u/HealthierCongruence

I use a small red light panel spot-treating whatever needs it — abdomen, knee, wherever. Came across a claim from Dr. Alexis Cowan that timing and body placement matter for circadian signaling, e.g. midday abdominal exposure supposedly mimics the light pattern your body expects to see at solar noon.

That's making me question an assumption I've been running on: that red light is circadian-neutral regardless of when or where you use it....

So for example does red light on a body part other than the eyes, used at night, actually shift circadian timing? Or even if we do expose the eye to it at night, does it shift something (negatively)? And does wearing blue blockers while using the panel change any of this, or is that irrelevant since the panel isn't emitting blue light anyway?

thanks for any insights! Always trying to be my best :)

I have a small red light panel and I use it on different body parts — stomach, knee, wherever. I came across something about how the timing and placement might matter for circadian rhythm (like, putting it on your abdomen at midday supposedly mirrors natural light exposure patterns). My question: does localized red light on, say, your leg at night actually mess with your circadian rhythm? And does it matter if your eyes aren't exposed to it? Or what if you do, and you wear blue light blockers? I thought red light at any time, whether exposed to body or eyes, was innocuous. But please fill me in. thanks!

I have the pixel 10 pro...and im not super tech savvy.

but the SMS Backup & Restore is using 79.22 GB.

I believe my settings specify that it is saved on my google drive...is there a way that nothing (or very little) gets saved on my actual pixel phone? i thought I had erased the last backup on my phone...but here we are again...

Do I clear storage or clear cache? If possible, how do I ensure that the backups get stored on google drive and none (or just a little) on my phone? can i set a data limit?

thank you so much from a struggling very elder millenial. thank you.

i have a website that is in the eating disorder coaching space. but now I am organizing a retreat (that doesnt assume people are in recovery from eating disorders)...so i made a website for the retreat. So then I made a website that is like a "central hub" that is my NAME so that when they go there, they can see my projects like this ED coaching website, this retreat website, and i can put whatever other prokects in the future there (such as id love to have a website for my art)...i know this kind of makes marketing and having one strong newsletter or domain authority tougher...but it seems like these things dont overlap enough to make it all in one website...any input? Is the way I am setting it up the best way, given the constraints? thanks!

is swearing in posts or comments fine on most subreddits, or does it get you shadowbanned or dinged somehow? I'm not trying to be edgy, in everyday life I swear a lot (not towards people, just casually). for example if someone wrote they saw a zebra in a parking lot maybe i would say what the f***! (but actually spelled out)...is that acceptable or would that come with negative repercussions? thanks

I'm building a lil personal wellness tracker just for myself and would like to ultimately analyze the data.

Here is some of what I'm tracking daily:

• Morning sunlight (yes/no)
• Gratitude practice (yes/no)
• Mindful eating (yes/no)
• 3 Movement breaks during work (yes/no)
• Eating my own prepared food per my meal plan (a number between 1-10)
• Morning ketones (blood meter, numerical value)
• Subjective well-being score at 2 points in the day (a number between 1–10)

im curious about things like does hitting 80%+ of my daily habits correlate with higher well-being scores? Do higher ketone readings track with higher well-being scores? Is any single habit a stronger predictor than others?

Questions for people who've done this type of thing or have knowledge of stats-

1. Google Sheets or Excel - is one better for this kind of personal tracking + basic analysis?
2. What's the right statistical approach for someone who's research-literate but not a statistician? (Spearman correlations? Simple regression?)
3. At what point does this actually need a real statistician, and what would I hand them, if i ever pursued that route?

also, how do I distinguish between "I didn't do that habit" vs. "I forgot to log"? Both show up as blank right now (because i just made it as checkmarks for yes and empty for no)..Thinking of using a Yes/No/Not Logged dropdown so blanks only exist if I truly didn't open the tracker that day.

