I remembered three things as I sat down to write this article, on my small permaculture farm deep in the rolling green hills of the Gold Coast Hinterland...
I remembered that I have seen a lot of life and death. I remembered that I never write about anything I am not passionate about or have no experience of, and I remembered that life rarely turns out the way you expect it to! But that is where the magic and excitement of life is found. And in the end, it’s in the magic and excitement that “mojo” is found.
I have delivered a lot of babies in my career. In 1986 I found myself working in the Goroka Hospital Obstetric Department in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Seeing the magic of new life arrive into the world is a unique experience.
I then spent the next 20 years of my life working in major Emergency Departments around the world seeing far too much of life departing this world. Eventually I left that career behind for several reasons. I am so grateful for it leaving me with an un-extinguishable excitement and gratitude for life. That’s the source of my mojo and the reason it will never decline.
If you had asked me back in those days if I’d ever be dividing my time between a small permaculture farm and a clinic devoted to solving the mysteries of chronic illness, I would have laughed.
Now, however, I have learnt to expect the unexpected and to embrace the challenges that life brings to me. I still see new life arrive… it’s just different.
These days I spend a few evenings per week trawling through the mud of a pigpen, checking the appearance of my two sows for signs of pregnancy. I’m pleased to announce that this week there is evidence, so I’m now eagerly awaiting the arrival of 8-10 new Saddleback piglets.
There is no doubt that 2012 will be a year of great challenge, but I expect that it will also be the year of a new beginning of a much more peaceful and sustainable world.
So in order to enjoy the new world, let me talk about the 10 top ways for men and women to maximise their ‘mojo’.
Mojo is not just about sex and libido, although those are pleasant components of it, mojo is about an excitement for life. An excitement that has the potential to be expanded exponentially when one is in an extraordinary intimate relationship.
TOP 10 TIPS FOR WOMEN (in no particular order)
1. Great health: with health comes energy. There are not many women who are chronically tired and plagued with chronic infections who feel like their life is full of excitement and sexual intimacy. The best thoughts, the best water, the best organic food and daily exercise form the basis of good health.
2. Great self-esteem: to have a passion for life and a passion for intimacy, women have to feel really good about themselves. Everyone is unique; everyone has something to give the world and everyone has been given the gift of life for a reason. If you don’t feel that way, find a personal development course that will open your eyes to those universal truths.
3. Great communication: love is communicated in many different ways. Graham Chapman wrote a great book called the 5 Love Languages. The 5 languages are words of affirmation, physical touch, quality time, acts of service and gifts. If your primary language is quality time and your partner’s primary language is acts of service, then even though you love each other, no one will realise. Find each others love language.
4. Balanced hormones: environmental toxins have so affected the balance of women’s hormones that conditions such as low thyroid, adrenal fatigue and estrogen dominance are now epidemic. Find a health professional who can guide you through this maze.
5. Tonic herbs: tonic herbs are those herbs that can be taken on a daily basis to increase health and energy. They are usually adaptogenic in nature so they restore balance. Maca, deer antler, longan fruit and shizandra berry have a long history of use as sexual tonics for women.
6. Great selection: if you want a great partner to share an extraordinary life with, then make sure you choose the right one.
7. Great mood: hormone, mineral and neurotransmitter imbalances can cause anxiety and depression. Often they can be easily fixed.
8. Magnesium: magnesium is frequently deficient in most women. In my opinion, transdermal magnesium therapy can revolutionise how a woman feels about herself and the world.
9. Love and passion: "Love without passion is dreary; passion without love is horrific." - Lord Byron
10. Living the life that you are meant to live: If you don’t know what that is yet, it doesn’t matter. Believe that you are on the right track. It’s the belief that counts!
1. Great health: health brings energy, confidence, and a freedom from pain (and all your organs work optimally).
2. Confidence: Austin Powers got his mojo from his very hairy chest. It doesn’t matter where you get your confidence from but confidence brings charisma and charisma brings mojo.
3. Great communication: see above.
4. Testosterone: there are many reasons a man’s testosterone levels decline over time. My patients with high levels of testosterone are out climbing mountains when they are 70, my patients with low testosterone are sitting in a chair with a beer in their hand at the age of 50 watching people climb mountains. Optimising weight, zinc and tonic herbs can be used to optimise levels.
5. Tonic herbs: deer antler, pine pollen, tongkat ali and he shou wu are my favourites.
6. Zinc: “the man’s mineral.” Studies have shown that the lower the level of zinc, the lower the level of a mans testosterone and the higher his risk of prostate disease.
