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Body-Mind Education Experience Medicine Nutrition Pain

The Separation of Medical Science from the Human Heart and Soul is an Illusion

There are pros and cons to the scientific method in medicine. Science is objective and devoid of emotion, but human patients are not. This post explores how we got here, and how we might bridge that gap.

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Body-Mind Experience Fitness Nutrition

My fitness goals, and the improvement mindset

Having an improvement mindset means enjoying that idea that there is always more to improve. To illustrate this, I’ll talk mainly about my health goals. It has been said that “if you’ve got your health, you’ve got everything.” Plus what we know from research is that when people become more fit and healthy it tends […]

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Anatomy and Physiology Body-Mind Fitness Nutrition Remedial Massage

Why Coordination Is More Important Than Strength

I love working with bodies. They’re amazing. We are evolved to be as efficient as possible at all times, and strength, power and endurance are no different. That’s me, three days ago, on my fourth set of three 50 kg close-grip bench press. It was only on the fifth and final set that I struggled. Up until […]

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Nutrition

Magnesium: Now You See It, Now You Don’t

Magnesium is essential for over 300 cellular functions including the conversion of glucose into usable energy. Find out what it can do for you.