Sleep is the best meditation. – Dalai Lama In our jam-packed culture, sleep seems to take a seat behind the hustle of packing in as much as possible each day. More than ever, many of us have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, while others experience insomnia as an ongoing issue. If this is the …
We know that supporting our mental health is foundational to a healthy life filled with wellness. As we expand on the self-help points from the article Ways to Better Mental Health Drug and Doctor-Free, this week we will discuss some stress-relieving tools and strategies. We thank Jennifer Whitacre for her contribution to this article. I\’m Jennifer Whitacre, an Empowerment …
Let’s be honest, once kids enter the picture, sleep isn’t quite the same. Personally, I have four children, ranging in age from 13 years to 17 weeks old. Each of their ages and stages come with different bedtime expectations and therefore a different impact on my sleep as their parent too. When our kids don’t …
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Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four-hour days. – Zig Ziglar Do you feel like you are running behind your life as you move through your day? Do you feel that you have a never-ending list of things to do and finish each day wishing an extra hour …
Sleep is the best meditation. – Dalai Lama In our jam-packed culture, sleep seems to take a seat behind the hustle of packing in as much as possible each day. More than ever, many of us have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, while others experience insomnia as an ongoing issue. If this is the …
Mental health is the foundation to better emotional and physical wellness. This is an area of our well-being we may think about when we are experiencing negative emotions, stress, feelings that create distress, or feelings we do not like to go through. Have you thought of the effects your mental health has on your overall …
Our minds are tricky things And when it comes to coping with emotional situations, they don’t do us any favors. On a biological level, stress causes an increase in cortisol, a hormone that’s been linked to appetite. So, when you run to the freezer for that pint of ice cream after a tough day, your …
True wellness is about balancing the needs of the mind, the body, and the spirit. Yet it tends to be those who focus most on honoring the needs of the spirit that tend to forget the needs of the body and mind! Similarly, those who neglect their soul needs, tend to find it much easier …
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You’ve arrived in the middle of your awesome life! And with this comes change! You are “well-blended” in maturation that is both embraced and at times unwelcome! So, how do you navigate all that you already have on your plate, while maintaining and building up your health and emotional abundance, amidst the backdrop of your …
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Look for magic in a daily routine. – Lou Barlow Your routine may get completely off track at times, but your life, despite the many disruptions this world may bring us, can still maintain daily flow. We need to have continuity within our daily life. This makes room for new life parameters that may arrive …
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