Zen Commuter

Technology is making it easier for us to do many things, including becoming hermits and recluses.  the biggest culprit is shopping online.  There are also many other ways we hide from the world behind our computers, and they are equally damaging.  However, today I want to address why you should be getting out to go shopping.

• How increased sun exposure makes you happier
• Why you spend more shopping online
• How you can grow your business by supporting local retailers

Sneaky Ways Online Retailers Get You to Spend More

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You don't have to hate Mondays, you know.  Even if you are going to a job that you hate, there are ways to make the week go well, and it all starts with a fresh beginning.  Today I talk about 5 ways to start the week off, that will leave you a little less harried by friday.

• The Importance of making goals for personal and professional life
• Why coffee is not such a good thing
• How inventorying the weekend can lead you to your passion

5 Ways to Start Your Week Off Stress Free

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We race through our days consumed by our own goals and worries, and of course on some level we need to focus on us.  But we should never focus on ourselves so much that we miss out on connecting with other people.  Community comes with so many benefits.  Today I talk about what  those benefits are and how to achieve them.

• The benefit of a smile and eye contact
• The correct ratio of listening and talking
• 5 Reasons why you would want to connect

11 Things You Wanted to Know About My Turban

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There are some things people seem to take for granted; one thing is their health and their body.  When you are not mindful you take little notice of anything in your environment.  You simply react to things as they come along.

Often the same thing happens with your body.  You eat mindlessly, work way too many hours and try and shortchange sleep.  Then when your body becomes sick you wonder how this illness "came out of nowhere".  You attribute it to a thoughtless coworker who didn't have enough sense to stay home when they were sick.  

However, your body has been sending you signals that you are getting sick weeks ago; you simply chose to ignore them.  Yet it wasn't a conscious decision; you just mindlessly went about the days. Today I talk about how you could have avoided getting sick by listening to your body.

• 4 Ways that Listening to your body will serve you
• How listening to your body will aid you in sifting through challenging emotions

How to Listen to Your Body

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I hope you are ready for some science.  Today I talk about the ways that stress wreaks havoc with your ability to lose weight, regardless of whether you are eating right, exercising and building muscle.

You can be doing all those things right, but if you are anxious and stressing you are creating a situation that will lead to not simply weight gain, but a host of other health challenges.  Fear not though.  I will be also talking about ways to lessen the stressin'

• What in insulin is
• What insulin resistance is
• The role cortisol plays in weight gain
• Further understanding of the flight or fight response
• How to become calmer

Fight or Flight- Our body's response to stress

10 Surprising Things that Trigger the Fight or Flight Response

How Insulin and Cortisol Affect your Metabolism

How Fat Cells Work

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When was the last time you ate food?  No, i'm not talking about the last time you ate.  I'm talking about the last time you JUST ate food?  Our culture praises multitasking and many times we eat food and don't even recognize that we ate anything, or that we ate too much.  Such is the case when we eat mindlessly.  You eat some chips and watch tv, you eat your lunch at your desk surfing the web or responding to emails. Many people eat and do something else at the same time.  This makes it easier to gain weight and overeat.  Today I talk about how to eat mindfully and how it can help you stay healthy and lean.

• The definition of mindful eating
• What mindful eating is not
• How to eat mindfully
• Ways to eat mindfully during a hectic day

6 Ways to Practice Mindful Eating

What is Mindful Eating?

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I went to the doctor for my annual checkup and he said everything was absolutely perfect except for my fasting blood sugar.  He said it was a little high but it would go back to the range it needed to be if I lost roughly ten pounds.  I was thinking I wanted to do the same thing, get leaner.  So I have been eating like a champ and have already lost 2 pounds.  The biggest reason I have been able to determine is sleeping at least 7 hours a night.  Today I am going to talk about exactly why that is and how to make sure you are getting what you need as well.

• The role Cortisol plays in weight gain and sleep deprivation
• Which part of the brain is negatively impacted when you don't get enough sleep and how that makes you larger
• 3 Ways to fix your sleep deprivation
• How the hormones Leptin and Gherkin are impacted with lack of sleep.

How Sleep Loss Adds to Weight Gain

The Hidden Ways Sleep Deprivation Leads to Weight Gain

A Society Without Sleep

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All this week I have talked about very practical ways about dealing with hardships, from mental toughness, to the story of Helen Keller.  I even talked about how to proactively get ready for difficulties.  But today I want to talk about some equally important elements for overcoming that are less talked about, mainly because they are invisible.  However, just because they are invisible doesn't mean they lack power.  Today I talk about increasing your hope and faith.

• 4 ways to increase your faith, regardless of your religious beliefs
• Understanding the unseen energies of the world.
• How your understanding of why you are here will increase your faith
• How to increase your level of hope.

8 Ways to Increase Hope by Beliefnet

7 Ways To Feel Hopeful Even Under Incredible Stress

How to Have Hope by WikiHow

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This week I am focusing on ways to overcome adversity, and it seems I have not relayed the most important thing about it; you have the ability to get through tough times.

Everyone has the ability to become stronger, mentally tough.  Today I am going to read a great blog post by one of my former guests, Amy Morin, who definitely knows about mental toughness.

• 5 Ways to Cultivate Mental Toughness
• The benefit in being uncomfortable
• Why you should list your accomplishments for the day, each day.

5 Powerful Ways to Increase Your Mental Toughness by Amy Morin

My Interview with Amy Morin on ZEN Commuter

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Yesterday I talked about the challenges that Helen Keller faced growing up and what she became despite those challenges.  There are hundreds of people throughout history who have persevered and gone on to become successful/happy.

That list is about to become longer since you are going to be added to it.  Yup.  In this episode I am going to teach you how to overcome adversity. 

• Examples of long term and short term adversities
• 5 Proactive ways to get prepare for adversity
• 5 In "In the thick" ways to tackle adversities

How to overcome adversity by Wikihow

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