Greetings from a rainy Friday afternoon in Louisville!
After some fun back-and-forth with my wife Rachelle throughout the morning as we read, listened to things online, and shared ideas, here are two quick tips for getting your energy flowing this weekend:
Move & Appreciate
One physical, one internal, and both get our energy flowing and can change our whole experience!
First, simply be intentional about moving your body — whether it’s walking vigorously and joyfully back and forth indoors like I did this morning (after walking in the rain earlier), playing with your kids, bouncing on the balls of your feet while swinging your arms, dancing, or going for a run — move your body, even just a few minutes at a time.
Next, appreciate.
Every moment that you think of it — and perhaps especially when you’re tempted to react, resist, or feel badly about something — pivot to find something to appreciate.
I’ve found even when I’m sipping our new saffron + magnesium blend at night (coming to the U.S. on October 10th!) or taking my special blend of supplements, pausing a moment to appreciate, perhaps with my hand over my heart, recalibrates and re-aligns my whole system.
And both steps — moving & appreciating — keep our energy flowing.
So here’s to practicing these two things over the weekend:
These two thing have made a huge difference in my ability to play soccer with younger guys and recover well afterwards at age 58+ — and I’m not the one collapsing at the end of the game!
Enjoy the story & info below, and reach out if you’d like to know more about simple yet powerful solutions like these that can make a big difference in how you feel.
Enjoy!
P.S. One thing I forgot to mention in the video — the story of how the young player and I ended last night demonstrates how we can now essentially “regenerate” our cellular energy and not hit the usual “wall” that even young athletes can hit who don’t have this key to “unlocking” healthy gene expression!
Rachelle and I are sitting here at a great little coffeehouse in Charleston (the Harbinger Cafe) the day after our anniversary — 31 years! — and having fun sharing ideas from what we’re reading and exploring. From P.G. Wodehouse to Narnia to reading about the Blue Zones with Dr. Mark Hyman (Forever Young) and now Professor Rose Anne Kenny (Age Proof), we’ve enjoyed laughing and sharing together things we love and ideas that spark, inspire, and challenge us.
Among these ideas during our drive down was the arena of “detoxing” — and how challenging it can be to complete the fasting, special diets, or key programs for detoxing that many are pursuing today.
One of the things I love about the partnerships we have access to are the international team of scientists and decades of research into aging, healthy gene expression, and specific extracts and blends from nature that can support our health in ways the “mainstream” media is just starting to catch up with.
You may have seen my prior blog post about our mitochondria, and today I want to highlight a particular blend of three ingredients that does something very unique — and in a much easier and potentially more effective way than many of the challenging “detox regimens” out there.
What is this blend and what does it do?
With a specific combo of grape seed extract, red orange fruit extract, and broccoli seed extract, this blend helps restore our cells’ ability to remove the toxins and byproducts that have accumulated in them during the day.
Here’s an excerpt right from the product information page (PIP) on the website I’ve linked below:
With aging, our bodies can become less effective at purification, and our cells begin to accumulate damage, cellular waste, and toxic byproducts. So, although we normally are primarily concerned with eliminating external environmental contaminants, it’s also important to target the buildup and damage from our internal metabolism (breathing, converting food to energy, and so on) that happens over time and that can accelerate the aging process. Until now, products haven’t focused on this internal source of aging— they have focused on some symptoms of the problem rather than a key source. Unlike a colon cleanse, which is limited to the GI tract and only targets some systems, we are providing a cellular cleanse, which focuses on the internal source by targeting gene expression patterns associated with cellular purification. (emphasis mine)
Now this doesn’t mean that other healthy choices aren’t important, too, but how cool that this kind of cellular purification can be restored — and all overnight while you’re sleeping to boot!
No “heavy lifting” required!
Being able to tap into nature’s bounty at such a high level — the “fruit” of teams of scientists and decades of research — has been a key part of my daily regimen and what has helped me to thrive all the way now into my late 50’s.
Want to benefit from this, too?
You can access this blend, called R2 Night right here:
What if there are “realities” and things you want to experience that you cannot see, you cannot tap into, because of the “station” you’re tuned into?
I was just reflecting on this as I drove one of our sons to drop a car at the local Meineke this morning, then shared it in our morning coffee chat with a fellow dad, and finally created a little video about it.
Now I thought you might enjoy reflecting on this, too!
In short, we’re all “tuned into” certain beliefs and patterns of thinking and self-talk — often unconsciously — that create a kind of filter that only allow us to “see” things that reinforce our beliefs or match our pattern.
Hence, in a sense, what we believe — what we’re constantly thinking, talking about, and saying to ourselves — becomes our “reality”, and nothing else “exists” for us.
I had a mini experience of this recently when Rachelle drove off unknowingly with my sunglasses and I wanted to take a bike ride. As my eyes were still feeling sensitive to the pollen in the air, I was bummed at first, wondering what to do.
Then I just “accepted” the situation and decided I was going to bike anyway and enjoy the ride.
As soon as I relaxed, an idea came to me — why not use one of the clear “glasses” that we have for protecting our eyes when using power tools?
Now just a moment before, those glasses didn’t “exist” for me — they didn’t exist in my reality, and I couldn’t “access” them.
But as soon as I relaxed my own reaction to the situation, all of a sudden I was able to “tune into” another channel, and get another idea — and in a sense, “manifest” something out of thin air!
Now you may be saying those glasses were already there — but for me they weren’t, until that moment that I became aware of them.
How about for you?
What might be “already there” around you that you can’t yet “see”, because of certain beliefs, reactions, or self-talk — and what if you were to relax a moment — release your current thinking, beliefs, or patterns — and make room for something new, for a new idea, a new possibility, even a new way of being?
Ever feel like you’re continually getting pulled in multiple directions? Like there’s always something vying for your attention?
In a sense, we’re all being programmed, or influenced, all the time.
The question is – are we choosing our programming?
Are we choosing what we’re giving our attention to, what we’re listening to, and what we’re thinking and talking about, or is someone or something else determining that for us?
What if we all took moments in our day to “step away”, to turn off outside media, voices, the news – and even step away from emails, messages, and others’ requests – and “tuned in” to silence…
…to space
…to stillness
And perhaps to our “inner voice”, nudges, inspiration, and inner knowing?
Ever get a great idea while walking?
Or in the shower?
We live in a busy world, and there are so many things calling for our attention.
Perhaps two conscious steps we can take are to choose what we’re listening to – something that stretches us, challenges us, or lifts our mood and makes us feel good.
And then second – to take moments in our day to “unplug” even for 60 seconds – to be still, go for a walk, listen, journal, and allow space for something besides what’s coming to us externally.
One place I’ve practiced this is at the kitchen sink, or pausing between activities to just be still a moment – perhaps place my palm over my heart, take a few deep breaths, or say a little prayer or affirmation for the day. This immediately shifts my nervous system and reconnects me to more than just my external circumstances.
How about you? Ready to choose your “programming”, and then even to step away at times from all programming and listen within? Or have you been practicing this already? If so, would love to hear what’s working for you, and what you’ve noticed along the way!
