Zen Commuter

With the weekend here what do you have planned. Have you thought about going to an art museum?  Depending on who you are chances are good you will either attend a sporting event or simply catch up on errands or watch TV.  Why would you do that?  You know they won't benefit you right?  Neither of them.  Of course you will be entertained, but wouldn't it be cooler to be entertained and give your body and mind a boost.

That is exactly what happens when you view art.  It doesn't need to be masters either.  Studies show that there are huge mental and physical benefits of taking in a day at the museum.

Today I talk about what those benefits are as I encourage you to step outside your typical Saturday and do something you might not do, go to a museum.

• What parts of the brain are positively activated by viewing art
• The impact your of art on your stress levels
• The benefits of creating art

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We all have one, absolutely every one of us.  Some people have a loud one that is incessant in its talking.  Others have found a way to hush the little devil.  And devil is an appropriate word, because it tries to tell you to give up, it raises hell with your self-esteem and your desire to live a better life.

What is it?  it's your inner dialog of course.  That never ending voice that criticizes you, tells you to quit.  It tells you not to make waves, to be like everyone else.  It is absolutely without value.  In fact it takes away from life.  The words it speaks are not accurate or true, yet we believe them.  At least you did, until today.  Today I talk about ways, 3 ways, to send that voice packing.

• Where your inner dialog comes from
• What it's function is
• 4 Ways to Make it stop

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t is so prevalent that there is a word for it in German.  It's called Schadenfreude.  Simply put, it's the pleasure derived from the misfortune of another person.  Germans may have a word for it, but it's prevalent in the United Sates as well.  Social scientists express that it may be a common everywhere.

Today I talk about why it is occurs and how to make sure that you don't succumb to this common societal pressure.

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Most people are under stress constantly.  So much so that they go throughout the day without addressing that stress that is silently tearing them apart.

Today starts a new chapter in the story of ZEN commuter.  We have talked about the brain, the heart and the soul, ways to live calmer.  Well if we want to truly be calmer, to live our fullest most purposeful life ever, we need to be healthy.

Today I am going to start a healthy conversation by helping you with the understanding of Fiber

Sources of Soluble and Insoluble Fiber

• A definition of Fiber
• The difference between soluble and insoluble fiber
• The benefits of fiber
• What the recommended daily allowances are for stress
• Where to find fiber, both types

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Giving is not a new topic to ZEN commuter, not by a long shot.  How I am tackling it today though is.  In the past I have talked about how it makes you feel good, has you living longer, etc.  And these things are all absolutely true.  But why does it make you feel good?  Today I present a great article by the Wall Street Journal that gets to heart of giving from a biological stance.

It talks about a variety of studies that contradict what many people used to think, that giving goes against our nature.  Many of the scientists offer a variety of studies that tell most emphatically that the brain thrives on donating.

• Three theories of the selfishness of man
• How your brain activates when it gives
• Why the brain sees giving a survival instinct

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There are thousands of beverages to choose from when you are thirsty, even when you aren't.  Which is probably why so many people are dehydrated.  There are thousands of options but none of them are a necessity.  That's right, without water you would die.  So why do so many people opt for a diet coke or beer instead of water?

They clearly don't have any idea that it can cure a headache, release toxins from your system or help you lose weight.

There is so much to know, and I will talk about it in this episode.

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• How much water you need a day to stay hydrated.
• How to make sure you are drinking enbough water each day
• The reasons to stay hydrated

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Everyone loves a sunny day.  Heck, there are a ton of songs with that very sentiment in the title.  However, as nice and warm as sunshine makes us feel there is a much broader reason to dig it: it keeps us healthy.  It's not just physically healthy but mentally as well.

Today I talk about the how the sunshine is converted into Vitamin D in the body along with a host of ways to get it each day.  I will discuss the reasons we need it and in what supply.  You won't want to miss it

• How sunshine is converted into Vitamin D
• How the eyes use the sunlight to ward off depression
• 3 Ways to get sunshine each day
• How sunshine helps in the battle to lose weight

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Cortisol plays an important part in a healthy metabolism, the formation of memory and the body's treatment of inflammation.  It is wonderfully efficient.  It even gets the body ready to face a threat or run from that very same fear.

All good stuff.  However, when the body is flooded with Cortisol it has anything but a healthy role in helping the body.  In our hectic world the brain sees everything as a threat and accordingly pumps out Cortisol in large quantities.  There needs to be a way to stop it and that is what I will talk about today.

• What Cortisol is
• How it serves the body
• Overview of the Flight or Flight response, the stress response
• 3 ways to limit the cascade of Cortisol
• Overview of how Cortisol impedes our ability to lose weight

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Joy comes from living an intentional life.  If you think about the times when you were the most harried, out of balance, it came from simply responding to stimulus that were thrown at you.  You were responding but not actively making choices based on what was best for you.

I bring this up because many times people eat not because of hunger but because of habit or other societal factors.  If you want to maintain your health and be lean you need to understand hunger in a complete way.  That is what we will do today.

• The definition of hunger
• What happens to your body when you are hungry and full
• How inadequate sleep creates a weight producing hormone imbalance
• 8 reasons you eat when you are not hungry

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