The Mind Palace

[statesof]

I just wanted to share this podcast with everyone, it is called The Mind Palace, and it is free on itunes.

It is a really interesting podcast and it focuses on "living a well curated life", but they touch on so many topics from health to work life balance, to food, friendships etc.

I found their most recent one title "Health and Body" to be very interesting because they look at exercise and fitness in a different light than most people typically do; they kind of see health and fitness as something that should be ingrained in your day to day routine and very balanced, rather than something you set aside an hour at a gym every day to do. I thought it was interesting because prior to my POTS I was doing exercise all the time and always pushing my body either running or lifting, but now that I can really do very little, I find that my "exercise" has become my daily chores, and routines, like taking out garbage or 15 minutes of yoga. It is not really something I can go very far with on any given day, but it is something I can do a bit little of each day to help myself. And their podcast really touched on having that balance of doing what your body needs and living healthy as a sustainable thing.

[Faye]

Interesting perspective and good points to do small things and do what you feel like you can do and not forcing yourself into a routine but listen to your body to help keep active.

[yogini]

That crazy kind of exercise is not sustainable. There is new research which shows that the body actually stops burning calories at the same rate if you overexercise. It's the same thing with food - if you diet too much it doesn't work. Everything in moderation.