Michael569

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  1. Vivo life? The most health / environment conscious company producing plant-based protein powders I know of. They are going for 100% recyclable packaging by jan 2020. They support numerous young youtubers who promote avoidance of animal slaughter and health. You can access their heavy metal and contaminant testing (which recently showed excelent results) of their products online + their proteins are often enriched with natural plan enzymes and adaptogenic herbs such as Reishi. The price is reasonable in my opinion and if you purchase more than 1 there is a nice discount.
  2. Electronics of all sort. All of it should go 2 hours prior to your sleep. Any blue light in your house will disrupt sleep as well. Blue light blocking glasses can helo. It seems the pineal gland is extremely sensitive to blue light and it impacts melatonin production drastically. This is also my tip for Question 1. Not a fan of this tbh. Trying to quantify sleep too much will just raise your cortisol whenever you realize your sleep today is worse than your sleep yesterday or that you are still awake by the time you were asleep yesterday. Same reason most sport trackers are toxic. it creates too much stress and need for comparison and competition. Oh and of course it serves the ego most of all. And finally (I am not sure how much I believe this yet) I think that each human being operates on certain frequency (energetic circulation) and that this is getting disrupted by electronics especially those we put close to ou body such as bluetooth headphones and trackers and phones. Again, this may be new age hippie bullshit but perhaps not Lot of diseases stem from blockage of energetic circulations and there are lots of natural remedies that operate on this levels such as bachflower and bushflower remedies.
  3. How to have faith that what you do (life purpose) will produce results in the future and that you are not just chasing butterflies? How to make difficult, life-changing decisions and why is the status quo pulling us back so hard when we try to do that? (e.g. career trasition) How to stop living on autopilot?
  4. no and no. Stop being so superficial and get to know the girl. A subjective ranking of girl's beauty will skyrocket once you get to know and like her personality. I don't know how it is possible but I've seen that happen many times in my life. Girls who were moderately attractive became beautiful once I got to know their amazing personalities. PUA is a pitiful low-consciousness game. These boys are clowns who pretend they are masculine men. NEVER listen to any advice from one. A truly masculine man does not need to play games and manipulate. He is confident and highly driven by his purpose. Trying to steal another man's partner is disgusting, selfish and will bite you in the ass. if the girl is willing with a wrong guy, she needs to realize it. Not only are you risking in her doing the same to you but you will create an enemy.
  5. Most of Orange folks will never awaken to higher stages. First of all, because they are oblivious to the existence of spiral dynamics. They do not know how much they suffer because everybody around them is suffering the same way so it feells like "business as usual". Once you have been unconscious for so long that you have produced unconscious offspring and married and unconscious person, while being trapped in some shallow corporate job, you are literally f***ed. The system is designed to prevent people from seeing over the "orange wall" and demonises all those who have succeeded or those who consider it. Secondly, most Orange people see states above them as woo-woo something that the weird hippie people do and this single notion will prevent them from entering higher stages till the day they die when they all become turquoise. The few who will won't make it very far because they often come across Orange wearing Green cloak who will just confirm their bias that Green is a greedy devil and will slip back.
  6. Get them oranges inspired by adding few studies and monetary benefits . Nobody has time for some hippie-as gay spirituality. But yeah, you are right.
  7. Interesting, thank you for sharing ! It does seem to be taught from an orange perspective aimed at achieving KPI and (indirectly) manipulating people by exploiting their Spiral stage... which may skew the whole point of this. Craps like this usually sends acid up my throat but I might be misjudging the whole thing: "Corporate leaders, their teams, executive coaches and organizations around the world are able to more easily become change ready, reaching their KPIs, get promoted, and having their teams and clients firing on all cylinders. Natasha helps you get to the heart of what stands in the way of evolving and accomplishing organizational and professional outcomes. "
  8. Awesome ! Time to start repaying for years of free life-changing advice. @Leo Gura how about a monthly life Q&A with your Patreons?
  9. I think Naturopathy is an amazing blend of the traditional and herbal medicine with the modern evidence-based medicine and nutritional science. Functional Medicine is also pretty neat.
