Going through this module and learning about AI and the technology advancements that could potentially be the future of the health industry, it’s nice to have choices of how I want to take care of my health, and how I want to proceed in the future of health industry. Personally, I prefer to stay away from AI visuals, my stomach and brain are not always in great communication with one another. The scavenger hunt led me to a clinic here in Southern California that does the PNOE testing. Is the cost of $600 worth the investment for the all inclusive package? Yes, indeed if someone is concerned or just wants to take the understanding of their health more in depth. My dad’s side of the family has a history of diabetes. My mom’s side has obesity. I prioritize my health in all aspects, more as I get older, because my 90 year old self who will still be running as long distances as her body will let her is why I’m learning as much as I can regarding what it means for me to be healthy. One thing I’ve started doing more of is putting on my noise cancelling headphones and listening to the breathe audio track. I made a decision to lay down the first time I tried it, and woke up feeling very refreshed after that nap. I now sit up but allow my own visuals to show me what they need to. Since starting the breathing sessions, I have become calmer, and realized at how quickly my thinking turns into overthinking and that is how my anxiety shows up. I like that I can do an at home blood test that will be decoded to my specific body type. It will help me gain a better perspective into my body and the functionality with my cardiovascular and hormonal insights.

Working with kids of any age, they like to be engaged with you. How I would work with kids at the elementary level is to engage them by being silly. It works (most of the time). I would ask the school to break up the event, so instead of presenting to one large group, I would have the event broken down into 3-4 classes for each 30 minutes. That way there would be room for all of the kids to lay on the floor. When presenting, I would be with them on the floor, walking among the kids, not on a stage. Until the classes have arrived, and all sat down, I would wait. Once the kids are seated, I would start with, “If you can hear the sound of my voice, clap twice” while walking the room. The clapping and walking gets their attention. I would then ask, “ Can you see my eyeballs” and point to my ears. There’s usually a lot of yeses from the kids. I ask again, “Can you hear me” while pointing to my mouth or eyeballs. Again, a lot of yeses. Then I ask, “Are you sure?” “Yes…..” with puzzled looks on their faces. I ask, “Are these my eyeballs?” And pull my ears. “Are these my ears?” And point to my eyes. The kids all say, “No.” Then I say, “Now I have your attention.” Following the silliness with introducing myself and what we will be talking about together. Incorporating breathing, sleep, nutrition, exercise and motivation, I would ask the kids, “What is your favorite animal?” And pick one kid who raised their hand. I’m going to use an elephant as my example and ask, “How does an elephant sound? What part of their body do they make the sound from?” Then ask the kids to all stand up, and to show me what it looks like to be an elephant. Once the sillies are out from being an elephant, I ask the kids, “What do elephants eat?” “Why is nutrition or eating good foods important for elephants?” We talk about what good foods are: veggies, fruits, proteins. “Do elephants exercise? If so, what kind of exercise do they do?” We talk about exercise for our bodies: walking, running, stretching. “Do elephants sleep?” “How, and how much do they sleep?” We talk about sleep for ourselves and why getting enough sleep is important for our brains, and muscle recovery from sports, or body recovery when we are sick.

Team, This is a powerful article on a new study which is making waves at the moment. The premise that amphetamines work on attention centers of the brain has been shown to be flawed. It appears that they work on motivation centers, essentially making meaningless tasks feel more rewarding. There could not be a more dystopian approach to education than medicating kids into perceiving meaning in tasks that are futile or otherwise unfulfilling. It's like steroids to worker bees. Hopefully you can access the article without going through a Paywall, but you can google the study if needed. I'm going to do a full podcast on this next week as well. ADHD Medications Work Differently Than Thought: Study Read more: https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/adhd-medications-may-not-improve-attention-study-suggests-5966862?utm_source=ref_share&src_src=ref_share&utm_campaign=rtbn-cc&src_cmp=rtbn-cc

Over the past year, my sleep at night has tremendously improved. We already keep the room cool, block out any light, and I don’t drink any sort of caffeine after 11am. As a sleep starter, I began to journal again after years of not journaling before bed. I find for me, that journaling helps to release whatever the emotions I’m feeling, so that I’m not up at night thinking about them or situations that have happened. As I’m currently in half marathon training mode, I take epsom salt baths at night, which help my muscles to relax, and I find that my sleep is better as well. Another sleep starter I do are stretching exercises for my lower back and hips. For a sleep tracker, I have a Garmin watch for running, walking, etc. I was wearing it all the time, even during sleeping, but would be woken up by the light of the watch when I rolled over. I stopped wearing the watch at night. One night, I was so tired, I forgot to take my watch off, and ended up getting the best nights sleep (I checked the stats the next morning). Seeing the suggestions for different sleep trackers in module 3, if I were to add a physical sleep tracker, I would add a ring. The website, besthonestreviews.org has comparisons of sleep tracker rings, and the Nexoria Smart Ring is the top of the list. The quality, functionality and cost point are very well established for what the capabilities of the ring can do. This week, I implemented the checklist of how I’m feeling, how my body is feeling, where my mood is and what is my motivation for either an early bed time. My mood has been good, except for a couple of days, it felt ick. My body battery feels good for the most part, even after running for longer periods and added days of strength training. There are times when my brain can’t shut off, and I’m awake at 2:30 in the morning. Sometimes, I get out of bed and stretch for 30 minutes. That helps as my body needed that time for movement. Sometimes, the verbal cues I remind myself are, “This time is quiet and bed time. That means, whatever thoughts are happening right now, are not helping you to have a great sleep. These thoughts can be talked about in the morning.” Sometimes, if they won’t stop, I’ll get up and write them out, which helps. I also visualize a light switch, and the cover is all of the thoughts in my mind. I have to visualize turning off the light switch so that my brain can’t see the words and keep thinking about the thoughts.

Team, I recorded my recent article, The ADHD Myth, as a podcast episode for ease of sharing. This is a full breakdown of the history of this outdated social construct and the science that undermines it. Please, share with anyone interested in learning more about the science of attention and helping to keep a generation of kids off of addictive drugs for being the creative, intelligent, and unique individuals that they are. 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/episode/0GLH4sa6RGucMsSrCEcjQi?si=-4bV0FBdQYS6nHvZzjnjdw