Reading Time: 4 minutes I’m a Neophiliac Yep, you read that right. Nope, it’s not what you think. It is in our human nature to be attracted to what we don’t have or can’t have. Our focus and passion on these must-haves can be surprisingly fleeting. Once we have it, game over and our Read more…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Man in the Mirror The Innate Essentials have focused much of its time and energy on internal emotional well-being. This is because change ultimately starts from within. However, that change also touches your external environment and that external environment touches you. To pursue a lifestyle of well-being you have to Read more…
Reading Time: 6 minutes Toxic wasteland I think at this point in this blog and in the world, we are all aware that some chemicals in our environment are harmful. Like in the recent case of Dewayne Johnson vs. Monsanto Company where Johnson was awarded 289 million for terminal cancer related to his exposure Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Look Good, Smell Good, Feel Good As weird as it sounds, this is what I use to say to myself after I would finish my usual hygiene routine in the morning. I’d finish, make eye contact with myself in the mirror and repeat this phrase. “I look good, smell good Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Above, Down, Inside, Out Above, down, inside, out. ADIO, a common phrase used by Chiropractors and originally coined by BJ Palmer. Its meaning at a mechanical level refers to the brain communicating down the spinal cord into the spinal nerves and out to every one of your systems and their Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Let’s talk about stress Stress, none of us are immune to it. Its grip on our lives runs as deep as our biological need to reproduce. Its value is in recognizing a threat (stressor) and encouraging an appropriate response for our survival as a species. Its adversity is a host Read more…
Reading Time: 6 minutes Go the F*ck to Sleep Sleep! The only thing more popular than this Innate Essential is Sex. Why is it an essential? Why aren’t we getting enough? And what can we do about it? Sleep, we need it, we want it, we don’t get enough, and we take it for granted. Sleeping Read more…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Why I quit CrossFit A lesson in self-awareness I was 19 years old and treading water. A year out of high school, working for my Father’s construction company and attending college for general education. I had no clue why I was in college. I just started showing up because my Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutes What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever put in your mouth? Super weird question I know, but how about Castoreum? It’s a chemical found in many Snack foods, candies, gelatin, ice cream, and drinks with strawberry and raspberry flavors. It’s used for its vanilla-like smell and taste. Can you think of Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Anatomy = Form and Physiology = Function Now that we have discussed form and proper postural anatomy, we should talk function and proper physical physiology. The human body and all its parts were made to move. Movement is life. Our last blog, 3 steps to Make Your Posture Great Again, Read more…
