Hi all,

I created a free PDF for new subscribers. It consists of a quiz indicating how healthy you are from 0-36 and then 78 strategies to boost that score based on the 6 dimensions of health. Impressive if you’re above 30 (and probably a liar if you got 36 😉).

In other news, my favorite non-holiday of the winter, the winter solstice, has come and gone meaning that every day is a little bit longer than the next….until my least favorite day of the summer.

If you struggle through it too here are a few tips:

• Take vitamin D3 and enough omega-3

• Use a light box

• Add in one more workout a week

• Use a sauna

Brian 

New Blog Posts

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Mind

• Never Split the Difference: 3 Takeaways

• The Secret of Happy People

Body

• What Is Heart Rate Variability (HRV) & 12 Things It Can Tell You

• My Supplement Regimen (What I Take and Why)

Dad

• The ChristmasPrism App Creator on Going Viral, His Debilitating Disorder, & Dad Life

• The Family Firm: 3 Takeaways 

• What are the 4 Types of Parenting Styles?

New!

• I added a new section: book recommendations for kids as recommended by occupational therapists. Each book goes beyond a story and includes a component challenging sensory skills, problem-solving, visual attention, and more.

The MBD Corner

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Mind

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“Power is influence over external events.

Peace is influence over internal events.”

—James Clear

• What makes a good member of society broken down by country (US: voting = high, joining demonstrations = low).

• Movies that used the F word the most.

Body

“If you can’t tell what you desperately need, it’s probably sleep.”

— Kevin Kelly

• Stress is bad for exercise gains. "The same research group found that over 12 weeks of training, people with high life stress gained less strength in the squat and bench press than people with low life stress." (Stronger by Science)

• Researchers compared the best exercises to get better quality sleep. The winner? “Endurance training combined with walking.”

  
  

Dad

• Katie Wells, the Wellness Mama, on The Ready State podcast. It’s a few years old but one I pull from my “favorite” list to listen to every year or so for unique parenting insights.

• In really using ChatGPT to its fullest potential, I asked for a dad joke:

  
  

  Why was the math book sad?

  Because it had too many problems.

  
  

• Less babies are being named Alexa.

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