Happy Monday {{first name | my friend}},

As we step into the first full week of 2025, I invite you for a few moments to focus on personal growth and holistic well-being with this week's Monday Motivation. You can always find past issues or re-read an old newsletter, as they are all archived on our site.

♀️ BE THE CHANGE: Read about how women around the world lead the charge in protecting the planet! Research shows that in times of crisis, women-led countries and female leaders respond in more strategic, systematic, and effective ways. Many issues threaten the well-being of women and girls around the world. Read and learn how to protect our earth-fighting mothers, sisters, and daughters!

🥗 RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Buffalo wings are spicy, iconic, and irresistible. But how can you enjoy those same flavors, while keeping it healthy? Try this Buffalo Cauliflower Grain Bowl: featuring fresh veggies, brown rice, chickpeas, avocados, and more… all topped in a classic Buffalo sauce of your choice.

🌊 SUPERFOOD SPOTLIGHT: A new superfood is topping the charts— and it’s a weird one. Sea moss, also called Irish moss, has gone viral on TikTok for its health properties and incredible nutrients… including iodine, a pivotal mineral for thyroid health. People have started swearing by it for issues such as skin problems, anxiety, inflammation, and more. The kicker: it’s not even really a moss, but an algae! Read its many health properties here.

🧠 MIND: Fascinating fact: the human mind hasn’t changed much since the Stone Age. Still, many new inventions have been created to engage our brains— for better or for worse. Are our ancient minds equipped to handle so many modern stresses and distractions? Have we hit our limit yet— between the digital demands of computer work, smartphones, social media and constant information distractions?  Read about the challenges of our “screen dominant” world and how the human brain copes… if it does.

🤸 BODY: What are “quadrobics”? This full-body workout, inspired by “animal-like” movements, is fast becoming a fitness trend—and taking the gym and workout regimens by storm. With rep names like “bear crawls” and even the “renegade row,” you’ll have to check out the beastly benefits of these exercises, what makes them different from aerobics (or pilates), and why people find them so appealing.

🧘 SPIRIT: Anyone who has deeply meditated (or deeply wanted to!) has heard of, or experienced, that state of “timelessness.” But, scientific challengers of spiritual meditation ask: what exactly does timelessness mean? Can we truly experience an experience “out of time?” This fascinating study and “breakdown” of meditation may explain what’s going on when we reach a sense of timelessness—and help us better understand how to get there.

Hydration isn’t just drinking water. Proper hydration status means having an adequate fluid balance, which depends on many factors, including the intake and excretion of electrolytes.

What are electrolytes?

Electrolytes are charged minerals that conduct electricity to power your nervous system. They also regulate hydration status by balancing fluids inside and outside your cells.

According to the FDA, over 70% of sodium in the US diet is consumed from packaged and processed foods. I do not recommend you eat processed foods, but not replacing the sodium can negatively impact health and performance.

The best solution is so simple and tastes great – adding LMNT to your water. 

Sugar, artificial ingredients, coloring, etc is unhealthy and unneeded - there’s none in LMNT.

If you haven’t tried their chocolate salts, it’s basically a healthy hot chocolate! One of my favorite night treats, and with no sugar.

LMNT is giving Earth Conscious Life readers a complimentary pack of all their flavors with any purchase. They have a 'no questions' policy to reimburse you if it doesn’t exceed your expectations. You don’t even have to send it back!

Get Salty and learn more HERE.

*LMNT only ships to US and Canada at this time.

💡 ETERNAL LIGHT: 122-year-old Centennial light bulb still burning in California fire station (more)

🇯🇵 CHIP REVIVAL: Japan invests $65B to boost semiconductor industry (more)

🕯️CLEAN BURN: Are these the healthiest candles ever? (more)

📚 DIGITAL LIBRARIES: Libraries navigate digital transformations for the future (more)

🔢 NUMBERLESS LANGUAGE: Exploring cultures with no words for numbers (more)

To a healing future,

— Rob