I hate golf 😂
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#golf #okanagan #okanagangolf
Unpleasant AF. 4 hours of sh*tty sleep but a cold plunge first thing does more than 47 coffees ever could.
Wish more of you would just try a cold shower. I know it’s scary and unpleasant but once your body adapts (which will happen faster than you think) it can make all the difference in a number of different ways:
- clearer thinking
- less anxiety
- strengthened immune system
- major boost to the metabolism (I’d be 15-20 lbs heavier without this b/c I eat like a jerk)
- mood stabilization
- endorphins
- reduction in inflammation
- improved cardiovascular fitness (a few minutes in the cold is equivalent to 20-25 minutes of cardio/running
Don’t take my word for it. Listen to what people who study this stuff for a living say about it.
No question that this has helped me profoundly. When I do it, I’m better off for it and when I don’t, I suffer more in a myriad of ways.
Any questions, let me know. If I can do it, you most certainly can too.
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#wimhof #wimhofmethod #coldplunge #icebath #polarbearswim #hormesis
Was dragging my ass all morning until I had an ice bath.
It blows my mind how effective it is for a plethora of good things:
- improved mood
- more energy
- better focus
- clearer thinking
I can’t overstate these things enough. To not start my day with a cold water submersion is the equivalent of not having a morning coffee times 10. It’s a night and day difference.
According to studies that have been well articulated by people like Dr Rhonda Patrick (@foundmyfitness) it boosts immunity, metabolism, cardiovascular health like crazy. It helps prevent cognitive decline.
3 minutes in the cold water has the same benefits from a cardio standpoint as a 20-25 minute run.
I can’t recommend it enough and I will continue to keep talking about it because everyone who has taken my word for it and started has experienced substantial benefits. It’s more than worth the few minutes of suffering to reap a whole days worth or more of benefit.
Try it out. Start with cold showers - 30 seconds - and work your way up. Don’t torture yourself or you won’t stick with it. Your body will adapt fast and you’ll start to crave it. Trust me, I hated the cold more than anyone else but now it’s one of my favorite things.
Try it for 10 days and I promise you will so glad you did. You’re a lot stronger than you think and you have nothing to lose by giving it a try. 30 seconds - you can handle it. Start breaking down those bullsh*t lies we all tell ourselves that we don’t have what it takes because we actually do. If I can do this, you most certainly can too.
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#wimhof #wimhofmethod #coldplunge #icebath #hormesis #hormeticstress
Wouldn’t life be better if we were able to be impervious to people’s snap judgements?
When you deconstruct human judgement you realize it’s ridiculous.
And ridiculous judgements are far easier to dismiss and not take personally.
I wouldn’t be surprised if almost all judgement was revealed to be based on varying degrees of gross ignorance.
Thoughts?
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#judgement #peaceofmind #whocareswhatpeoplethink #mentalhealth #anxiety #friendship
“It is no measure of good health to be well-adjusted to a sick society.“
If you are struggling with an addiction or wanting to improve your mental state, one of the last things you should ever do is take cues from our society because our society doesn’t seem to know sh*t about any of this.
When it comes to understanding and properly navigating suffering, the results and statistics speak for themself.
So if you are embarking on this journey, put the blinders on to the judgment of people who have no idea what they are talking about because if you took a look under the hood of their life and behind all their posts and fronting which tries to portray that everything is perfect, you would see a completely different story so don’t buy any of it.
The best thing that you can do for yourself and the people who love you and that you love is to get well.
People in general may think that that is weak and that’s because they are either so distracted or ignorant to their own internal condition and human nature itself that they just don’t know any better.
Do not listen to them.
Just like in anything else when you are trying to better yourself, you should only listen to people that are getting the results that you want and I would be willing to bet that if you took a real close look at the lives of the people whose opinions you are listening to, you probably wouldn’t see the kind of results that you want to have when it comes to mental health, peace of mind, strong relationships and all the other things that actually matter.
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#addiction #addictionrecovery #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #depressionhelp #anxiety #peaceofmind
This realization to do with suffering and healing made me realize I cannot run from or bury the pain of the past. Though I didn’t dwell on any of it, something deep down always felt broken no matter what I did.
When we suppress unresolved suffering it almost always manifests as this gnawing agitation and anxiety - just like what happens when we leave any other problem or issue in life unresolved.
I posted this on Tiktok a couple days ago and the comments were lit with people having the same huge light bulb moment that I had.
I hope it helps you understand that the only way through this stuff, is through it.
though the event that caused the pain may not be in your conscious mind it is no doubt, still tormenting you deep within. The body keeps the score.
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#trauma #depression #depressionawareness #addiction #addictionrecovery #anxiety #anxietyrelief #thebodykeepsthescore
One of the biggest struggles that I had right from the beginning - one of the biggest struggles that I still have is giving myself permission to heal.
This is something, especially in our culture that we really have a hard time with because our priorities are so messed up. And there's a lot of messages that are given to us. I think, especially as men, men really struggle with this because to dive in and talk about your feelings is something that is viewed as a weakness.
It's one of those things that really pisses me off because a lot of men don't heal because of that.
Suicide is now the leading cause of death among men under the age of 50.