Also — minimum days before running any correlations? Some days I won't log everything. Does patchy data ruin it or is there a threshold where it becomes usable?
I'll actually log this daily if I can make this work. Any help would be appreciated, as this seems a bit too technical for me but it would be awesome to create a tracker for myself that I can use and support improved mental and physical health! Thank you.

been doing carnivore diet for a while now but never ate anything raw more than some egg yolks and raw bone marrow. I am CURIOUS about it but never pulled the trigger. i see certain vids on youtube of people eating stuff like raw ribeyes, raw ground beef, raw organs, raw fish, raw everything..and i am actually interested in trying it for the health benefits they say, and also it seems pretty satiating and the raw ground beef with a lil nice flake salt looks yummy...some people say quality is important so i've bought really fancy, expensive meat from the places with reputations for freshness but in the end i havent actually eaten raw cuz i'm scared of parasites. I know no one can help me figure out what is objectively "right" but I'm curious if the benefits are worth the risk? i know i will probably get people in favor of raw in this subreddit but if you can please help me walk this through. thanks in advance

I've been curious about raw for a while now. Watching carnivore influencers do it, hearing them talk about energy, mental clarity, mood...and tbh (in contrast to some people) when I see the food, I'm not disgusted. Raw ground beef with good salt actually looks appealing to me.

I've gone as far as ordering from high-quality sources specifically with the intention of eating it raw. North Star Bison, Billy Doe Meats, etc, places with a reputation for freshness. and the meat arrives..and then I cook it anyway because somewhere in my head there's a voice saying: parasites..parasites that are hard to get rid of...they will mess you up..

If you made the leap: What finally shifted for you? Did you actually experience the benefits people talk about, or is the risk-to-reward ratio a bit overrated.

..and I know cooked carnivore is already a massive upgrade from standard Western eating. But I keep noticing this pull toward raw and I can't quite tell what it's about or if i should give it up...thanks

I've been noticing a pattern in myself since I was young (im 43 now). I'm drawn to the odd cuts. Not just nose-to-tail, I mean the truly strange stuff. Pork cheek when I was 17. I ate cockroach when I was in thailand when i was 18 (and yes i got sick). I eat brain tacos whenever Im in mexico (noms). And recently I ordered from one of those fancy farms that sells/ships expensive meats to your door and I ordered bison shoulder cartilage, bison ligament, oxtail, etc and I threw it in a crockpot. I am also interested in organs across the board (through more intellectually than anything lol because when i eat them sometimes im like yuck). I just always am attracted to the weird stuff.

my question is is this behavioral curiosity, or is something biological driving the pull?

there's growing evidence that gut microbes influence cravings and food-seeking behavior via the gut-brain axis. Could specific microbial populations be creating demand signals for the substrates they thrive on? like, is my gut asking, or am I just curious?

some people talk about "specific hungers" and suggest the body can develop targeted cravings when deficient. Most of that research is on minerals, but it's not a huge leap to wonder if similar mechanisms apply. (Side note - during one of my old bodybuilding preps many many years, I became OBSESSED with ordering exotic meats from africa, like obsessively filling up my online cart with zebra meat and all sorts of weird things and then closing the tab but i was fantasizing about this non stop, and once i finished the competition i started eating more normally again and my obsession with zebras and whatever weird exotic African and miscellaneous meats I could find on the internet naturally released)

or is this just novelty-seeking neurobiology/reward circuits involved in food exploration?

i wonder if there is any research about this? maybe its a long shot, but figure this would be a good subreddit to ask! :)

little bit of background- Food has been a long, hard story for me. I struggled for years with sugar addiction, compulsive eating, and binge eating disorder. I'd been high protein, low carb for nearly 20 years but I was still eating a lot of vegetables, fruits, experimenting with carb cycling as a bodybuilder, and eating junk food on purpose because my eating disorder registered dietician had it in the protocol.

Then about five years ago I got an autoimmune diagnosis. I had heard carnivore could help with autoimmune stuff, so I decided to try carnivore for 30 days.. and never looked back.

Ive enjoyed physical stability and mental clarity, but what's been just as significant is the simplicity. As someone neurodivergent with a history of addiction, having a clean, uncomplicated protocol that removes the foods that don't work for me has been one of the most grounding things I've ever done. For the past 5 years Ive basically just eaten tons of meat without really considering the macros but in the last six months I've been experimenting with a more intentional ketogenic carnivore approach by lowering protein, increasing fat, working toward consistent ketosis - specifically curious about the mental health piece.

I'm really into self-development. Love learning, movement, yoga, meditation, nature, community. I've looked at retreats, yoga teacher trainings, immersions and kept hitting the same wall. "We accommodate all dietary needs." Then you see the menu. oats, lentil dal. "Nourishing plant-based cuisine." That's not ALL dietary needs. That's vegan and vegetarian.

