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We continue to take a deeper dive into our physical health as one facet for our well-being. 

Background:

It's a new year and a new day! Many of us aspire to make meaningful lifestyle changes, such as incorporating regular exercise or improving self-care. Yet, despite our best intentions, we often encounter obstacles that feel insurmountable. These obstacles can often be hidden and stem from competing priorities, hidden fears, or assumptions we haven’t fully explored...

Since we are covering Meaningful Change which highlighted exercise last week, I thought I should revive this Self-Care Revisited, Physical Movement and Exercise portion of the Self-Care Series from 2021. 

There are many benefits of just moving, not being sedentary, including improving postural autonomic health (goodbye dizziness when standing) and decreasing overall cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality.  It's more important to be moving with the aim of 10,000 steps a day than to hav...

Last week, I wrote how physical exercise was the top area faculty and residents alike identified that, if changed, could make the most improvement in their well-being and joy. And so this week, I wanted to walk you through a framework that can be easily applied to lifestyle changes of many kinds, including exercise - workshop style! As a review – there are some key concepts I’ve written about previously regarding movement and exercise, so if this is important to you right now – review those.