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If you’re Stevie Nicks, Monday morning sure looks fine. The rest of us, however, may need a little help putting some pep in our step. Step one: Caffeinate. Step two: Put on some tunes. But which ones? This is crucial; you want energetic, but not frenetic. Definitely no to Metallica.

We asked our go-to mix master, Austin Powers, to put together a playlist that strikes just the right balance.

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Mondays mornings are definitely not my strong point, especially since I’ve been working from home so much and the barrier between bed and office is basically nil. (I did shower and change out of my pajamas today, but only because I have a video call and I’d like for my hair to be going in the same direction, roughly).

Throw in a holiday weekend and this week was a real challenge. Don’t get me wrong, I love holiday weekends, but they make that first morning of the week even harder, it seems to me. Tuesday morning is really a fake Monday morning in disguise, but at the same time, it’s also a Tuesday morning — in other words, double trouble.

That’s why I asked for your help in turning my Monday mornings around. I asked how you start your week off right and this is your best advice.

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For Rachel Winard, founder of Soapwalla, the creation of her various skin-care products is a science. From visiting farms and suppliers, who can ensure she receives the best materials, to determining the right ingredients to cook together in her kitchen, Rachel’s step-by-step process is all in the details.

Being the perfectionist that she is, Rachel’s items go through a lot of revisions (in some cases 2,000 rounds!), to make sure she gets it right before selling it to customers. She wants her products to be “pure, effective, and trustworthy.” Instead of coming up with a product and figuring out how to sell it, Winard seeks out problems and comes up with solutions.

More videos in this series:

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Research of the Week

Vitamin D may reduce asthma attacks.

Nibbling your nuts linked to lower inflammation.

Human brains are particularly blood-thirsty.

Antibiotic prescriptions linked to food allergies in kids. Parents: if you’re faced with giving your kid antibiotics, read this.

The majority of your brain’s structure was inherited from your parents.

Caffeine may keep cognitive decline at bay.

“Leisure-time physical activity,” or play, also protects against cognitive decline.

Among males with a genetic predisposition, exposure to first-trimester ultrasound may increase the severity of autism.

Foam rolling one limb affects the other.

Now appearing in human brains near you: toxic nanoparticles from air pollution.

Minor dehydration impairs cognitive ability.

To improve frailty scores (and other reasons, too), seniors should be eating a bare minimum of 1 g/kg protein.

In obese European-American and African-American women, a low-carb diet improved GERD.

New Primal Blueprint Podcasts

Episode 134: Domini Kemp and Patricia Daly: Two cancer survivors who used ketogenic dieting to beat the disease visit the podcast to chat about their new ketogenic cookbook, how various diet strategies affect cancer, and much more.

Each week, select Mark’s Daily Apple blog posts are prepared as Primal Blueprint Podcasts. Need to catch up on reading, but don’t have the time? Prefer to listen to articles while on the go? Check out the new blog post podcasts below, and subscribe to the Primal Blueprint Podcast here so you never miss an episode.

• How to Deal with Chronic Pain: Psychological Causes and Treatments
• The Dangers of People Pleasing in the Modern World (and What to Do About It)
• 10 Primal-Friendly Tips from Wise People Throughout History
• The Genetics of Obesity: Are You Destined to Be Fat?

Interesting Blog Posts

Maybe kids should play with sharp things.

We aren’t perceiving objective reality, and it’s probably for the best.

Media, Schmedia

Our gut bacteria contain microbiomes made up of viruses.

The possible evolutionary role of loneliness.

Good riddance.

Everything Else

Sometimes organic is a scam.

Awesome libraries.

Maldives sinking, Schmaldives schminking: climate change could make coffee go extinct.

Got cats? Make ’em work for their food.

Haven’t these scientists ever watched Them!?

The Chuck Yeager fitness regimen (e-book out soon?).

Recipe Corner

• A simple, spicy grass-fed beef curry with green beans you make in your slow cooker.
• Speaking of curries, how about banana skin curry? Why not.

Time Capsule

One year ago (Sep 11 – Sep 17)

• Why These 10 Famous Thinkers Napped – How siestas were integral to their achievements.
• The Primal Laws: 7 More Honorable Mentions – What else almost made it in?

Comment of the Week

“Love the new look: cleaner, brighter, bigger and well organized!”

– Thanks, Susan. It’s amazing what a new dress suit can do. Oh, you mean the site? Yeah, I’m digging the new look, too.

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Open Slideshow

Chicken stock, one of the building blocks of good cooking, is a snap to make in the pressure cooker. After only two hours, you’re rewarded with a rich, flavorful broth that tastes like it simmered all day.

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A small hurdle to packing a week’s worth of lunches is simply making sure that you have enough containers to pack five to 10 lunches at once. However, after you discover the time and sanity savings that result from pre-packing lunches, you’ll start looking for a few additional tools to make the task even better. Here are five of my favorite tools for packing a week’s worth of lunches at once.

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