  10. good stuff by @Shiva Based on the current amount of evidence soy is beneficial for females. It reduces risk of estrogen-driven cancers by balancing amounts of endogenous estrogens, reduces post menopausal bone loss and flushes and has been shown to improve overall wellbeing even libido. I would always make sure it is organic and would stay away from highly concentrated sources such as soy protein. When taken as wholefood in form of tofu, miso or edamame, soy can be quite helpful. But ofcourse, there are better, healthier foods as always such as your fruits, vegetables and all sorts of other beans and lentils and nuts.
  11. I'm currently in a state when I try to get away from corporate & finance sector but since I had to break in at one time as well, here are few tips I found helpful; throughout the years Try to get a good internship in high ranking company, probably one of Fortune 500 if you can. You may need to work for free for half a year before you will be either recruited for full time or let go. Even if let go, you will already have your initial business experience. Working for free sucks but the initial experience is a must. Attend a lot of career affairs and collect as many flyers and business cards as you can. Speak to recruiters, get their business cards and most of all, have your own professional business cards to share Polish your Linkedin really really well. Neat professional photo in a suit, nothing fancy. Don't put too much detail on your job history but not too little either. Same goes for CV. One page MAX, no bullshit. Focus on achievements instead of writing essay about how amazing you are. Don't copy anything you find online, especially not the popular CVs that appear on Linkedin but create your own unique style. Make sure you add any personal achievements on your CV. Most of the recruiters were more impressed by my sports accomplishments in martial arts than my university degree or past experience. Don't lie during your interviews. A good recruiter will catch you quickly. There is nothing wrong with slightly exaggerating your accomplishments but if you start making stuff up such as listing projects you have not worked on, you will be caught up quickly. Add a tailored covering letter to every opportunity you apply for. Check it 3 times to make sure there is no reference to any previous job. There is nothing as offputting as seeing covering letter that is a copy-paste from another application. Recruiters hate this. If you were in room with 30 other candidates for the same place, why should they choose you? Think of few reasons then put them on your covering letter. In the end, I have to mention this even though you didn't ask. While there is amazing money to be earned in the corporate sector, it is an very vicious and traitorous place where people are dishonest, greedy and ruthless. They are not evil people but this is the way they have to be to survive in this game. You may be setting yourself up for an environment where you have to suck up to people to be successful and even that doesn't guarantee anything. So be absolutely sure that this is what you want to get into and be prepared for an environment that is anything but kind and respectful.
  12. Congrats on figuring stuff out
  13. it is normal and healthy to feel this sort of attraction. However, taking action on it while being in another relationship is not. Guys get attracted to a new woman probably 50 times a day. It only takes a couple seconds for us. And yes with some people you can feel a deeper level of attraction such as what you describe. However, if you feel that your current partner is naricist who is holding you back (the message I got from what you wrote) perhaps you should reconsider if you are in the right place. As painful as it is, these nudges from your intuition and subconscious mind cannot be ignored otherwise you'll start getting anxiety attacks. Explore these feelings in a session of meditation and let yourself feel them deeply. Once you have processed everything, let your rational mind decide what do do.
  14. dude, the kind of adjustments dentists can make to your teeth these days, literally anything is possible. Granted....you will pay and you will pay a lot. But if this is something that's giving you hard time, save some money and get it done
  15. Look at it this way, you have a mid-life crisis in your early 30s. That's amazing! Most people have these kinds of realizations in the early 50s when they have been invested too much into their career. Let this be your new chapter in life. From what I read it is clear that you are lacking a clear life purpose and a mission for your life. But this can be found!! There are Life Coaches in most bigger cities around the world and lot of these guys can help you out. I worked with life coach for 3 months and it cleared a lot of mental obstructions for me. It is not cheap but can you really afford to ignore your calling for th rest of your life? Secondly, if you can spend the money, I would HIGHLY suggest you buy Leo's Life Purpose Course. This was one of the best investments I've made in my life. It not only painted a clear picture of what I need to do with my life but also provided initial tools to start and helped me understand myself and my values. Arm yourself with patience and good habits while you do this. Exercise, eat well, meditate, sleep enough and when you feel anxious to go out in nature and let it purify and ground you. take your shoes of and hug a tree if you have to You are still a young man but you can't afford to wait any longer. The path WILL NOT uncover itself for you. You have to find it yourself.