If I spent a week eating off-protocol at a yoga training or wellness retreat, I'd likely leave more destabilized than when I arrived. That defeats the whole point of trying to go to an experience to bolster my wellness/recovery.

So I'm creating a retreat designed for carnivores that includes movement, yoga, nature, and all that stuff so that we too can experience wellness and be supported from all angles including nutritionally.

If you've wanted something like this and quietly given up looking, I'd love to hear from you. And if you have thoughts on what your ideal version would look like, I'd love to hear(read).

I have a clear enough picture of what I want: working deeply but not feverishly, something like four days a week, four hours a day. Enough margin to move my body, take a phone call from a friend mid-afternoon, travel, make art, exist without the background hum of urgency.
The thing is, I don't technically need to be working at a feverish pace. I have a rental property that helps cover bills. But something in me just keeps loading up the plate- always another certification, another project, another thing I'm genuinely interested in. I don't fully understand it. Maybe it's wiring, maybe it's something older than that. But I'm aware of it..
A little background: bachelor's in psych, master's in science, former professional athlete, digital nomad years, dabbled in e-commerce, and now i have a small podcast and a book in progress plus preparing for an upcoming retreat (hosting my first one), and tbh there is a lot of other stuff going on too. What I'm less practiced at is settling into fewer things, into a place, into a reasonable pace. i frequently feel a sense of urgency and anxiety. and people say i seem so put together (but inside the monkey mind is doing gymnastics).

this urgency and anxiety i wonder if is this a mindset issue, a true capacity issue, or a delegation/hiring issue? I'm open to input.. and I'm also wondering if anyone has found a coach, mentor, or guide who sits at this intersection? Not a therapist necessarily, not a generic productivity coach either. Someone who could look at a situation like mine and help me see it clearly/provide helpful guidance. i wonder if i should give up some of my goals and dreams or if i can keep them as long as i outsource and hire more, or if there is just a background feeling that needs to be shifted somehow...or i just accept the urgency and anxiety as a trait, while i still try to act in a more supportive way (like ACT acceptance and commitment therapy, you feel the thing but act in a pre-determined way along with your values)..so i know this is a lot but if anyone has gentle/constructive input I am open to it. ultimately my goal is to feel happy and healthy as well as have a positive impact on the world. thank you.

Switched from iPhone to my first Android, a Pixel 10, a few months ago. Overall fine, but sometimes im running into this issue where I literally cannot answer an incoming call.
I'll hear the phone ringing, try to swipe or press whatever's on screen, and nothing responds. Sometimes the screen just disappears entirely while it's still ringing. I'll even navigate to the phone app and see no way to answer.
It's happened multiple times. I'm 43, not particularly tech savvy, but I believe I know how to answer a phone.
One thing that might be relevant: I'm using the Niagara minimalist launcher. I don't know if that's interfering with how incoming calls display or behave, but it seems worth mentioning.
Has anyone run into this? Is it a launcher conflict, a settings issue, or I'm just an old granny that cant figure out how to use a phone?

My boyfriend screamed bloody murder at 3am and I aged ten years in two seconds. i was dead asleep. I shot up, grabbed him, started shaking him awake telling him "hey, you're okay, you're awake" while my heart is somewhere in the ceiling. the next morning he told me he was in a dream where a group of women were feeding him fruit and sticks and told him he should scream.
He screams in the middle of the night like once every 6 months. It's so scary for ME. for him, he said sometimes it's terrifying dreams, and other times it's not (such as the dream last night). so weird. is there any way to stop night screams? it scares the crap out of me and disturbs MY sleep! thank you

Trying to figure out whether my constant overwhelm is objective - I actually have too much —-or whether it's a mindset issue that better systems or a different relationship with time could address.

Here's some of what's on my plate:
-A book I'm in the middle of writing....A retreat I'm hosting for the first time in nine months — so there's real prep work involved to actually fill it and execute it. ...A podcast with about six months of already-recorded content that needs to be edited and released. I'm not recording anything new, but I still review every edit, give feedback, and request changes before anything goes live....A rental property I handed to a property manager, but there are a few issues right now, so it's not passive....Injury rehab and medical appointments. Cooking, cleaning, dog care, regular life..and ideally time for friends and family and leisure too.

