Most people consider their own mental processes to be what thinking is, without ever considering the nature of the activity and without ever questioning the effectiveness of their particular methods. Modern schooling practices discourage critical thinking by their very nature (e.g. multiple-choice testing) and leave … [Read more...] about Why is thinking so important?
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Optimal Health Strategy 3 : Nutritional Ketosis
Ketosis is fast becoming a buzzword for health, and with good reason. When we explore the facts it can be seen why ketosis must be at the heart of a successful strategy for optimal health and the avoidance of chronic disease. If you are interested in the best health insurance policy money can’t buy, here are a few … [Read more...] about Optimal Health Strategy 3 : Nutritional Ketosis
Ep 11 – Think you need glasses? Think again!
Eventual loss of clear vision is considered a normal and inevitable part of growing old, and wearing eyeglasses or expensive Lasik eye surgery are seen as the means of addressing the issue and rectifying the problem. This is another widely accepted untruth that happens to support a huge industry while undermining the … [Read more...] about Ep 11 – Think you need glasses? Think again!
Effective Parenting in a Nutshell
Children grow up in spite of their parents, and they only really need a few basic tools to realise their potential. Many of us parents experience concern over our parenting 'skills' and anxiety over whether or not we get it right. We often under-estimate our children’s abilities, and end up over parenting them. In … [Read more...] about Effective Parenting in a Nutshell
Reason: Your only guide to knowledge
Reason is the faculty that identifies and integrates the information provided by our senses to give us knowledge of reality. It is the means to accurately perceive and therefore operate within the world around us. Sanity is universally regarded as ‘being in touch with reality’, and rational (or reasonable) behaviour is … [Read more...] about Reason: Your only guide to knowledge
Optimal Health Strategy 2 : Eat Real Food
The link between diet and health is proven. What we eat is the most powerful factor in determining our health outcomes. But what should we eat? The first principle of eating to support health rather than to undermine it is to eat real food. But what is real food? Read on to find out. There are essential healthy fats … [Read more...] about Optimal Health Strategy 2 : Eat Real Food
Meaningful Environmental Awareness
To most people, environmental awareness is all about global warming, or climate change, as it is now known. But there is a completely different way to look at environmentalism that makes perfect sense and contains none of the contradictions found in the mainstream narrative. There is an approach that priortises human … [Read more...] about Meaningful Environmental Awareness
Optimal Health Strategy 1 : Maintain a healthy gut
The maintenance of a healthy gut is the best health insurance you can have. Gut health is foundational to human health because of the many essential function it performs, but also because if we look after our gut we necessarily do all the things that will achieve health in a broader sense. This is why it is step 1 of … [Read more...] about Optimal Health Strategy 1 : Maintain a healthy gut
Health is a choice within our control
Assuming you have been born with a functioning body and it has not been compromised by injury or accident, it's continued health and vitality is a matter of choice. The maintenance of health requires several inter-relating factors and associated practices that are all important. They must all be in place for the … [Read more...] about Health is a choice within our control
Reasons to own land
Land ownership can be a lifestyle choice in its broadest sense - a way of life. It is one well suited to a growing number of people who wish to take control of their lives by creating more security, broadening their options and delighting in a renewed sense of connection to the earth. I am convinced that if more people … [Read more...] about Reasons to own land