I recently stumbled upon something important that I’m excited to share with you. I can’t believe I didn’t know about this before. It feels like I discovered the elixir of life, beating right inside my chest. It’s something called Heart Rate Variability or HRV for short.
Book Review: Preparing Yourself for Life's Challenges
Toughness Training for Life
by James E. Loehr, The Penguin Group, 1993
I first read this book in 1993. I found it to be a useful application of methods used to train professional athletes for the rest of us. The book proposed that instead of focusing on stress reduction--which in today's world is pretty impossible--we need to focus on toughening up in order to handle more stress and be "healthier, happier, and more productive."