Jaymes O’Pheron is not only used to the cold—he thrives in it.
O’Pheron, 34, lives in Tennessee, Texas and Washington, Ireland, before moving to Fargo, North Dakota with his wife Carla in 2021.
North Dakota ranks highly for its affordable cost of living A fast-growing city and friendly policies for small businesses. O’Pheron is a serial entrepreneur and burnout coach for other business owners, and Carla works for precious metals dealers.
Despite the darkness and cold winter of the city – Recent temperature O’Pheron told CNBC that it has done that, already hovering between 25 degrees and entering a single number – “We are not afraid of the cold.” He added that Kara had previously been at a middle school in Alaska not far from the Arctic Circle.
Since moving to North Dakota, he said he has embraced two Nordic-style mentalities:Outdoor life“(Scandinavian concept of living outdoors) and”content” (The art of Finland seeking inner strength).
The following three things can be spent by anyone, even with the painful winter weather, Orphelon said.
Reimagine your mindset
Transferring your mindset to ownership of your response to the weather can “change” your experience with the winter and encourage you to go out more, Orphelon said.
“If you just put yourself under the control of the weather, you’re going to have a painful time,” he said.
He suggests tending to winter weather “appreciate it, find beauty at every moment” and “find joy as well as community and connection” with intention to deal with harsh temperatures. For O’Pheron, it means bravely leaving the house in the cold and enjoying Fargo’s “thriving art community” including going to symphony, ballet and opera.
Another way to think: “There is no inappropriate weather, only inappropriate clothes.”
Try a cold and heated sauna
O’Pheron has been a fan of ice plunge for years, or a habit of immersing himself in frozen water for years and seeing it as “practice to enjoy a snowstorm.”
“You are regaining awareness of autonomy and ownership of the cold, which he thinks will increase his resilience and change his physical and mental reaction to it.
Benefits of research cold Mixed together, but early research shows some advantages. In 2020 Research at the University of Portsmouth In the UK, open water swimming in cold temperatures improved participants’ mood. and 2018 Case Study From a series of British universities, ice baths have also been found to be used to treat depression and anxiety.
As O’Pheron saw, Cold Plunges helps train the body to warm up better and “work out the body’s internal heater so you don’t actually feel cold in the winter.”
Another aspect of “SISU” is balancing physical and mental endurance with self-compassion. to this end, O’Pheron balanced the frigid plunge in the heated sauna. He said.
Spend time with others
Finally, Orphelon says the biggest way to change the mindset of winter is to prioritize social interaction.
Doing so will put his winter blues in trouble. “You don’t have to get into a huge crowd for the people around you – be with the people you care about, whether it’s going to a chess club or a diet club, or go to a quiet reading party or a movie.”
He added, even if “you can’t be sunny, you have to embrace someone.” “It kind of brings you deep inside.”
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