...I have a VA helping with some things. But I think I might have too much ambition while still executing too much myself.

Is this a "do less" problem, a "hire more people" problem, or a "stop compressing timelines in your head" problem?..Cal Newport mentions a doubling heuristic: assume things take twice as long as expected. I wonder if artificially extending my mental timelines would reduce some of the urgency I feel. How do you distinguish genuine overload from anxiety-driven urgency? I wake up with anxiety most mornings. I won't pick up the phone if a friend calls mid-day because i have "too much to do". By evening I'm too depleted to connect with anyone. I know something needs to change - just a little unclear how to turn this into reality. thank you so much.

My boyfriend and I are visiting for about 12 days and I'd love some feedback from people who know the country well. Here's the rough plan:

Tirana (July 30 – Aug 2) No car. Thinking of staying in the Komuna e Parisit area rather than Blloku (heard it's noisy). Is that a reasonable base without a car? Morning walks to the lake, afternoons at the gym?, exploring/working during the day. where should we definitely go?

Berat Aug 2-4

Himare Aug 4-9 - beach time (maybe visit serande or other places but i heard traffic is a beast in august?)

Gjirokastër Aug 9-11 2 nights on the way back to tirana— castle and Blue Eye

About us: pretty low-key. Gym, yoga, hiking, beach, cooking, meeting people. Not big nightlife people. Aware it'll be hot but my boyfriend can only go those dates.

I would appreciate any honest feedback, if this sounds like a good plan, if we should modify, or if we need to add something :) thanks so much!

note - edited this itinerary based on feedback

i have a mini golden doodle who is part cocker spaniel as well. cutie patootie 2.5 years old....

Ever since I brought my little nugget home around 12 weeks old, loose leash walking has been a consistent priority. I've never let him pull ...maybe 95% of the time is a fair estimate, with the rare exception being something like needing to move him away from another dog quickly.

I've worked with trainers. I've instructed my boyfriend and dog walkers to follow the same rules. I treat when he's in position. If he pulls, we stop.

the walks are a bit exhausting.I have to be actively engaged, calling him back, stopping, treating, redirecting. Near a dog park or anywhere with interesting smells, it feels like there's no controlling him at all.

I don't know how consistent my boyfriend and the dog walker actually are. I suspect they may not be holding the same standard, but I can't confirm that.

is inconsistency from other handlers enough to undermine two and a half years of work on my end? Or is there something else going on? Is this just a high-drive/ mini golden doodle thing? At what point do I accept that some dogs just need active management on walks forever, versus this being a fixable training gap?

I have a PhD in psychology with a somatic focus on eating disorders. Not clinical psychology, which seems to be what most university positions want. If I could go back in time, knowing what I know now, I would probably have done clinical psychology but it is what it is. I'm not affiliated with any institution and don't plan on going back for a PhD in clinical psychology.

I work in the coaching realm - I've created downloadable resources, sometimes run group courses, have a podcast, etc. Research still fascinates me though.

A few ideas Im considering -

A pilot program evaluation for a retreat I'm hosting — measuring evidence-based elements, participant outcomes, changes in anxiety and related variables.

An MBRP (Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention) study specific to binge eating. MBRP is well-established but hasn't been tested in this population specifically. I'm certified in MBRP, I know the literature, and I think there's something genuinely novel there.

I've thought both through seriously — variables, existing literature, what would make them novel contributions. But nobody is paying me for this. It would be a significant time investment on top of an already full plate, with no salary and no institutional support behind it.

So honestly - do I just let this go? Or is there actually a realistic path for someone in my position to contribute to research in a meaningful way? Specifically wondering:

Is there any funding available for independent researchers with no institutional affiliation? Are there working models for this - citizen science, independent research networks, anything - or is the honest reality that without an institution it's mostly unpaid labor with limited reach? thank you kindly

im trying to dry age my steak but i am basically just putting some light salt on steak i buy and letting it sit in my fridge on a rack for 1-3 weeks. is this fine? it gets really dark red and a bit hard on the outside which i dont mind. i just like this method because i dont want to feel like i need to rush to eat all the steaks before a certain date or they will go bad (like other food). i dont need to worry about anything health wise as long as i dont have histamine intolerance correct? thank you!

the steak that has been in my fridge for about 10 days. its raw and i plan to cook it later.