In the health and wellness space, we often talk about balance, balancing stress, nutrition, sleep, movement, and mental ...
We often talk about health as if the body and the mind are two separate things. Fix the body with exercise and nutrition. Fix the mind with positive thinking or ...
In the popular childhood song, “The Skeleton Dance,” we may recall singing about different body parts being connected, such as, “The backbone’s connected to the neck bone.” However, the more abstract ...
People who are holistically-minded often refer to the mind-body connection. They are suggesting that they have discovered a conduit between our mental and physical being. Many react in surprise when I ...
Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear. It is late at ...
Modern life moves quickly. Notifications, deadlines, responsibilities, and constant information streams compete for our attention The post Whole Body Wellness: Creating Harmony Between Mind, Body, and ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from ...
True professional success doesn’t just come from intelligence or ambition; it starts with how we care for and connect with ourselves. Tuning into the body’s signals and aligning them with the mind’s ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jess Cording is a dietitian and health coach who covers wellness. Even when you know the negative effects of working too hard for ...