The yoga blogosphere (yogosphere?) has been abuzz the past week debating two recent controversies that boiled up on the internet. The first one stemmed from a New York Times article written by William J. Broad, entitled, “How Yoga can Wreck Your Body” (which was excerpted from his soon to be released book on “The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards.”) The article reads like an exposé on yoga’s [...]
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Sleep, Food, Mood, Exercise: Four Keys to Vibrant Health
When I subtitled my blog, “musings on the science of holistic wellness,” I did so because I believe that any strategy to improve human wellbeing has to look at things holistically. By this I mean nothing can be taken in isolation. Humans are complex and our wellbeing is affected by things that happen in many domains in our life. (Stanford Professor Richard Zare said it well: “real problems are rarely [...]
The Word on Wellness
Today’s article is from wellness expert Donald B. Ardell who wrote the landmark High Level Wellness: An Alternative to Doctors, Drugs, and Disease and a dozen others since, plus 673 editions of his insightful Ardell Wellness Report newsletter. He has won numerous national and world championships in triathlon and duathlon competitions and has been given lifetime achievement awards by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, the German Wellness Association and just this year, the National [...]
Smarts and Stamina: Flourishing for Busy People
Last week, fellow MAPP graduates, Marie-Josee Shaar and Kathryn Britton published their new book: Smarts and Stamina: The Busy Person’s Guide to Optimal Health and Performance. I was honored to have been asked to write the foreword for their book. This week on Psychology of Wellbeing, I share with you the foreword I wrote for them. I hope it inspires you to buy the book. The book includes over 50 actionable [...]
You Don’t Stop Playing Because You Get Old
I’ve been inspired recently by some news stories of people pursuing very athletic endeavors into their later years. For example, the cover of a recent Washington Post magazine featured Ernestine Shepherd (and her six pack of abs.) Ernestine is the oldest competitive bodybuilder in the world (at age 74.) The best quote from the article . . . “Age is nothing but a number.” Then my friend, Mark “The Spa [...]
Personal Biological Monitoring: The Future of Health Diagnostics
Two weeks ago, I attended the Global Spa Summit in Bali, Indonesia, where spa and wellness leaders from around the world gathered together to discuss trends for the future of wellness. One surprising trend that came up again and again in multiple sessions during the summit was the concept of personal biological monitoring—people using technology to keep track of their own health metrics. Traditionally, we have left all health diagnosis [...]
On Physical Flourishing
Today’s article is also published on Positive Psychology News Daily. With the release of his new book, “Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being,” Martin Seligman presents his new model for wellbeing under the codename PERMA. PERMA is an acronym for the five pillars of wellbeing that Seligman has identified through decades of research and thought on the science of human flourishing: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning and (the [...]
Exercise and the Brain
The tendency in holistic or “mind-body” wellbeing is to focus on the importance of mental wellbeing for physical health. Reducing stress, practicing mindfulness, and experiencing positive emotions all have an impact on our physical health. But the mind-body connection works in the other direction too. Using our bodies and developing physical fitness is also good for our mental wellbeing. Physical exercise is probably the single best health practice that anyone [...]
Why Working Out Every Day is Easier than Three Times a Week
Since having a son 8 months ago, I’ve had a hard time going to the gym. In order to accommodate my newly hectic “daddy” schedule, I decided to change things up a bit. Rather than going to my plush sports club 3 x a week, and spending at least an hour there (more if I do a yoga class,) I decided to join the small gym in my corporate office . [...]
The Happiness Diet: The Power of Positivity for Weight Loss
Today’s article is by Professor Timothy Sharp, the Chief Happiness Officer of The Happiness Institute, in Sydney, Australia, devoted to enhancing happiness in individuals, families and organizations. His work was recently featured on an Australian reality television series entitled, “House of Food Obsessives.” Having spent many years working with people trying to find happiness (and achieve various forms of success) I’ve discovered that one of the main obstacles to happiness [...]
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