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?
🧬 Epigenetics: Your Genes’ On & Off Switch
“Genetics load the gun, your lifestyle choices pull the trigger.”
— Dr. Paul Savage
Bored with Boredom 😴🧠
“You hardly know how boredom feels when you wake up every day to live for something that you truly love.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson
🫀 Aortic Valve Calcification
The only way to prevent a problem is to start taking action before it appears. - Dominic
Quotes That Motivate Me
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted, than when we read it in the original author?
~Philip Gilbert Hamerton, The Intellectual Life, 1873
🌱 Resilience: How to Bend Without Breaking
“The way to get to the future is dependent on how you live in the moment.” - Dominic
🦴 Bone Density: Rebuilt & Reinforced
“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone." — Reba McEntire
Leaky Gut: A Breakdown in Security
"Your gut is not Las Vegas. What happens in the gut does not stay in the gut." — Dr. Peter Kozlowski
🌱 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