Posts - 2nd Wind Body Science

What a Paranoid Biker Taught Me About Biochemistry and Mood (and Helped My Career Move)
By: Doug 0 Comments May 20, 2020
Ever read something for fun and have the story literally shift your mindset? In this case, it was a Paranoid biker who taught me about biochemistry and mental health. It happened in my late teens while working shifts, copying Morse […]
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Dads and Daughters
By: Doug 0 Comments May 6, 2020
Whenever I hear about a girl getting harassed, assaulted or taking her own life, I always ask: Where was the father? I mean, in my book, the dad is the daughter’s protector, period. Maybe the old man (in my case […]
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The Over 40, Broke and Still Eligible Bachelor
By: Doug 0 Comments April 21, 2020
I thought that I was doomed after losing a love back when I was 38. At that time it was one of those multi-attacks on the human brain, heart and bank account. My investments tanked, job fell through and sweetheart […]
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Courage, Courtesy and the Covid
By: Doug 0 Comments April 16, 2020
This pandemic is really showing people’s true colours. You can see it plainly. I call it courage, courtesy and the Covid. There are people doing the best that they can, while others are trying to take advantage of a serious […]
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Dopamine Detox and the Beauty of Boredom
By: Doug 0 Comments April 10, 2020
The angry guy standing in the doorway was well over six feet and 200 pounds. Even then, he looked ridiculous with the over-sized head phones. Looking down at us, he snapped at his mother, a short woman who was standing […]
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The Guilt of Growing Old
By: Doug 0 Comments April 7, 2020
Throughout my younger years, I was non-stop packing my bags for that never-ending trip. You know, the big guilt trips. It starts in childhood and never ends. There was guilt about not finishing your meal, about not being in the […]
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The Big Fat Skinny Lie
By: Doug 0 Comments April 6, 2020
(How Hourglass Beats Beanpole) It has been a big fat skinny lie for decades. You know, the Twiggy era. The movement that drove fashion, fitness and food fads to fanatical extremes. And magazine profits through the roof and to the […]
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Men’s Unfair Fitness Advantage
By: Doug 0 Comments April 3, 2020
Men have an unfair advantage when it comes to fitness. No, it is not the testosterone (as most urban millennials are short on it anyway). And it certainly is NOT lifestyle. Women, generally, put way more effort into their health […]
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Dance Floor Cortisol and Testosterone
By: Doug 0 Comments April 2, 2020
Remember the crowded night club dance scenes of the 80s and 90’s? Some nights were routinely dry. Other nights were pumped with stress-induced pain and runaway hormones. Passion, pain and pumped up cortisol and testosterone. All of this with some […]
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Gone With the Glands
By: Doug 0 Comments April 1, 2020
When I think of gone with glands and the real gland problems, I am reminded of Lizzie Velasquez. (See Ms. Velasquez’s movie: A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story. I love listening to Lizzie’s speeches and her unwavering motivation against […]
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