Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Do This Before Buying That Expensive Neck Cream Look around: coffee shops, offices, Zoom calls—even you right now. Heads down. Shoulders rounded. The dreaded “tech neck.” This posture is wiring our spines for pain. And if vanity speaks louder? Let’s just say it makes us look less vibrant and confident. Even as a coach, I’m not immune to screen-time slouch. The problem is, “just sitting up...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community I Don’t Love to Exercise. That’s Why I Love This Research Exercise has never been my hobby. I don’t wake up excited to do a workout, and I’m not training for anything besides living a good life. What I am always looking for is the least amount of effort that gives me the biggest payoff. That’s why this new research lit me up: you don’t need long, sweaty sessions to protect your blood sugar or your...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Stretch More? Stretch Less? Is It Even Important? No Wonder We’re Confused Last winter, while I was out walking—fast—I almost fell. I didn’t hit the ground, but jamming my leg down hard left me with pulled hamstrings that screamed into my hip. Within days my piriformis rebelled, and suddenly I was moving like a rusty hinge. That’s when I realized that flexibility isn’t just about touching your toes....
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community How Movement Builds Pain Resilience When I strain a muscle–as I did last December–I’m miserable. But here’s what I know: research says the more consistently I move, the less those everyday aches and twinges should knock me down. Could it be that I’d feel even more pain if I weren’t exercising regularly? Turns out, yes. A study of over 10,000 adults found that people who exercised more frequently...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community The Secret Metabolic Engine Powering Your Health True story: I'm 1/4 inch taller now than five years ago. How? I don't know for certain, but I'm hoping it means that I've added to my bone mass and I'm preventing my vertebrae from compressing. The opposite usually happens during aging. Keep this in mind: bones do more than hold you up—they fuel your metabolism. Active bone cells help regulate...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community What Your RHR Says About Your Health and Longevity Every time I check my resting heart rate, I feel like I’m sneaking a peek into the future of my vitality and longevity. Because here’s the truth: your resting heart rate (RHR) is one of the simplest, most powerful predictors of your long-term health. And most of us barely give it a second thought. The normal RHR range is generally between 60 - 100...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community How Many Steps Do You Actually Need to Live Longer? That 10,000-steps-a-day rule? Dreamed up by marketers in the ’60s—not scientists in lab coats. Since then, researchers have dug into the data and found a range of numbers. Yes, around 12,000 may boost cognitive health (one of my favorite areas to protect), but for overall well-being, the sweet spot is lower—and far more doable. 7,000 steps a day is...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Forgetfulness Isn’t Inevitable—It’s a Warning Sign People joke about “senior moments”-- losing your keys, forgetting names, or walking into a room and forgetting why you were there. That’s just part of “getting older,” right? Maybe not. What if they were early whispers—gentle nudges—from your brain asking for better care? The truth is: dementia isn't just a roll-of-the-dice fate. Up to 40% of...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Eat Like the Person You Want to Become We tend to think of personality as hardwired: You're either Type A or you're not. You're either chill or neurotic. You always plan or you roll-with-whatever. But what if it’s not that fixed? Emerging research is showing that your personality may be more like a dimmer switch—and food is one of the hands adjusting the light. What you put in your mouth might be...
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