have you heard that we have officially transitioned from the Age of Information to the Age of Experience in just the last few years?
No longer are we satisfied with simply collecting data online.
In the Information Age, we were primarily consumers of content, passively absorbing information. What once felt liberating can oftentimes feel overwhelming by the endless amount of seemingly conflicting data available at our fingertips on any and every topic.
Sometimes I get so caught up in information overload that I disconnect from my own wisdom and innate knowing.
I love me some Huberman but after 3 hours of listening to the scientific terms for all parts of the retina along with the importance of natural light, I have to laugh because I've intuitively been drawn to the outdoors as much as possible and have always chased the sun as far back as I can remember. I still daydream about when I lived in a 21-foot camper van with my family for nearly a year because of the natural outdoor living it afforded us without exerting any additional effort.
I watched a documentary about how "grounding" balances the body's electromagnetic field but I already intuitively knew that putting my bare feet in the sand at the beach just feels right. The term "forrest bathing" is another one that cracks me up... of course being in nature is good for you!
After listening to a 4-hour Audible book by Katy Bowman about how movement interspersed throughout the entire day, especially walking, matters more than my 30-60 minute workout, I felt empowered to have that "why" behind getting steps in on the regular... but also disheartened at the same time that basic human activities are so far removed from our current lifestyle that many people require a study as proof to do things that occurred naturally before everything became so modernized.
Not to mention, for every one study available on one topic, you can find another making the exact opposite claim.
Nowadays, I take everything with a grain of salt and know that:
1) Everything and everyone is bio-individual. There is no one-size-fits-all for anything. We see this in real time in our coaching practice every single day. There is no way possible that any one study can capture the depth and breadth of differences in us as unique human beings.
2) Somewhere in the middle away from the extremes is probably a great place to hang out. (Shout out to my husband who "lives life in the gray").
All this explosion of information has just confirmed what my ancient DNA already knows: our modern lifestyle, while convenient, is not automatically conducive to a healthy, happy body.
We have to intentionally take control of our habits and lifestyle as modern humans if we want to be here in our bodies for a while - and not just to survive but to actually THRIVE and feel incredible well into older age.
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