I sat down with Alex Dorr, the Owner of Mushroom Revival to ask some questions people commonly ask me. I have been fortunate to know Alex since our college days back in 2014 where we first started talking about all things Fungi. I hope that this article helps shed light on the entire kingdom of Fungi, common misconceptions of mushrooms, and the many benefits they provide our human health.
Read MoreThe more I learn and read about the great stoic philosophers, the more it becomes clear that there are certain “truths” which we can aim to live by.
While much of this is simple, it may also require deep meditation and analysis to fully comprehend it’s value. The most important part of these philosophies is not in the mental understanding, however. It is in the embodiment of these ways of life so that we can be the best version of ourselves and shine that light with the world.
Read MoreThere are two methods that I find helpful for successful goal setting that I have found:
Planning out the track (the course we see)
Working backwards, ie reverse engineering the goal (the deeper work)
How can something as simple as implementing specific foods supercharge our lives for lower stress, better sleep, and more energy?
As Hippocrates famously said “Let thy food by thy medicine.”
By putting in the highest quality inputs, we will see the highest possible outputs.
Read MoreLet’s face it, most of us are over-stressed, under-sleeping, and low energy.
Why is that?
According to the 2018 Sleep in America Poll by the National Sleep Foundation, only 10% of people prioritize sleep. Yes, amazingly, only 1 out of 10 people in the United States prioritize sleep. As a nation, the majority of our population is over-worked, tired, stressed, overweight, inflamed, and down right living below their potential with their current circumstance.
Read MoreLess than 100 years ago, farms had a wide variety of living organisms working together to sustain a complex ecosystem.
As conventional farmers began to grow monocultures (single crop farms), the natural balance of plants, animals, fungi, bacteria etc began to fade away.
This came with issues of less nutritious soil and less hardy crops.
Read MoreIn order to achieve optimal health, we must optimize our nutrition. One of the most difficult tasks is reducing our intake of foods / substances that do not serve our bodies. The first, and one of the most common culprits, is sugar. Sugar is something that we all love. We love that sweet taste that always has us coming back for more. Unfortunately, sugar has no vitamins or minerals and can be very taxing for the body to digest!
Read MoreA poem of the Trials of Growth by Rob Carney of Whole Health Connections.
Read MoreEveryday is a chance for a new beginning, but many of dread the thought of getting out of bed. We begin everyday tired, groggy, hesitant to leave our beds and start the day. As a western society, we are a sleep deprived, caffeine dependent nation…
Read MoreIt's easy to get caught up in the no-pain no-gain, I'll sleep when I'm dead mentality.
We are more connected than ever before with the internet.
You can work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
There are constant updates on the news and social media.
And we don't want to miss a second of it.
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