Monday Motivation 12-05-2011

Girls canoeing in Ireland behold an astonishing sight as thousands of starlings swoop and pulse, whooshing through the sky above Irish waters in a rarely sighted phenomenon called a murmuration. What is it about this video that could be “motivating?” I guess it depends on how you think of the word MOTIVATION. I think Ralph…

Monday Motivation 11-21-2011

Nick Vujicic, born December 4th 1982, is an Australian preacher and motivational speaker. Born with Tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs. As a child, he struggled mentally and emotionally, as well as physically, but eventually came to terms with his disability and, at the age of seventeen, started…

Feel-Good Friday 11-11-2011

In this week’s edition of Feel-Good Friday I’ve got video of a race-car driver saving one of his brother drivers from his burning car and a freak mistake that gave a woman from Georgia a $25 million lottery win. An Oklahoma race car driver is being hailed as a hero after pulling a fellow racer…

Thursday Science & Nutrition Nuggets 11-10-2011

For this Thursday’s Science and Nutrition Nuggets we find that vigorous exercise reduces emotional eating, creatine monohydrate works for weight lifting, antioxidants aren’t always better with more, and moderate nut consumption improves many parameters indicative of good health. Vigorous Exercise/Sports Helps Reduce Emotional Eating In a previous blog post I wrote about how nutrition IS…