💡🧠 Quote:
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” — Henry David Thoreau
🥑 Recipe:
Chopped Greek Salad - this looks like a delicious, fresh salad recommended by Dr. Hyman. Greek salads are always a good & quick go-to. This version has shrimp but you can add chicken, steak, or whatever you’re in the mood for.
Longevity Miso Bowl - one of our own community members, Moira, introduced us to Cooking for Peanuts, a recipe blog full of easy, affordable, plant-based meals. Kaela will be trying several, but the Longevity Miso Bowl is definitely at the top of the list!
🧘Workout: Another weekly workout schedule is here! We hope you’re enjoying these, we’d love to hear your feedback!
Monday: Pilates Strength
Tuesday: HIIT + Upper Body
Wednesday: Full Body, no equipment
Friday: Full Body Strength
Weekend: Vinyasa
🎧 CORE Convo:
Share a Cup of Coffee: A Beautifully Simple Life: Jen McCollum — athletic trainer at Duke University (and, fortunately for Maggie, the Duke Women’s Lacrosse trainer during her time there as a graduate student) — joins us for one of our favorite CORE conversations to date. This episode feels like one big exhale. Jen invites us into her beautifully simple life — baking sourdough, living alongside a few chickens and roosters, and supporting local farmers. From eating fresh, whole foods (even if it means getting stopped at TSA with an avocado) to prioritizing financial independence, Jen keeps it simple.
“There are always people out there looking for the same thing. If you find someone looking for what you’re looking for — have a cup of coffee with them.”
[ Listen on Spotify 🎙️ or YouTube 🔗 ]
📰 Weekly Tid-Bit:
Hobbies Should Be Foundational. “In a world where every moment is optimized, hobbies world because they’re ‘unproductive’.”
Spend some time this week “wasting time.” This is something I truly want to continue to get better at, even when I’m busy. And the only way to do it is as Jen says in this week’s convo, “make room for margins” (if and when you are able). We fill our lives up with so much “stuff” whether it’s to prove we are productive or to distract ourselves. I love working, I love writing, I love making progress on my goals. But I want to continue to keep margins in my life to enjoy hobbies regularly (even if once a week).
Having a hobby was consistently linked to increased happiness. It seems obvious, but the strongest link was life satisfaction – not just feeling good but genuinely feeling good about your life.
I like this example: 45 minutes of making art lowered cortisol in 75% of participants.
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