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Just Add COLD to Amplify the Benefits of Outdoor Exercise

Everyone wants to AMPLIFY their EXERCISE.

Did you know increasing the benefits of exercise can be as simple as adding cold to the outdoors?!

We all know the incredible health benefits of spending time outdoors—whether it’s reducing stress, boosting energy, or enhancing overall well-being. If you need …

LOVE: The Ultimate Brain and Body Booster

Love isn’t just a warm, fuzzy feeling. It’s a full-body, brain-boosting, heart-healing superpower! Whether it’s romantic love, the love of a friend, or even the love from hugging your dog, it can do incredible things for your health.

Your Brain on Love: A Chemical …

Love Yourself into Happy and Healthy Longevity

You are LOVED. You are CHERISHED. You are COMPLETE.

As they instruct on an airplane, you have to put your mask on first before putting a mask on others.

And as it relates to love, it’s hard to give love if you don’t love yourself. Let’s explore how self-love …

Why you NEED to Get Out in the Sun!

Morning Sunshine: Your ULTIMATE Biohack

Did you know that your path to AMAZING health is as simple as 10 minutes of direct sunlight first thing in the morning?! NOTE: Sun even on cloudy days.

Circadian Entropy is the fancy neuroscience name for this: Embrace Sunshine: Your Ticket to Boosted …

Want Better Sleep? Go Barefoot in the Dirt

What is the KEY to better rest?

This may be as simple (and FUN) as walking barefoot in the DIRT.

A 2022 study out of Taiwan found that grounding, or having direct contact with the Earth, helps sleep. In the study, people with mild Alzheimer’s tried …

Unplug to Recharge: Time to Digital Detox for the Health of it

What is the best way to close out summer?!

Answer from the experts (& Dr. Stilp herself):  Send a day (or 3) in Detox

  • BioHack your brain
  • Relieve stress and anxiety
  • Improve sleep
  • Increase productivity
  • Cultivate deeper connection with self and others
  • Simply, explore and experience …

Conquer ‘Time Poverty’… Even if Don’t Have Time

2023 has just started.. and do you already feel you are in the whirlwind of not enough time?!   If so, you may be suffering from TIME POVERTY.   Keep reading for a prescription… HINT: use the nights to stargaze not screengaze (yup, that’s a made up word)!

Gotta Have FAITH for Good Health

Religion, spirituality, and FAITH impacts on our purpose, values, and experience. Faith can also have an effect on our health.

Attitude + Gratitude = Health

Although there isn’t a lot of peer reviewed research on the impact of faith on health, there have been many mental health studies (with implications for …