Don’t like the weather? Change it…
From now forward, the food that you’ll eat and the clothes you’ll wear aren’t the only things you can get to decide on at the start of your day – you can now also choose your weather! Well, inside at least :) Is it raining for the fourth day in a row? Would you like […]
Are you, or do you know, a hoarder?
There are some of us who like to travel lightly. There are others who have difficulty leaving anything behind. The more you carry, the harder the journey! I recall a conversation with a woman who’s husband had recently retired after 25 years of service in the army. She lamented that the worst thing about retirement […]
Opening your home office door to your kids
Committing to work from home is a big decision for most of us. The ultimate question we all face – probably from others as well as ourselves, is whether or not we can focus and be productive. Sure there are lots of potential distractions, but they soon fade into the background. What doesn’t, of course, […]
We Can Rebuild Them
A project that started out as a special effect prosthetic has transformed into a potentially life changing technology that could help tens, even hundreds, of thousands of people live higher quality lives! After seeing this YouTube video by Ivan Owen, a Washington based prop maker, a South African carpenter by the name of Richard Van As […]
The Truth About Sitting Down
Last week we featured a post from guest blogger, Ana Cristina Sandrin about standing desks, ergonomics and spinal health. If you haven’t read it, you can find the post here. As a follow-up we’ve discovered this fascinating, if somewhat terrifying infographic put together by Medical Billing and Coding.org, detailing the dangers of sitting for long periods […]
Raising the Bar and Freeing the Spine – Ana Cristina Sandrin
The shift from an agricultural/industrial economy to a technological economy has greatly expanded the options available to us in terms of work and lifestyle, and yet we struggle with the impact that these sedentary jobs are having on our bodies. “People who ‘sit down all day’ are the members of the working population most susceptible […]