"In The KNOW" with Phil Hayes

From an email I received……………. While riding the wave of life you must also practice stillness so you can flow with, rather than resist the wave’s motion. Our lives are continually in motion, buoyed by the wave that is the universe’s flow. As the wave rises and falls, we are carried forward, through life’s high and low points. The universe’s flow may take us to a place in life where we would rather not be.…

From an email I received……… In parts one and two of this three-part series, we talked about how sleep works to repair the body and some of the many benefits of getting the right amount of sleep.  So far, we know that sleep can affect your health in four ways: Sleep habits can reduce insulin resistance and diabetes risk. Good sleep reduces cardiovascular health risk. Healthy sleep habits protect against weight gain. Better sleep can…

From an email I received……………….. It’s a beautiful new day!  Let’s kick this day off by practicing feeling gratitude.  Gratitude has many meanings, but the one that resonates the most with me is “show appreciation for something and to be kind to it.” That’s all it is. Appreciating something and wishing it well…  What do you appreciate this morning? What opens that feeling of love and joy in your chest? What do you feel grateful for?…

From an email I received………….. Having a pity party for yourself is alright as long as you learn from it and don’t dwell in it for long periods of time. We all have days when the bad things seem to outweigh the good ones and we begin to think that life isn’t fair. You get stuck in traffic, which makes you late for an important meeting, and then your car gets towed. You might ask…

From an email I received………… There is freedom in admitting that you don’t know something, as that allows for a new learning experience to emerge. There is wisdom in not knowing, and it is a wise person who can say, “I don’t know.” For no one knows everything. There are many types of wisdom – from intellectual to emotional to physical intelligence. Yet, even deemed experts in their fields do not know all there is…

From an email I received………… It’s not easy trying to constantly be in a positive state of mind. There will always be negative thoughts creeping inside your brain. The trick is to know how to battle them out and kick them to the curb. Here are 6 ways that can help you do that. Smile It sounds corny or too simplistic a solution, but smiling really gets you on the right track. When you start…

From an email I received………. In Part 1, we talked about how the sleep cycle works. We also touched on some of the many reasons getting enough sleep is vital to living a long and healthy life.  But what does the research really say? Can sleep deprivation really cause serious health effects? We’re going to dig into the research and answer these questions. Here are four science-backed ways sleep affects your health.  1. Sleep habits…

From an email I received……….. Let’s connect the dots between habits and health. It’s vital that you listen up because most Americans don’t get enough sleep. Whether the reason is work, binge-watching Netflix, or studying for an exam, the results are in: 35% of people in the U.S. don’t meet the recommended seven hours of sleep each night. It hasn’t always been this way. In 1910, people got an average of nine hours of sleep.…

From an email I received……….. Throughout the world, low levels of this critical mineral have become an epidemic. In the United States alone, more than 75% of the population is considered magnesium deficient and this number could be far higher. These statistics are based on people falling well below the Department of Agriculture’s recommended daily allowance (RDA). For decades, experts have insisted that the USDA’s numbers are too low so almost 100% of the population…

From an email I received…………….. Try not to take everything personally, things that people say and do don’t always have anything to do with you. Every time you interact with others, you have the choice to listen to, acknowledge, and let go of their words, or you can take what they are saying personally. Taking things personally is often the result of perceiving a person’s actions or words as an affront or slight. In order…

From an email I received………… Tea time with friends can be turned into ceremony simply by the intention in which you prepare your tea. Coffee may be the power beverage that gets us revved up in the morning and fuels us when we’re burning the midnight oil, but tea is the drink we turn to when we want to relax and be refreshed at the same time. Black, green, white, herbal, hot, or ice cold,…