The Pounce Pot - Our Purpose and Guiding Philosophy
Costa Rica where this journey began. Photo by Laura Lee @pouncetothrive
The Central Heart of the Pounce Pot: Proactive Engagement
I created The Pounce Pot
to empower my close circle of friends and family to live healthier, longer lives.
to be proactive and positive about our future.
to be curious and get to the bottom of the massive amount of info we get bombarded with on social media.
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By breaking down complex and ever-changing research into five easy to manage ideas, we can understand more clearly what we could be doing to increase our healthspan. And we can discover that we DO have the time to squeeze it all in to our busy lives.
I believe that we can avoid the cognitive and physical declines that took my precious grandmother and aunt away from our family in their early 70s.
Taking its name from the antique writing tool that created smooth, ready surfaces with grit, The Pounce Pot continues this tradition by preparing a smooth and ready path for healthy, vibrant living for all ages. I named this path the Pounce Pot Protocol.
I began writing about my personal practice of proactive aging in the Pounce Pot Post, and to share recent news and actionable tips, I created a newsletter, The Weekly Pounce.
Why do I go through all of this work and trouble?
It’s easy. I made it my purpose in life to understand these complex issues and learn how to explain them to others. If even one person can live a better life because of The Pounce Pot, then it’s worth it to me.
The Pounce Pot and our protocol operate on the core belief that proactive engagement can positively transform our aging experience.
Aging does not have to feel like a long, depressing, passive decline.
We are not, however, avoiding reality or denying that life will bring us challenges. It certainly will.
But with the support of our chosen communities, we can proactively power up our future selves by taking actions now to build robust reserves of cognitive and physical health for our future.
This equips us to best handle life's inevitable changes with resilience, hope, and confidence.
The Pounce Pot Protocol: Five Essential Actions
Grounded in established, global longevity research, I created easy to remember steps called the Pounce Pot Protocol.
It’s comprised of five, well-defined, essential actions:
Boost Your Brain
Connect & Thrive
Harness Hidden Powers
Fuel Your Journey and
Stay Active
This five-part protocol, distinctly and boldly color-coded across our digital spaces, serves as the comprehensive framework for our intentional practice.
The Weekly Pounce Brings the Protocol to Life
Each Friday, the protocol comes to life in The Weekly Pounce. This newsletter:
Breaks down complex research into fun, simple, personal, and budget-friendly weekly activities to help you practice the five-part protocol.
Fosters a community of friends who encourage and motivate each other.
Emphasizes, through personal stories and practical science-backed tips, that it's never too late (or too early) to start practicing the essential actions.
Promotes a weekly practice with purpose, awareness, and a mindful engagement with life, countering passive digital consumption, inactivity, loneliness, and poor nutrition with ideas for proactive, real-life interactions with the arts, the outdoors, whole foods, physical activity, self-awareness, and community involvement.
photo provided by the author - Lake Atitlan, Guatemala 2024
The Pounce Pot in a Nutshell
In essence, it’s my dream that The Pounce Pot inspires your conscious, joyful, and communal journey toward a stronger, more resilient, and truly vibrant future self.
The Pounce Pot is an ikigai passion project from my heart to yours.
Let’s pounce on life’s possibilities together!
Thanks for joining me on this journey.
P.S. Enjoyed this Pounce Pot Post?
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Please take a moment to explore our purpose and guiding philosophy. You can also find more in-depth articles in the Pounce Pot Post.
Explore the Pounce Pot Protocol: five essential actions for proactive aging based on established, global longevity research:
Your personal feedback fuels this community. Which protocol challenges you most? Share your ideas and stories. I’d love to hear from you!
Let’s pounce on life’s possibilities together! — Laura Lee