  16. Not really. Fluoride is indeed toxic in higher amounts but the doses you get from brushing are next to nothing. Not to mention that you don't swallow the paste...or at least you shouldn't. Secondly, while your gums and the area under tongue have some ability to absorb liquids, the time that the toothpaste spends in the mouth is too short for any significant absorbtion and I am not sure if the molecule of fluoride is small enough to be able to pass through the oral capillaries anyway. There is a lot of fuss around toothpaste yet people keep consuming dairy, polluted meat, drink 5 coffees a day, eating crackers and roasted barbecued animals......and none of this concerns them. By the way when you said "calcified pineal gland" I would assume the issue is mostly calcium not fluoride? Oh and there is no scientific evidence for the harmful effect of fluoride toothpaste and most of the papers are pointing out to beneficial effect for tooth decay prevention and periodontal disease.
  17. I would try to identify teachers in your current area and speak to them first. Think of your local judo an aikido sensei, any kung-fu masters, Tai-Chi masters, or perhaps a local budhist centre that is not managed by a manager but rather a yogi. Lot of these people have been trained in eastern tradition before they migrated to the west. They might be give you tips or you can train with them for some time to be sure this is what you really want to do.
  18. nope, but you are the one questioning the safety and practicality of teethbrushing. And since there is nothing like personal experience, perhaps you should test the theory on yourself and let us know how it went
  19. This is a decent blend of adaptogenic herbs, nervines and some cleansing herbs but the amounts you are likely receiving in 2 caps per day will be very weak. For a herbal therapeutic dose, you would need to be taking something like 2-3 grams of individual herb 3 times a day which would turn costly if taken by such supplement. Most herbs work the best when taken as tinctures because this prevents oxidation and the formula is more potent than dried powders. Is there a particular respiratory condition you are looking to cure? If so, my suggestion would be to work with a qualified hebralist or a naturopath and have them brew a strong tincture for you. You need a highly concentrated dose, not worse than 1:3 ratio and to be taken over few weeks. At the same time, many respiratory conditions require immune support, nervous system support and could be down to other body systems struggling. I would be EXTREMELY careful with anything that stimulates testosterone production or you may end up with acne, hair loss and in few decades prostate problems if you overstimulate the DHT pathway. Are your levels low? Have you been checked? PLEASE make sure you get tested before embarking on any testosterone boosting protocol.
  20. The hormones in animal food raise your natural circulating levels of steroid hormones. For women these means spiking Oestrogens. High unbound estrogens have been linked to uterine and breast cancers. For men this means promoting a conversion of Testosterone to DHT by stimulating the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase. This has been linked to potential prostate growth and prostate cancer. Dairy has times and times been shown to raise levels of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 by stimulating the production of Growth Hormone in pituitary gland. IGF-1 stimulates something called a "mitogenic pathway" which is basically a cellular replication stimulating cell growth and replication. This in excess has been linked to some cancers by excessively triggering mTOR, PI3K and many other pathways that should not be exploited beyond the needed amount. In whey you are getting massively multiplied amounts of concentrated animal proteins, that you would normally take in from a slice of cheese or a cup of milk. Not to mention most Whey comes from the cheapest non-organic sources filled with antibiotics and pesticies. There is only so much your liver can detoxify before toxins start to accumulate. If you are someone drinking a lot of coffee on top of that, your liver Phase I detoxification pathway will often be compromised resulting in lot of recirculating reactive toxins which is not good either. And finally, high amounts of animal protein have been linked to the deterioration of kidney filtration function. This was not observed by plant protein intake. So whatever you decide to do, caution is advised. Remember that health > short term gains.
  21. why don't you stop and see what happens?
  22. Folks this was a 2017 post My current opinion on Carnegie and his book is that this is a piece of manipulative and exploitative low consciousness trash that profits on people with no life purpose and no vision in life.
  23. For those who read it -> Just finished the book. I don't know if it's just me but the message I took from this : "Fake growth. Be fake, be a pretender. Pretend like you give a shit about people's lifes so that you can manipulate themand get your way." Or am I missing something?