fact or fiction

Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the lesser known truths in the health and wellness world of Longevity.

The Loneliness Nobody Talks About in Your Late 20s
🌒 Introduction: It Hits When You Least Expect It You’re scrolling through your feed on a quiet Friday night — Another engagement.
By Irfan Aliabout a year ago in Longevity
The Irony Of Our Health
We Live in a Horrifically Sick Society. Which is Ironic... On So Many Different Levels. We live in a Day and Age where Science and Research has Expanded to Such Incredible Lengths...
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHMabout a year ago in Longevity
You Are Not Your Body
Dresden, 1930 The sky was shrouded in heavy clouds, and the afternoon light barely filtered between the buildings, casting everything in a silvery gray hue.
By Halina Piekarska (UltraBeauty Blog)about a year ago in Longevity
Between Breath and Thought: Finding the Pause That Heals
Modern life pulls us in countless directions. Our thoughts race ahead, our bodies fall behind. We're often reacting, not responding — caught in a loop of stimuli and stories. Meditation offers a subtle shift: the chance to find space within the stream. And within that space, healing begins.
By Black Markabout a year ago in Longevity
Listening to What Hurts: Making Space for Emotional Pain Without Resistance
In meditation, we are offered the radical invitation to stay. To sit not above our pain, but beside it. To listen, rather than silence. To open, rather than avoid.
By Victoria Marseabout a year ago in Longevity
Tending the Inner Garden: Cultivating Presence Like a Practice of Care
We often imagine presence as a fixed state: calm, clear, rooted. As if one day we’ll arrive and stay there forever — undisturbed, unshakeable. But presence isn’t a destination. It’s a living thing. And like anything alive, it needs care. Attention. Nourishment.
By Marina Gomezabout a year ago in Longevity
Fighting An Invisible Enemy
Everyone likes a Good Fair Fight... It's why People Enjoy Professional Fighting Sports... Or a Superhero Movie. When We Know what the Enemy Looks like...
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHMabout a year ago in Longevity
How I Banished Years of Crippling Brain Fog (in Just 14 Days) by Ditching One Common Drink
You don’t just ‘get foggy’ as you age. “Sorry, what were you saying? I completely spaced out.” That used to be my catchphrase. Not intentionally, of course. It was the embarrassing, involuntary admission that my brain had, once again, decided to take an unscheduled nap right in the middle of a conversation, a meeting, or even just trying to read a book.
By Vectorabout a year ago in Longevity
The Space Behind Your Thoughts: Discovering the Observer Within
It begins with a pause. A single breath. You’re meditating — or simply sitting quietly — when a thought arises: What should I make for dinner? Then another: Why did she say that yesterday? Then another, and another. At some point, something subtle shifts. You notice the thoughts not just as content, but as movement. Like watching clouds drift across the sky. And you realize: I’m not the clouds. I’m the sky.
By Victoria Marseabout a year ago in Longevity
Grounded by Gravity: Using the Body to Anchor the Mind
In the whirlwind of thoughts, worries, and distractions that fill our daily lives, the mind can feel like a balloon cut loose — drifting, spinning, tugging in every direction. But there is always something that doesn’t float away: the body. Gravity grounds us, holds us, reminds us that we belong here, in this moment, in this skin.
By Black Markabout a year ago in Longevity
Shaking Up the Truth:
Imagine waking up one day to find that your hand won't stop trembling, or that your feet don’t move as quickly as your mind. Sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, right? But for millions of people around the world, this is everyday life with Parkinson’s disease.
By Jeckozabout a year ago in Longevity
When the Mind Wanders: Returning Without Judgment
How Gentle Awareness Becomes the Heart of a Sustainable Meditation Practice It happens to everyone — even the most seasoned meditators. You sit, you breathe, and then… you're suddenly planning dinner, replaying a conversation, or mentally reorganizing your closet. The mind has wandered, again. And often, our first reaction isn’t just noticing — it’s judging. “I can’t even focus for five minutes. I’m doing this wrong. What’s the point?” But what if the wandering itself is not the problem? What if the real practice lies not in staying still, but in how we return?
By Victoria Marseabout a year ago in Longevity