Everyone knows the holidays can be stressful. But it’s not just the effort to stay on budget or the dinnertime antics of your oddball uncle that make this time of year challenging. Healthy eating can take a nosedive at this time of year, too. End your year on a high with proactive measures to avoid…
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How To Cope With Holiday Stressors
Picture-perfect holiday activities are quite the antidote to stress: cozy days shared with loved ones, singing favorite tunes, eating nourishing foods from the harvest, and getting some exercise on the skating rink all contribute to mental well-being. But whose holidays are ever truly “perfect”? Here’s how to navigate four common holiday stressors so you can…
Cope With Stress As You Age
What fears and worries keep you up at night? Each generation—from kids to seniors—have unique stressors. Understanding this can help us all find a bit more peace for ourselves and those we love. Children and young adults According to mental health educator Rebecca Higgins, climate change is one of the top things contributing to children’s…
Burn-Out Is Real: Here Are Some Things To Do About It
Now, more than ever, we are facing a day-to-day reality wrought with challenges, many of which we’ve never actually faced before. Trying to stay healthy means making smart choices to avoid stress and its potential burnout. Types of burnout The symptoms of burnout can include physical and mental exhaustion, depression, cynicism, and professional inefficacy, yet…
Calm the Nerves with these 8 Breathing Techniques
Anxiety disorders affect 40 million adults in the United States. A panic attack or anxiety episode can be scary and difficult to manage, but experts agree breathing techniques can help during those times. Even without suffering from anxiety disorder, most of us endure some levels of stress in the course of a normal week. Breathing…
Four Fabulous Stress Fighters
This article from the time when Houston faced the challenges of recovering from Harvey offers important stress-fighting tips for another time when stress threatens our best health. “Stress generates anxiety, and anxiety keeps our minds in motion,” says Mark Stengler, NMD, of Encinitas, California. Meditation, soft music and disconnecting from the stresses of life (at…
Fight Stress With Herbal Supplements
Stress. We face it every day. Sometimes, we cope well. Other times, we get trapped in a cycle of mental and physical stress that leads to a state of chronic challenge to our body and mind. The problem with chronic stress is the cascade of hormonal and physical changes that can lead to real health…
Reduce Stress with Your Breath
Stress. In our fast-paced, ever-changing world, it’s hard not to make it through the day without feeling the effects of this ubiquitous emotion. We tighten our shoulders, cringe up our eyes and shorten our breath without even realizing it, heightening the damage to our bodies that chronic stress ultimately brings. But, we don’t have to…
Don’t Worry; Be Healthy
Call it what you will–stress, anxiety, burnout–a mind tied up in knots quickly leads to a body that is less than healthy. Despite the rapidity with which our technology-driven world changes, our bodies and the hormones which do the communicating between cells for us are moving at a relative snail’s pace. In short-speak, our bodies…
Are You Ready For A Spring Cleaning?
The beginning of Spring is a great time to think about the changes you can make to reduce stress in your everyday life, including the stress you put on your body through your diet and lifestyle choices. Stress can be physical and mental. Physical stress happens when we eat foods that are fried or otherwise…
Fun Food Facts For Your Holidays
Now that even your Thanksgiving leftovers are thin on the ground, it’s time to take a moment to learn some facts about foods that may not be on your Top Ten list, but should be. ~~~ Live Longer with Nuts Nuts are rich in nutrients and healthy monounsaturated fats and prior studies have found various…
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