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New and Noteworthy: What I Read This Week—Edition 159

Research of the Week Machiavellian and sadistic people are less likely to be members of frats or sororities; narcissistic people are more likely. Teaching your kids that the world is a bad place is bad for your kids. Rabbits show great promise as small-scale meat animals. More nature contact, less loneliness. Women suffered fewer high […]

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How to FINALLY Take the First Steps Toward That Big Scary Goal This Year

The smaller, simpler goals are what everyone goes for every New Year’s. You know the ones I’m talking about. Run three times a week. Join the gym and use it. Meditate for fifteen minutes every morning. Call your parents every week. Apply to new jobs every month. These are worthy goals. Important goals. They form […]

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Flipping the Script on Resolutions: MORE, Not Less

Resolutions season is rolling around again, and I want to propose something a little different this year. What if we all agreed to resolve for MORE? More what? More of whatever brings meaning or happiness to your life. More of the things that fill your proverbial bucket. I’m proposing a mindset shift for this coming […]

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Ask a Health Coach: How to Reach Your Goals More Easily

Hi folks, if everything feels more challenging right now, you’ll definitely want to check out this week’s post. PHCI’s Coaching & Curriculum Director and seasoned health coach, Erin Power, is here to show you how to achieve your goals with less force and more flow. Got a question for our health coaches? Drop it in […]

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The #1 Gift You Can Give Yourself This Year

There are some amazing story-tellers out there in the world, on the television, in the newspapers, on social media. Omnipresent narrators with an authoritative command of language and imagery and sound and special effects that wield supreme confidence. Doesn’t matter if the stories they tell are largely fictional. They sound and look good so we […]

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Cornish Hens with Gluten-free Gravy Recipe (with Air Fryer Option!)

We’re all about easy meals here at Mark’s Daily Apple, but sometimes you want to step it up and make something a little special. Who says you can’t serve an impressive meal that’s also simple? Here, we made air fryer cornish hens over mashed root veggies with a side of roasted Brussels sprouts. It’s easy […]

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New and Noteworthy: What I Read This Week—Edition 158

Research of the Week How personalities changed during the pandemic. The Celts arrived in Britain in the mid-to-late Bronze Age, introducing both language and lactase persistence that still persist today. Fewer grazing animals, more fires. Mammoths lived longer than the fossil record would suggest. Night workers have healthier circadian rhythms and glucose control when they […]

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7 Herbal Alternatives to Hormone Replacement Therapy, or HRT

For many women, menopause can introduce new health challenges. In addition to the symptoms that perturb basic quality of life like hot flashes, headaches, night sweats, and irritability, menopause is also associated with higher risks for serious health concerns like osteoporosis, cognitive decline, and metabolic syndrome. This has made the standard treatment for menopause—hormone replacement […]

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Dear Carrie: Hot Flashes

From time to time, my wife Carrie pops in to answer questions from readers requesting a Primal woman’s perspective. Today, we’re updating a post she a while back regarding hot flashes and menopause. This topic continues to generate a lot of interest, so we wanted to ensure that the info here is up to date. […]

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Why You Should Be Practicing Balance Drills (with Video)

If you look at a human being, we shouldn’t be able to balance on our feet, let alone run and jump and dance and lift. Look at other bipeds and they have fail safes built in to prevent them from falling. Kangaroos have those enormous feet. Chickens have a super low center of gravity keeping […]