Following the path to happiness and one fulfilled life. Not that there is any particular destination, but when you’ve chosen the right setting and show up intent on being fully immersed in the experience, then when you find your heart glowing and content, you know you’ve arrived. #chasingupwardslopes Once upon a time, on my own […]
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How do we move forward from making a promise – a “resolution” – to taking consistent action? This is the important question because it is action, taken consistently over time, that leads forward to creating that change we envision. This is also a tricky question to answer, and following through with it is not easy.
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How do we get ourselves to create positive change, the kind that leads forward to beneficial and sustainable outcomes? Let’s take a look at the question behind Upward Slopes, this time examining New Year’s resolutions. Each January, most of us do a special something. The holidays have come and gone, and with stomachs over-filled and
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Here at Upward Slopes, my primary focus is to help you take action to better support your metabolic health. What is metabolic health? Metabolism is, in a very general sense, a concept that encompasses biochemical reactions. When it comes to the metabolic health of an individual, I am referring to the ability of the human
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Brief Recap – The Challenge (feel free to skip this section if coming directly from Part 1) Our modern human population is in a rather horrendous state of health – one that is driven, largely, by the same underlying behavioral factors: poor diet sedentary behavior chronic stress This is something we can all understand, but
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Last year – early 2020 – I, along with the rest of the world, was hit with a hard realization: that a single virus had the power to overturn our world and threaten the lives of far too many. It was unexpected. It took us all off guard. What’s interesting, though, is that it was
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Here at Upward Slopes, our intention is to embrace each day by making the healthiest decisions possible – whatever that means for each of us at any point in time. To do this, we call upon a holistic (or in engineering terms, systems-based) approach – one that addresses the health of the entire body while
Each of us individuals is on our own unique health journey. We all came into this world with our own genome, uniquely expressed to create the form and function that is each of our own human bodies. From this point in space and time, we moved forward through life with our own life circumstances and
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How do we live a healthy life? The answer – well, it turns out that it’s not so simple. I mean that literally. Technically speaking, the problem is not a simple one with a clear solution that I can hand to you. Rather, the problem is complex – there are too many factors at play
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When it comes to solving any health challenge, I’ve found it useful to begin by taking a big step back to the basics: what does good health really mean? People tend to think of health as black and white. Binary. You’re either healthy or you’re sick. You’re okay until you develop serious symptoms or receive