thelerner

A bit of radical honesty is good, like a wake-up slap. A realistic look at where you, your relation to others and obstacles around you. Too much radical honesty is like slapping yourself, then moving on to slap others. It can get abusive and the ego's excuse to play martyr. At New Years celebration there was some positive radical honesty of thanks. And it was the glue that binds us. The darker side of radical honesty, I don't feel like sharing mine. Perhaps in the next weekend or two, I'll take out the rocket stove, light it up, take out water and whiskey and open the subject up to a late night chat with some friends.

Stuff I do.. Lately after eating, I'll continually rinse out my mouth, ie gargle w/ water, repeatedly (3 or 4 times) til no little bits of food come out. I assume it's these little bits that turn acidic and hurt mouth health. Perhaps long rinsing also knocks down some of the acidic nature in the mouth for a little bit. Anyhow since I've been doing this I've gotten good dental reports. I use Sensodyne toothpaste. Otherwise my teeth are sensitive to hot and cold. This is controversial but at night after brushing I'll spit out the toothpaste and foam, but not rinse out, ie leave a thin coating on my teeth. To my mind it strengthens them. I'll often do Wim Hof breathing, an unique form of body stress that might turn on some good hormones. Likewise take cold showers In winter they'll get real. Why? Again, a unique form of stress that 'exercising' circulation and releasing some good hormones. Tracking my sleep w/ Oura Ring. It records sleep time and depth. Heart rate, temperature, movement.. using the data to plot to show how well you sleep. A nice tool for an insomniac like me. Best motivator to change something is to keep records of it. Any unusual health things you do??