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• Say yes to taking out the trash.

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• At the airport with time to spare? Take a few laps around the terminal before boarding.

• Go fetch! Get outside and play catch with kids, grandkids or family pets.

• Take your meetings on the go. Talk with coworkers while you walk around the office or stroll to a nearby coffee shop.

• Park in the farthest spot at your grocery store or shopping center. And when possible, choose the stairs.

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KARATE’S SURPRISING BENEFITS: FROM FIGHTING ANXIETY AND TREATING PARKINSON’S TO PREVENTING BULLYING. By Leslie Goldman

the secret of childhood sexual abuse and the anxiety and PTSD she endured as a result. “It took me some time to feel comfortable shouting or yelling in class,” Edwards says. “At first, my “kiais” were small, quiet and didn’t have much power behind them.” With time and practice, they strengthened A Frontiers in into “a release of energy that’s Psychology study calming and centering and brings examined the effect of karate training sessions me a sense of full agency of my on adults (compared to body. I feel like I have new tools physical exercise and I can use,” she says. “It’s helped cognitive training), and my self-esteem, taught me selfonly the karate group showed improvement in defense, and in situations with an emotional and mental unequal power dynamic, I now well-being. have this internal confidence that I didn’t have before.”

or most people, karate conjures up images of martial arts flicks and kicks.

But for those who practice the ancient discipline, it’s a mind, body and spirit exercise with major fitness, mental health and character development benefits.

Preventing bullying

At karate dojos around the country, bullied youth are learning to both prevent it and fight back—peacefully, yet effectively. “Parents come to us seeking a safe space for their child to increase resiliency, develop strong boundaries and learn how to stand up for themselves and others,” says Ryan Libel, executive director of Thousand Waves Martial Arts and Self-Defense Center in Chicago.

Students learn to adopt a strong, grounded “ready” stance, to make eye contact with an imaginary opponent and to not be afraid to use their voice—whether it’s standing up for themselves on the playground or when saying “Kiai!,” the spirited yell used to start training. As with most martial arts, a spirit of community, inclusion and respect is always promoted. “We bow in and out of class, which helps teach kids respect, and we talk about using our karate as a force for good—that we need to speak up for victims of bullying, and not be bystanders who remain silent.”

Easing depression and anxiety Brad Stennerson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in Norman, Okla., and a regular judo practitioner. He believes karate can serve as a smart, strategic treatment option for individuals with depression, anxiety, eating disorders and more. “It improves selfconfidence because you’re learning a new skill and feel assertive,” he says. “That’s helpful for anxiety, in which we overestimate perceived threats and underestimate our own capabilities.

Karate also forces you out of the house and into a community of people who support you.” The communal nature of class can serve as exposure therapy.

Promoting self-awareness

Improving symptoms of Parkinson’s disease

“Karate helps you ask for what you need.” This idea spoke to Angie Edwards who, prior to practicing karate, had spent her life burying

“Parkinson’s makes things small—patients take tinier and tinier steps, their handwriting shrinks down, even their voice. But practicing

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karate’s large movements, like punches, seems to help,” says neurologist Jori Fleisher, M.D., who examined a 2018 Rush University Medical Center study that enrolled 15 individuals with early to middle stage Parkinson’s in twice-aweek karate classes for 10 weeks. “In the first class, their jabs came out small, slow. By the end, they were punching with more force and even hitting targets.”

The balance developed in karate can not only help reduce falls, but because those with Parkinson’s struggle with executive function (remembering what comes first, then next), it also helps create new patterns of movement, building needed strength and control on both sides of the body.

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ith her signature black-rimmed frames and mega-watt smile, Mel Robbins is tackling real-life issues with expert advice on her nationally syndicated daily talk show, The Mel Robbins Show. But it was only 10 years ago that the international speaker and best-selling author of The 5 Second Rule could hardly get out of bed.

Careening toward bankruptcy with her 401(k) and children’s college savings tapped, Robbins was filled with self-doubt and anger.

“I had this harebrained idea that maybe I could launch myself out of bed,” the 51-yearold says. “If I moved fast enough, I could beat the anxiety, self-loathing and excuses that would fill my head and trap me.”

That idea became the “five second rule.” By literally counting backwards (5-4-3-2-1) you’re interrupting the negative patterns in your brain that hold you back. “That very first morning, to my surprise, I got up. I started using it in every moment I saw myself holding back, doubting myself, talking myself out of something.”

Over time, she got back into the workforce, refocused on her finances, marriage and family and began to both talk and write about turning her life around. Spry Living caught up with Robbins to talk about the importance of mental wellness, being a realist and the power of those five seconds.

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My whole life changed because I found a tool to help me change. “5-4-3-2-1, pick up the phone and start looking for a job.” “5-4-3-2-1, lower your agitation and don’t snap at your husband.” The vast majority of us know what to do. The challenge is knowing how to push through the self-doubt. We don’t know how to stop overthinking. We don’t know how to overcome our own excuses and self-imposed

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limitation. And that’s the power of the five second rule: It’s a self-coaching tool that you can use at any moment to push yourself forward. And it’s free and backed by science.

The Mel Robbins Show addresses issues that real people are facing. It’s a modern take on the old-school advice talk shows—it doesn’t have celebrities, it’s not about the hot topics or news or pop culture; it’s a show about real people.

Mel Robbins brings her practica l, nononsense advice to daily TV.

The average person doesn’t have time or money for therapy, or access to a counselor or the time to read a big book and digest the topics. I’m not a therapist, but we’re unpacking simple concepts and revealing (in really entertaining ways!) the patterns that have people stuck. When we unpack what is actually going on, and when I have one of the world’s best experts validating what we’re saying, people are liberated—and I’m learning right there with them.

When it comes to self-care, I’m a realist.

I am not going to tell a woman that simply taking a bath is going to change her life. I am not going to tell a woman who has to take care of a mom who’s dying and her three kids, all while working a full-time job that, “you’ve got to put yourself first,” because that’s just not going to compute. Taking care of people, by the way, is a wonderful thing, and so here’s what women can do: get up in the morning and, instead of hitting the snooze button, take those first five minutes and focus on yourself.

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Interview (Continued from page 8) Your happiness deserves five minutes. Believe it or not, that’s all it takes. Before you turn your attention to everything else in the morning, turn your attention inward. Spend five minutes quietly and develop something for yourself, whether it’s a journaling practice or a meditation practice or simply making a cup of coffee. If you can do that three or four days a week, you will have a fundamentally different experience because you put yourself first. That’s achievable for every woman.

The only thing that matters is your mental wellness. And I am on a mission to empower people to improve it. You can have all the riches in the bank and feel bankrupt mentally. You can eat all the kale you want and feel unhealthy in your head.

We live in our minds, and I want to teach you how to change the way you talk to yourself because if you believe that you’re not worthy, you will make choices that prove you’re not worthy.

You have control over what you think.

If you can start changing the way you think about yourself, about what’s possible for you, your family, love life and health—it will change the actions that you take.

Before you set your goals for 2020, stop and go through 2019.

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You cannot change direction without knowing where you’re starting. And if you race forward and just settle on new goals, you will have missed the most important data point, which is, ‘Where am I right now?’

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