7. Stress reduction: stress causes cortisol to be produced in the body rather than testosterone. This is know as ‘cortisol steal.’
8. Avoiding prescription drugs that deplete energy and libido: anti-depressants, beta-blockers and statin drugs are the most common.
9. Love and passion: men may deny it but it’s the same for us!
10. Living the life you are meant to live: “I do not think the measure of a civilisation is how tall its buildings are, but rather how well its people relate to their environment and fellow man.” - Sun Bear of the Chippewa Tribe.
Now, however, I have learnt to expect the unexpected and to embrace the challenges that life brings to me. I still see new life arrive… it’s just different.
These days I spend a few evenings per week trawling through the mud of a pigpen, checking the appearance of my two sows for signs of pregnancy. I’m pleased to announce that this week there is evidence, so I’m now eagerly awaiting the arrival of 8-10 new Saddleback piglets.
There is no doubt that 2012 will be a year of great challenge, but I expect that it will also be the year of a new beginning of a much more peaceful and sustainable world.
So in order to enjoy the new world, let me talk about the 10 top ways for men and women to maximise their ‘mojo’.
Mojo is not just about sex and libido, although those are pleasant components of it, mojo is about an excitement for life. An excitement that has the potential to be expanded exponentially when one is in an extraordinary intimate relationship.
TOP 10 TIPS FOR WOMEN (in no particular order)
1. Great health: with health comes energy. There are not many women who are chronically tired and plagued with chronic infections who feel like their life is full of excitement and sexual intimacy. The best thoughts, the best water, the best organic food and daily exercise form the basis of good health.
2. Great self-esteem: to have a passion for life and a passion for intimacy, women have to feel really good about themselves. Everyone is unique; everyone has something to give the world and everyone has been given the gift of life for a reason. If you don’t feel that way, find a personal development course that will open your eyes to those universal truths.
3. Great communication: love is communicated in many different ways. Graham Chapman wrote a great book called the 5 Love Languages. The 5 languages are words of affirmation, physical touch, quality time, acts of service and gifts. If your primary language is quality time and your partner’s primary language is acts of service, then even though you love each other, no one will realise. Find each others love language.
4. Balanced hormones: environmental toxins have so affected the balance of women’s hormones that conditions such as low thyroid, adrenal fatigue and estrogen dominance are now epidemic. Find a health professional who can guide you through this maze.
5. Tonic herbs: tonic herbs are those herbs that can be taken on a daily basis to increase health and energy. They are usually adaptogenic in nature so they restore balance. Maca, deer antler, longan fruit and shizandra berry have a long history of use as sexual tonics for women.
6. Great selection: if you want a great partner to share an extraordinary life with, then make sure you choose the right one.
7. Great mood: hormone, mineral and neurotransmitter imbalances can cause anxiety and depression. Often they can be easily fixed.
8. Magnesium: magnesium is frequently deficient in most women. In my opinion, transdermal magnesium therapy can revolutionise how a woman feels about herself and the world.
9. Love and passion: "Love without passion is dreary; passion without love is horrific." - Lord Byron
10. Living the life that you are meant to live: If you don’t know what that is yet, it doesn’t matter. Believe that you are on the right track. It’s the belief that counts!
TOP 10 TIPS FOR MEN
2. Confidence: Austin Powers got his mojo from his very hairy chest. It doesn’t matter where you get your confidence from but confidence brings charisma and charisma brings mojo.
3. Great communication: see above.
4. Testosterone: there are many reasons a man’s testosterone levels decline over time. My patients with high levels of testosterone are out climbing mountains when they are 70, my patients with low testosterone are sitting in a chair with a beer in their hand at the age of 50 watching people climb mountains. Optimising weight, zinc and tonic herbs can be used to optimise levels.
5. Tonic herbs: deer antler, pine pollen, tongkat ali and he shou wu are my favourites.
6. Zinc: “the man’s mineral.” Studies have shown that the lower the level of zinc, the lower the level of a mans testosterone and the higher his risk of prostate disease.
7. Stress reduction: stress causes cortisol to be produced in the body rather than testosterone. This is know as ‘cortisol steal.’
8. Avoiding prescription drugs that deplete energy and libido: anti-depressants, beta-blockers and statin drugs are the most common.
9. Love and passion: men may deny it but it’s the same for us!
10. Living the life you are meant to live: “I do not think the measure of a civilisation is how tall its buildings are, but rather how well its people relate to their environment and fellow man.” - Sun Bear of the Chippewa Tribe.
Dr Greg Emerson
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