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Believing These 7 Myths About Chronic Symptoms Is Keeping You From Healing

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Do you suffer from chronic symptoms? In a study analyzing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers found that approximately 45% of Americans have at least one chronic disease. These included diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, obesity, and respiratory diseases. In a 2021 study, it was found that 50.2 million US adults suffer […]

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3 Ways Yoga Has Helped My Anxiety

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photo by Patrick Malleret on Unsplash Yoga is not just for exercise Yoga was significantly better at reducing anxiety, researchers in an NYU Langone 2020 study found, than stress management techniques, such as lessons about effects of stress, and reducing alcohol. Several years ago, I made it a goal to exercise more. I had gained

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Create a “Calming Board” To Stop Anxious Thoughts

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“I promise you, nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety and fear.”- Steve Maraboli What is a “Calming Board”? I got the idea for a “Calming Board” from an Instagram post, and I apologize because I don’t remember where I saw

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9 Of My Favorite Affirmations, and How To Make Them Work For You

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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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5 Rituals To Improve Your Sleep

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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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When Things Outside Your Control Cause You Stress, Try These Grounding Practices

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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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7 Ways To Turn Worry Into Trust

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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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5 Simple Ways To Ease Stress From Responsibilities

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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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