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Modern humans are the most advanced species on Earth; humans, however, have not evolved (that is, our DNA has not changed) for millions of years, what we have done is adapted. The secret to our success is our amazing ability to flourish in an enormous range of environments. In the past few hundred years we introduced an unfortunately nasty twist into this scenario; instead of adapting to our environment we have become quite proficient at adapting the environment to us.

This trend results in devastating consequences to our health and happiness; fortunately our ancestors possessed an extensive collection of tools, which are still very useful today, to heal themselves from injury and infirmity. Our challenge as health coaches is to use our knowledge of physiology and psychology to help ourselves and our clients function optimally in our modern, rapidly changing world.

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  • The Peter Principle - 2010 written by Dr. Theresa Nesbitt, The Movement Doctor

    The Peter Principle - 2010

    What is genius? It is the power to be a boy again at will.
    — J. M. Barrie (author of Peter Pan)

    Could it be that Peter Pan had it right? Peter, adamantly refused to grow up - a sentiment that is also shared by some of history's most creative and gifted intellectuals.   Leonardo Da Vinci, Albert Einstein and of course Peter’s greatest champion, Walt Disney, whole-heartedly believed in the power of childlike wonder and curiosity.    Tony Buzan, in his book “The Genius Formula” considers that the real secret of genius is to be a super baby - continually exploring, asking questions and generally cultivating an attitude of excitement and interest.  Curiosity is one of our greatest assets yet we often let it fall into neglect and decay.

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  • Baby Bottles - The Original Portion Distortion written by Dr. Theresa Nesbitt, The Movement Doctor

    Baby Bottles - The Original Portion Distortion

    A human infant is a pretty helpless creature. They aren’t really capable of much but they do have one characteristic that many of us long for. They know how to eat when they are hungry and stop when they are satisfied. When a baby is breastfed on demand they will nurse more frequently and vigorously when they are going through “growth spurts” yet they seem to be able to just lazily take an occasional sip when they are nursing “for comfort”. Many scientific studies confirm that humans, even newborns have a distinct inborn preference for foods that are sweet and creamy and those tend to be the ones we will gorge upon. A “breastfed on demand” baby may as well have a free pass to Baskin-Robbins - so how do they regulate their food intake when the supply is plentiful, palatable and already prepared?

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