6/3/24: Native hero, predicting dementia, and burger recipe

Your Monday Motivation of inspiration, recipes, superfoods, and tips for mind, body, and spirit...

Author

Rob Herring
June 03, 2024

Happy June my friend,

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Monday Motivation

🐟 BE THE CHANGE: Hank Adams was a dedicated Assiniboine-Sioux Native American activist, who tirelessly fought for treaty fishing rights. A Montana native, he played a crucial role in resolving the tense 1973 Wounded Knee standoff and used his strategic mind, “encyclopedic knowledge of Indian law” and media savvy to champion Indigenous causes, earning him widespread recognition in his life and career.

🍔 RECIPE OF THE WEEK: These delicious black bean burgers are packed with protein and fiber, made with black beans, veggies, warming spices, and shredded carrots. They’re easy to make, hold together well, and plant-based. Top with avocado, onion, tomato, and the super addicting garlic tahini sauce mentioned in the recipe.

🍇 SUPERFOOD SPOTLIGHT: A tiny— but mighty— berry is known to have anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer effects. Amazonian tribes have used acai extracts for digestive issues, fever, menstrual pain, liver problems, and malaria. Learn more (and read some suggestions for preparing and serving acai berry dishes) here.

 

🧠 MIND: Is there an easy way to predict the onset of dementia? Latest research shows that visual sensitivity tests can predict dementia 12 years prior to diagnosis, based on how visual issues can be “an early indicator of cognitive decline as the toxic amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease may first affect areas of the brain associated with vision,” researchers say.

☀️ BODY: If you need a new morning wake-up call for your hips, try this gentle guided 15-minute yoga session. This class is grounding, activates your core stabilizer muscles, releases hip tension, opens and softens your muscles, and is terrific for any age or activity level.

🌹 SPIRIT: Say hello to your inner alchemist with the magic of rose oil. Rose oil offers scientifically-backed benefits for both mind and body, with studies reporting it can reduce stress and anxiety, promote restful sleep, and offer antiseptic, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties. (I like to massage rose oil onto my neck and heart area before bed as a powerful inner peace reminder.)

As far as I can tell, it’s just about letting the universe know what you want and then working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass.

Jim Carrey

To a healing future,

Rob