Dr. Vonda Wright

One critical fall can be, and I can tell you all kinds of stories, but it can mean the difference between life-death, living alone, not living alone. So what do we do about it? We've got to retrain our balance. simply as standing on one foot when you brush your teeth. Literally, you're standing there, tree pose, hand going back and forth.

You will retrain the neuromuscular pathways that degrade starting about in your 20s.

You will retrain the neuromuscular pathways that degrade starting about in your 20s.

Yeah, easy.

Yeah, easy.

You must. And alternate legs on different days of the week, right? You will retrain your balance so quickly because we should be able to balance on one leg for about 20 seconds. Mm-hmm. Because what happens when we reach over and we just fall over?

You must. And alternate legs on different days of the week, right? You will retrain your balance so quickly because we should be able to balance on one leg for about 20 seconds. Mm-hmm. Because what happens when we reach over and we just fall over?

Yeah. We don't want to do that. The other thing is it's very common to see all kinds of athletes doing agility drills. You've seen it on the field, jumping up and down, jumping over barriers. People like you and me need to retrain the ability to have foot speed and agility so that if you're like me and you leave your work bag by the edge of your chair and you get up too quickly, you can...

Yeah. We don't want to do that. The other thing is it's very common to see all kinds of athletes doing agility drills. You've seen it on the field, jumping up and down, jumping over barriers. People like you and me need to retrain the ability to have foot speed and agility so that if you're like me and you leave your work bag by the edge of your chair and you get up too quickly, you can...

catch your foot and hop over it instead of catch your foot and land flat on your face.

catch your foot and hop over it instead of catch your foot and land flat on your face.

Oh, it's not rocket science.

Oh, it's not rocket science.

I love that you've headed in this direction because when I said earlier that I've been practicing a long time and you can't excuse me I think that people make excuses or don't invest time in themselves for a lot of reasons. One may be busyness, but what that means is you are prioritizing everything else in your life before yourself. And I think that people in relationships do that.

I love that you've headed in this direction because when I said earlier that I've been practicing a long time and you can't excuse me I think that people make excuses or don't invest time in themselves for a lot of reasons. One may be busyness, but what that means is you are prioritizing everything else in your life before yourself. And I think that people in relationships do that.

Parents do that. Mothers do it a lot. But if you don't invest in yourself, you will not be able to invest in others. So sometimes it really is... As simple as, I've got so much to do. I just can't fit it all in. I'm going to get that done first. It's a matter of priorities. Sometimes I believe you. I believe what you said, which is it's self-love.

Parents do that. Mothers do it a lot. But if you don't invest in yourself, you will not be able to invest in others. So sometimes it really is... As simple as, I've got so much to do. I just can't fit it all in. I'm going to get that done first. It's a matter of priorities. Sometimes I believe you. I believe what you said, which is it's self-love.

I often say things like, until you believe you are worth the daily investment in your health, nothing else will matter. You have to put value in yourself.

I often say things like, until you believe you are worth the daily investment in your health, nothing else will matter. You have to put value in yourself.

And whether we were raised that we should be seen and not heard because we're not valuable or that women are told we must be little and cannot take up space and therefore we're not valuable, we need to do the inner work to understand that we have value. not only to each other, but to ourselves. We inherently are created with value. And that takes a lot of inner work, right?