That plays a huge role because men would rather die than feel shame and feel weak.
And the one thing that I can tell you about this process of confronting the things about myself that I didn't want to confront and confronting the pains of the past that were left unhealed and then confronting the people that I love the most and having to deal with the pain that I've caused them.
There's nothing that I've ever done in my life or that I may ever do for the rest of my life that required as much courage as that.
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#mentalhealth #addiction #addictionrecovery #depressionhelp
If I could beg you to do this I would. If you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, panic attacks and the destructive behaviors that inevitably come from these horrible afflictions you owe it to yourself to try cold water therapy and meditative breath work.
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What I’ve learned and gained from doing this work is simply beyond comprehension and I’ve heard from countless people who have experienced the same or greater.
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Do yourself a favor and YouTube Wim Hof @iceman_hof
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There’s a Vice documentary on him, interviews with Joe Rogan, @tombilyeu, @londonrealtv, so much stuff. But try this. It might change everything. It costs nothing, you have nothing to lose and something of life changing substance to potentially gain.
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@enahm_hof #feelgood14 #wimhof #wimhofmethod #meditation #coldwatertherapy #coldshower #icebath #depression #anxiety #anxietyrelief #mentalhealth #addiction #addictionrecovery #sober #soberlife
I wish more of you would take this to heart. If you’re opening your heart to people you know you can’t trust and expecting trust-worthiness in return, you’re teeing yourself up for one of the most crushing pains that life can throw at you.
Betrayal.
If you were brutally honest with yourself, most people in your “inner circle” don’t want the best for you, don’t want to see you shine and don’t want to see you actualize your potential.
Your progress and triumph serves as a massive threat to their insecurities. Your success would trigger jealousy and envy and will almost always result in them consciously or unconsciously subverting it.
Friends matter. Who you surround yourself with matters. Deeply. It can make all the difference.
Someone I trust deeply told me recently that life is like a theatre. You can’t choose who comes in but you can choose where they sit. Some of you have some people in the first few rows and you know that they shouldn’t be there. Their faces are showing up in your mind as you read this.
What’s more important; what they think about you or your sense of self worth and your peace of mind? Choose one because you can’t have both.
CHOOSE to make friends with people who want the best for you and push the ones who don’t as far to the back of the theatre as you can.
Dr Jordan B Peterson
Really been grinding on how important having the right people in one’s life is.
I really want to help spread anything that will help alleviate this tendency because being free from a hyper concern for what the wrong people think or how they’re going to judge is incredibly liberating.
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#mentalhealthawareness #fakefriends #friendshipquotes #friendshipgoals #realfriends #sober #soberoctober #sobriety #addiction #addictionrecovery #depression #depressionhelp #garyvee #jordanpeterson #brenebrown #boozefree
This catalyzed massive change in my life. People are always searching for a big breakthrough. This started it for me and might be the start for many of you too. Please tell me if this helps you! 🙏💜
@jordan.b.peterson
@mikhailapeterson
250 Days Booze Free: Through Hell & Into The Light
One of the hardest things over the last eight months of really diving in and dealing with mental health, addiction, trying to figure out why things became the way that they became was understanding that, in spite of the fact that I had a capacity to see life as an absolutely incredibly beautiful thing and having the capacity to experience unbelievable gratitude, joy and love, there's always this overhanging shadow in my life that life was fundamentally a futile, pointless f**king tragedy.
And here's the thing about that.
I'm looking at that as recognizing, "that's not true" and that's not how I want to live my life, but that's not a belief that was just, I woke up one day and said, "hey, let's look at life in the most bleakest form that we possibly can. That sounds good."
What I've come to learn through this process is that that happens through trauma, through unresolved things. A lot of it had to do with sh*t that happened when I was a kid, and this is the reason I'm saying this. A lot of this stuff happens to a lot of people.
A lot of this stuff may have happened to you. It doesn't matter what it is. I don't compare traumas. My childhood was dark. It was dark for me, but it was a f**king cake walk compared to the sh*t that a lot of other people have gone through.
But nonetheless, for two, three, four, five, six year old Jay, it was f**king traumatic and that's what I have to deal.
I'm saying this because I want to give people that space and talk about these things so that people can say, "wow, me too. I'm not the only one." I'm not saying this because I need you to come and console me. I'm not saying this because I need anybody to feel sorry for me. That's the last thing I need or want.
When my dad died and people tried to feel sorry for me and they pushed it too far, I f**king lit them up because I wanted no part of that and I let them know. "I'm not going to become a victim to this and I'm trying to do my best to get through this as strongly as I can.
#tbt 2 years ago was rockin’ out in Seattle at my first MetallicA concert. Sitting in a stadium that was built to amplify sound with 50,000 fans listening to my all-time favorite band with one of my best pals was far better than I could have imagined. Can’t wait to do it again.
Unless you’re in the arena, putting yourself out there, your criticism means nothing. Easy to chirp from the cheap seats while doing nothing.
This is a clip from @creativelive with @chasejarvis and @brenebrown
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#brenebrown #brenebrownquotes #courage #bebrave #authentic #realtalk #empathy #empathyrising #putuporshutup #talkischeap #authenticity
