If you read books on nutrition (plant-based diet in my case), like I have, then you get a pretty good idea where you are coming up short nutritionally. Soups, curry, salads, and smoothies are not only delicious, but very inclusive in terms of nutrient dense fruit, vegetables, nuts, and legumes. I challenge you to find … Continue reading What is Lacking in your Diet? Find a Delicious way to Insert it into your Day- DPF #543
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Make New Routines that Propel you Towards your Dreams- DPF #529
Routines can make progress effortless, by weaving activities into your day. The challenge is to be deliberate in your focus. Routines work well by automating activities to conserve mental energy that is needed to start something. To make real progress in an area, though, deliberate focused energy is needed in order to improve at any … Continue reading Make New Routines that Propel you Towards your Dreams- DPF #529
Become a Virtual Monk – DPF #469
You can have the best of the monastic life, while still enjoying the benefits of normal life, by choosing to live as close to the lifestyle of a monk/nun as you prefer. Here are some of my own ideas: Create some time for "noble silence", when you reserve for listening to yourself, on weekends, part … Continue reading Become a Virtual Monk – DPF #469
DPF #301- December 19- Make Sure that Your Dreams and Plans will have a Beneficial Impact on your Surroundings
This may sound like common sense, but it is not. If you follow the impact of what your dreams and plans, they may influence some or all people, animals, plants, or other life in your surroundings in a negative or even destructive way. See what your actions will actually change in people's lives, and what … Continue reading DPF #301- December 19- Make Sure that Your Dreams and Plans will have a Beneficial Impact on your Surroundings
DPF #232- October 11- What is good for the Body, the Environment, and Community Happens to also be Good for You
Doing things that improve the mind/body, the environment, your community has unique benefits- it not only improves the target of said improvement, but it also has a side benefit of being good for the spirit. For example, when I decided to become vegetarian (for health reasons), I achieved a state of internal peace I had … Continue reading DPF #232- October 11- What is good for the Body, the Environment, and Community Happens to also be Good for You
DPF #173- August 12-Don’t Forget to Service your own Body’s Engine
What is the body's engine? Perhaps there is more than one....the heart would certainly qualify, the brain perhaps as well... what about your intestinal tract, and your kidneys/liver which help cleanse the body along with the sweat gland system? Perhaps even your lungs- due to their cleansing of the body... How can you service these … Continue reading DPF #173- August 12-Don’t Forget to Service your own Body’s Engine
DPF #140- July 10- Remove all unnatural cravings by cleaning up your diet
What is the difference between a natural craving and an unnatural one? Natural cravings craving water when the body is low on water.craving high level carbohydrates (bread/rice, etc) when the body is low on energy.craving something sweet at the end of a meal (fruit- vitamin C etc.)craving high protein foods after strenuous exercise/physical exertion (peanuts … Continue reading DPF #140- July 10- Remove all unnatural cravings by cleaning up your diet
DPF #119- June 19- Take Control of your Health
Remove aspects of your diet that you can live without, and that are detracting from a state of nutritional excellence. Add elements that you are missing, from as natural a source as possible. Replace candy or sugary snacks with fruit. If you can't pronounce the ingredients, don't put it in your body. Incorporate as many … Continue reading DPF #119- June 19- Take Control of your Health
DPF #104- June 3- Removing Meat, Cheese, and Dairy from One’s Diet Naturally Leads to More Fruit, Vegetables, Beans, Grains, and Nuts
Processed foods are the enemy of health in general, and psychologically, dairy products are just as harmful as some of the nasty elicit street drugs or prescribed drugs on the market. You may not know of the chemical composition of cow milk (link to video here), but there is a specific compound found in the … Continue reading DPF #104- June 3- Removing Meat, Cheese, and Dairy from One’s Diet Naturally Leads to More Fruit, Vegetables, Beans, Grains, and Nuts
DPF #45- April 4- Do No Harm
This is commonly known as the Hippocratic Oath that doctors swear to when they become doctors, or healers. I have made it a fundamental element in my foundational mission in life. In the past, despite good intentions, and sometimes unconsciously, I have indeed caused great harm to others. Usually it was in cases where I … Continue reading DPF #45- April 4- Do No Harm