Photo by LinkedIn Sales Navigator from Pexels What are affirmations? Affirmations are statements that you say to yourself to help you alleviate stress, reduce anxious feelings, remind yourself of a trait you want to portray, or to reach a goal. People from all walks of life use affirmations, but some may find they don’t seem to work for […]
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How rituals can improve your intentions surrounding food When my kids were a little younger, we had to go to sports practices, games, dance lessons, or music lessons a few times a week. I wasn’t very intentional about what we ate on those nights. Actually, I was doing good to get us through a drive-through
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Have you been having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep? The CDC (Centers For Disease Control) reports that 35.2% of adults in the U.S. get less than 7 hours of sleep per night. Not only that, but a Sleep Foundation poll found that almost half of all Americans report feeling sleepy during
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Things You Can’t Control There’ve been times in my life when things were happening to me, or around me that I couldn’t control, but I would spend hours, days, or months worrying about them, just the same. Things like, politics, terrorism, the current health crises, a friend’s choices, the way a family member
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Worrying is bad for your health Worry causes us to lose sleep, enjoy relationships less, and enjoy our daily lives less. If worry continues over a long period of time, it can lead to Generalized Anxiety Disorder(GAD), increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, inflammation and a decreased immune system response. Turn worry to trust in
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When responsibilities keep piling up It was the end of the 9 week grading period and I needed a few more grades for my two math classes and two science classes. I was teaching second grade and had about 21 students per class. It would be a long night of grading. But, I still had
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There is so much conflicting medical information One article says gluten is the cause of your stomach distress and the next article says gluten-free is a fad. Your doctor may tell you that he doesn’t have a diagnosis for your back pain, but you find something on the internet that describes the symptoms to a
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Are your symptoms chronic? Chronic health symptoms are symptoms that last over a long period of time and don’t go away with typical medical care. Medications, surgeries, or rehabilitation help for brief periods, but the symptoms return. Chronic health conditions include diagnosis such as, IBS, arthritis, back pain, joint pain, fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, Crohn’s disease, eczema,
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You’ve tried everything, now what? You have a toxic person, a narcissist, an energy vampire in your life, and you’ve tried setting boundaries. You’ve tried telling this person no, but they just keep hounding you. They talk you to death until you eventually give in. They get all the other people around you on their
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How does saying “No” help you stay healthier? We all have things we would rather not do, but we do them anyways. Sometimes, it’s because we care about the person asking, and we want to make them happy. Sometimes we do it because we want to keep other people from being disappointed in us. The
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