One of the things I love about being in Estonia at the moment is that sea buckthorn is everywhere. I've had it in a smoothie today and in a delicious dessert yesterday. It reminded me what an incredible little berry it is. Sea buckthorn is a small, bright orange berry with a vibrant colour that almost glows. It has a thick, juicy pulp and a tiny seed inside. The flavour is quite unique. It is intensely tangy, citrus-like and slightly tropical, with very little sweetness. Some people love it immediately, while others prefer it blended into smoothies, yoghurt or desserts. When I was a kid, my uncle used to give me sea buckthorn whenever I had a cold. Ohhh, woooooow... I have never, ever tasted anything so sour in my life! He mixed the pureed berries with some honey and water and I had to drink it. Today I like to reming that this is another very beneficial superfood, especially for women over 40: • Rich in vitamin C, helping support immune health and collagen production. • Packed with antioxidants that help protect our cells from oxidative stress. • Contains healthy omega fatty acids, including the rare omega-7, which may help support healthy skin and mucous membranes, including the eyes, mouth and dry vaginal tissues. • May help reduce inflammation and support cardiovascular health. • A nourishing whole food that provides a wide range of plant compounds. If you can't find fresh or frozen berries where you live, sea buckthorn is also available as frozen puree, juice, topical oil and capsules to take orally. While I always prefer whole foods when possible, a quality supplement can be a practical option. Have you ever tried sea buckthorn? If so, what did you think of its wonderfully tart flavour?

In this community we want to focus on how you can stack your healthy habits so they would stay with you and always the important aspect is that we need to create change without stress and overwhelm. So whether you are aiming to drink more water, eat better breakfasts, swap toru third coffee with the tea etc etc, all this is relevant to you. This explanation is resonating with me a lot and I find it very useful so I wanted to share what my great colleague @Ahmy Brock has written about it. I let the expert speak :) The Stages of Change Stage 1: Awareness - you cannot change what you are not aware of Stage 2: Reflection - now that you are aware, you can look back and identify the places you did the thing and envision how you can attempt to do it differently next time Stage 3: Right after the act - right after you do the thing, you notice it and high five yourself for catching it right after Stage 4: In the act - in the middle of doing the thing, you catch yourself and stop and implement the new thing you want to implement Stage 5: Right before - this is a sign that the new thing is taking hold.... you catch yourself right before you were going to do the old thing, you pause and do the new thing. Over time, the new thing just becomes the norm. I know it sounds like a lot of steps. It can happen much quicker than you think. With just a little practice - your brain and nervous system start flagging the information you are feeding it. We try to practice WITHOUT JUDGMENT but instead a high five. "Look at me go, catching the thing". So, keep practicing: awareness is power, reflection is hindsight (brings clarity), right after shows progress, in the act means you are almost there and right before means you have formed the new habit. Now it will become automatic over time. And in case all this sounds useful, here is her community ENJOY BEING HUMAN. Ahmy is a therapist with extensive practice and I just love how she always says the right words with lots of purpose so she makes me think and be aware much more.

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I am writing the "Liver Health" module, the topic is sauna and I wanted to share few thoughts on this. Let's go back in time :) Growing up, sauna was not a wellness tool. It was just life. Every single night without fail, we had a sauna, 100-120 C degrees! We sat, we sweated, we forgot about the day. We talked, we let the body relax and we wound down. That was how the day officially ended. And in winter, we would run from the steaming hot sauna straight to the frozen lake, jump through the hole cut in the ice, completely naked, then run back in. It was glorious and completely normal to us. That is where my relationship with sauna started. And it has never changed. I genuinely believe traditional sauna is one of the most powerful health and wellness tools available to us. The heat, the sweat, the cardiovascular response, the nervous system reset, the sleep that follows. There is nothing quite like it. And decades of serious research backs this up. Studies following thousands of people over 20 plus years show significant reductions in cardiovascular disease, dementia, respiratory conditions and overall mortality. This is not trend wellness. This is a thousands of years old practice with real evidence behind it. And then there is infrared....... I'll be honest. I can't get on board with it and here's why. Infrared feels to me like a modern, convenient, slightly sterile version of sauna that arrived with very big marketing claims and very little actual research to back them up. I am not convinced about the exposure to the frequencies either. The studies on traditional sauna have been building for decades. The infrared research is thin, recent, and in some areas raises more questions than it answers. My concerns around infrared come down to a few things. Near infrared has been linked to cataract development with repeated exposure, there are open questions around how it interacts with cells that already have some damage, and sitting centimetres away from heating panels multiple times a week for years raises EMF questions that nobody has properly answered yet. Not proven harmful, but not proven safe either and that gap is enough for me.