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Professionals, intellectuals and social sciences academics refer to Emotional Intelligence as the biggest educational deficit of our times. It is the crowning achievement of any great leader, be it at work or in personal life. They are probably right. A lot of the emphasis is placed on social relationships and the issues caused when people …
There are many things I cringe about when recalling my youth, you know, those memories that put a smile on your face and make you say ‘what on earth was I thinking’? My stint at training as a ‘competitive aerobics’ athlete (yes, there IS such a thing) has got to be at the top of …
Hi, my name is Yannis and I am a Mental Acuity Worrier. There, I've said it. I’m freaking out. Am I alone worrying about my mental acuity as I age? The other day I was brainstorming with a couple of my colleagues about health related innovations in food and as I was trying to express …
For years, I had been battling against severe Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), with issues ranging from physical pain spiraling out of control to incredible mood swings and, at times, extreme anxiety and depression. Like many sufferers, I started with traditional allopathic treatments with little to no results. Then, I threw myself into the opposite side, …
About two weeks ago I woke up on a Tuesday morning with a sharp pain in my left shoulder blade. Out of the blue. Like most of us, I ignored it, thinking age is not just a number (remember that from my previous post on age positive wellness)? The following day, the pain got so …
I fell into a rabbit hole. It was a brutal fall. After writing Part I about appreciating and accepting the aging process, I spent last week obsessively researching the question of aging at a nano level. The more I read, the weirder it got. Two books stopped me from turning my rabbit hole in a …
‘You look so good. For your age!’ How many times have you cringed at that ‘compliment’, followed by, age is just a number, as you’re cut off unexpectedly right at the point of you saying that you woke up with a sudden pain in your neck. It happened to me just the other day during …
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I know what you're thinking, what's with the picture? The Health & Wellness cultural landscape and visual language is changing yet again. Inspiration can come from unexpected places, like sexual health and care. Natural and green? So last decade! this is indeed a different type of post, coming from the eyes of the expert marketing …
January has been tough, for most of us. Lousy start to the new year, lockdown of some shape or form, vaccine bickering, miserable weather. There was one bright spot for me as I started my course at CNM College studying endless hours every night after work on how the body works: learning about the power …
2:15am. Not again! No coffee this morning, yet here I am, right awake. My jaw hurts, what did I do? Do I ignore this and try to go back to sleep? Ignore? Thalia ignored my email. Do you think she read my post and use it against me? 3:45am. Everyone is against me. I misspelled …
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