Author Archives: Amanda Nielsen

Well, for the most part running is a free activity. You could run barefoot and naked, but then you might get arrested, unless you have a large property or live on a nudist colony. I digress… Fall has begun – my favorite season! It is the time when I get back into running because ofContinue reading “Running is Free”

A search into minimalism will give you loads of tips on decluttering and donating a lot of your stuff. But, that is really only part of the deal. You’ve got to stop adding to the stuff with purchases and other people’s stuff. I definitely do not consider myself a hoarder by any means, but itContinue reading “Shopping Detox Experiment”

Have you ever caught yourself looking at your phone, maybe Facebook, and you don’t remember when exactly you picked up your phone. It is almost like when you are driving and all of a sudden you think “Where the hell am I?”. I’ll just go on Facebook to check if anyone has commented on theContinue reading “Digital Minimalism”

When I told my husband I wanted to try out a Sensory Deprivation Tank at one of the local spas in town, he said “like the movie ‘Altered States’”. In the movie a psycho-pathologist experiments with sensory deprivation using a flotation tank and hallucinogenics. I guess my husband was picturing me taking Ayahuasca or LCD,Continue reading “Sensory Deprivation Tank Experience”

When you are expecting, feeling a life growing inside you can be the most wonderful feeling ever. Nothing is more truly amazing then feeling a little one move, hiccup, kick you in the kidneys or under a rib….Yet it can also be an incredibly exciting, scary, anxiety ridden time. My pregnancies have all progressed withContinue reading “Feeling the Blues”

Do you have too many things? Or do you need more and more? Could having too much clutter be effecting your mental health? The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past Marie Kondo I like stuff! I like buyingContinue reading “The Clothes Mountain”

Why am I writing about my adventures to find better health solutions for mental and physical well-being? What are my expectations or intentions? Have you ever had an anxiety or panic attack? Have you ever felt your heart pounding in your chest so loud that you were sure everyone within earshot could hear it? OrContinue reading “Intention”

Apparently we, modern humans, are breathing all wrong! I’m not even sure where I first heard the name Wim Hof, but one night I found myself watching him on Joe Rogan’s podcast. As someone who works in medical science I really wanted to dismiss this kooky guy. He seemed a little “out there” for me,Continue reading “Breathing, Mewing and Wim Hof, Oh My!”