Personal Development

Is Playing Video Games Really Unhealthy?

Is Playing Video Games Really Unhealthy?

In your journey to better health and becoming a CHEK Practitioner, you may wonder if the enjoyment you feel playing video games or binge-watching bad movies on Netflix in your spare time is a good thing or a distraction that prevents you from pursuing better,...

The Importance of Ritual

The Importance of Ritual

Throughout antiquity, our ancestors had rituals. These rituals are poorly understood by most people -- even educated people today -- but they were essential for the survival of people and nature. Either we are supportive or destructive of nature. This article is a...

Beating the Paperwork Bane

Beating the Paperwork Bane

Keeping up with paperwork can be one of the toughest challenges for a CHEK Practitioner. It takes so much time for practitioners to review questionnaires and assessments, then map out workable strategies for his/her clients that the very necessary process of tracking...

The Facts About Omega-3 Fats

The Facts About Omega-3 Fats

Recently, I fielded this interesting question about omega-3 fats in response to a video on my YouTube Channel about Power Animals and Spirit Guides. Here's my response... Dovydas Nesvarbu: What do you think about omega-3 fats (EPA and DHA)? Do our bodies really need...

Stepping Out of The Matrix

Stepping Out of The Matrix

Countless hours have been spent by people all over the world digging into the philosophies behind The Matrix trilogy of films. Even people who don’t go very deeply into spirituality or conscious awareness, however, still understand the symbolism behind “stepping out...

Dehydration or Malnourishment: The Source of Cellular Death and Disease?

Dehydration or Malnourishment: The Source of Cellular Death and Disease?

Today, so many more people are taking it upon themselves to get educated, and look into their own challenges health challenges. This is fantastic, yet so often people lack adequate understanding of the relevant health sciences to know what questions to ask, how to ask...

Protect Your Back With the Reverse Hyperextension Exercise

Protect Your Back With the Reverse Hyperextension Exercise

Back injuries are the most common of all orthopedic injuries and they happen in gyms and the workplace a lot. This week, I'll show you how to perform the reverse hyperextension exercise, a very useful tool for people who cannot bend forward without feeling pain due to...

Set An Anti-Resolution For 2018

Set An Anti-Resolution For 2018

The New Year's resolution is a tried-and-true tradition to kick off every year. But we all know the data on resolutions... most people really struggle to stick to them. So this week, Jator Pierre and I take on the resolution tradition -- why don't they stick? Is there...

Best of the CHEK Blog Part 4: Goals

Best of the CHEK Blog Part 4: Goals

As this year has flown by to its inevitable end, it's time to look at your 2017 goals. How did they go? In the final part of our year-end series of posts that feature some of our most popular blogs from the past 12 months (previously we discussed exercise, nutrition,...

Best of the CHEK Blog Part 3: Emotions

Best of the CHEK Blog Part 3: Emotions

The holiday season is often an emotional one. And with lots of Christmas parties and odd schedules, our sleep and diet aren't always quite on point to balance them out. No worries though! In the third part of our year-end review of posts that feature some of our most...

The Paradox of Cravings

The Paradox of Cravings

Cravings are so often the undoing of good dietary habits. But what do they mean? Is it just that we're not getting the right kinds or amounts of macronutrients? Or, is there something deeper at work? This week in the CHEK Blog, I talk with CHEK Faculty Member Jator...

Best of the CHEK Blog Part 2: Nutrition

Best of the CHEK Blog Part 2: Nutrition

With the holiday season in full swing, how is your relationship with the foods you eat regularly? Are you staying on the right track or struggling to stay healthy? As the end of 2017 approaches, there's no time like the present to hit the reset button and learn how to...