sick." - Hippocrates
Animal Flow Movements
"Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good." -Malcolm Gladwell
Rhythm of Improvement
“It’s up to you on how and when you want to improve your life.”
- Dominic
Macronutrients for Healthy Living
"Food either heals your body or harms your body. It can’t do both." -Dominic
You’re Driving Me Crazy
“The most important thing about driving is to safely get from Point A to Point B.” - Dominic
The Power of We
"The heaviest burden is not the load, but the person who carries it alone." - (Unknown)
%4 Rule: Retirement Planning
“Health is wealth, but if you have your health, you might as well have some money, too.” - Dominic
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
“When you stop silencing your body, you start hearing the truth.
The aches, the cravings, the exhaustion — they’re not problems.
They’re messages. Start listening.”
― Barbara O'Neill
Short-Term Memory Loss
“Focus on the good memories, discard the not so good. Do not dwell on them for a moment. Be too busy making new memories!” —Catherine Pulsifer