Game Changers

attested, it is essential. Instead of falling into the trap of self-pity or creating a narrative that the odds are stacked against them, they did the hard work of seeing the beauty in their darkest moments.

seek forgiveness for everyone on this list, and watch your limits fall away.

The barks and roots they had told him to eat had turned on the Sir2 longevity genes, and there are very few substances that do that.

Terence McKenna and Dennis McKenna, The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching

Prioritize daily self-care even (or especially) if you spend much of your time caring for others. (Yes, this means you, moms.) Schedule it the same way you would a dentist appointment or a job interview. How much time every day will you allocate to self-care? __________________________________________ What time of day will you do it? ______________

Make sure you get adequate sunlight during the day, and block all artificial light at night to start experiencing dramatically better quality, more efficient sleep. Don’t eat after dark!

Another recent mind-bending study showed that the microbes in our gut produce nearly all of the fatty plaque in people with heart disease.3 It is not formed from the fat they eat.

Meditate on things you believe to be true about yourself and the world around you. Do it either in the morning or at night. Journal about the things you believe to be true for a half hour once a week. Start today.

“Uncle Danny, I don’t know. I’m mad all the time.” Dr. Amen asked if anyone was hurting him or teasing him or touching him inappropriately, and he said no. So Dr. Amen scanned his nephew’s brain and found a cyst the size of a golf ball occupying his left temporal lobe. His nephew was actually missing the space in his scan where his left temporal lo

When he first started doing this, Dr. Shojai feared that taking so many breaks would be a waste of time, but after working with hundreds of companies on their corporate wellness he has seen the profound differences it makes when employees give themselves permission to rejuvenate throughout the day. Absenteeism declines, while productivity, happines