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rMSSD - Finding the Right Metric - NoSelfLaFont

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Thought is a useful, but inaccurate, description of Reality. RMSSD – Finding the Right Metric. September 6, 2014. My question throughout these months of study has been around unnecessary distraction from an enjoyable life due to stressing out about things that did not merit the stress. My very first results. Were around surprising ways I was stressing myself out that on examination disappeared. Most of this work was self reported upsets. I have spent a lot of time with apps and Bluetooth heart rate belts...

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HRV Tutorial - Introduction - NoSelfLaFont

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Thought is a useful, but inaccurate, description of Reality. HRV Tutorial – Introduction. March 29, 2015. Heart Rate Variability Tutorial. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is the most accessible measurement of stress and health for someone who is not in the medical profession, and there are a shortage of plain English explanations of what it is, how to capture it, and how to use it to improve your life. Find out more by reading about Variable Interval Heart Beats. Sign up for the QuantXLaFont Newsletter.

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NoSelfLaFont - Page 2 of 17 - Thought is a useful, but inaccurate, description of Reality

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Thought is a useful, but inaccurate, description of Reality. Grounding Myself to Improve Disposition. December 14, 2015. Borrowing from the various lessons I have learned from Byron Katie’s The Work. And the writings of Anthony DeMello. Could grounding myself in direct experience nine times a day change my overall disposition? I created a routine that I could easily repeat multiple times a day where I captured my mood, identified any negative thinking in the previous hour then regrounded myself in direct...

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Going Ketogenic and HRV - NoSelfLaFont

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Thought is a useful, but inaccurate, description of Reality. Going Ketogenic and HRV. July 5, 2015. Inspired by a fellow Quantified Selfer at our recent Denver QS Meetup. And motivated by multiple guests on Damien Blenkinsopp’s excellent Quantified Body. Podcast I decided to switch from eating vegetarian to eating ketogenic. And always interested in heart rate variability (HRV), I wanted to look at the mix of going ketogenic and HRV. One element of the switch involves a state called “ keto flu. Four time...

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Live from the Quant Cave - HRV and Brainwaves - NoSelfLaFont

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Thought is a useful, but inaccurate, description of Reality. Live from the Quant Cave – HRV and Brainwaves. June 7, 2015. No TV’s, guns, booze or dart boards. And no drains, so no hair clogs. A place where you can look at HRV and brainwaves. When I was at the Denver Quantified Self Meetup. I had a chance to meet Tess who very helpfully had an extra Muse EEG headset. Google Glass and other wearables that either didn’t work or were no longer relevant. That’s a pretty expensive drawer. The only way you can ...

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Randomized Test - Booze vs. HRV

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Thought is a useful, but inaccurate, description of Reality. Randomized Test – Booze Amount vs. HRV. August 2, 2015. After my last Booze test. I wanted to find out the limit of how much alcohol I could drink and have it not impact my Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Muse % Calm score and Glucose level. In a scientific study. I had seen that 2 drinks is a limit of what men can drink and have it not effect their HRV. I thought I would give it a whirl by conducting a randomized test. How I Did It. At the end o...

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DIY Tracking the Daily Energy Curve - NoSelfLaFont

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Thought is a useful, but inaccurate, description of Reality. DIY Tracking the Daily Energy Curve. August 9, 2015. I have reported in earlier posts that I am mapping my Daily Energy Curve. I needed a simple way to capture how I was feeling at different times. I like Taplog. I started gathering reports along three dimensions, six times a day. The dimensions were how awake I felt, how mentally sharp I felt and how stressed I felt. And 37 data points. I was surprised to see how much the curve held up in the ...

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Reader Poll: Name that Freak Out State - NoSelfLaFont

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Thought is a useful, but inaccurate, description of Reality. Reader Poll: Name that Freak Out State. May 31, 2015. I have prepared my speech for the Quantified Self 2015 Conference. And have one last finishing touch to do and I thought I would reach out for your help. The speech is about stress states while interacting with colleagues. I have used many words in this blog to describe this stress state before to include terms like Upset. You have in your memory. Sign up for the QuantXLaFont Newsletter.

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Hitting the Slopes - NoSelfLaFont

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Thought is a useful, but inaccurate, description of Reality. June 21, 2015. Have you ever felt that your willpower drop over the course of the day? It is true that Heart Rate Variability (HRV) has its own circadian rhythm which I call hitting the slopes. Here is two weeks worth of my HRV averages taken at four different times of the day:. To understand which variables may extend the energy I have for negotiations I found a service called Whatify. Stay tuned and we find out using Whatify. We don't spam :).

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Anatomy of a Freakback - NoSelfLaFont

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Thought is a useful, but inaccurate, description of Reality. Anatomy of a Freakback. June 16, 2014. I had a classic Freakback experience while doing some free form meditation with the Heartmath. Device. I was sitting quietly and had achieved a Poised state while watching my Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measurement on the screen. At 2:02 I saw the line jump up and can hear myself on the audio saying “What the heck? Knowing how to avoid this reaction while taking on board real time data is a critical Quant...