Practicing extreme self-care Life as we know it is significantly altered due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this is the time to practice extreme self-care. While you might be home-bound, or out in public, you can do all kinds of things to keep your stress levels down and your mind engaged. First and foremost, practice washing [...]
The Holiday Season is a stressful time. Many people spend more money than they have, eat much more than their bodies need, and are overwhelmed with all the expectations and demands that come at this time of year. Over-indulgences lead to debt, excessive weight and regretful actions! Then, we pay the price during the coming [...]
Ever notice how sometimes you just feel stuck? Not sure how to move things forward, swimming in circles and not getting very far? We go through life expecting that we can flawlessly move forward. But when we run into a wall, or don't have what we need to continue, or there is conflict in the [...]
There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us groveling in it. Northern Exposure, Cicely, 1992 Are we wasting our potential? As humans, as individuals…there is much petty selfishness and close-mindedness in the world we forget [...]
The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society studied over 10,000 participants over eight weeks of MBSR and here's just SOME of what they found . . . Less stress, better mood, and better sleep DNA repair and immune system support A 50 percent decrease in anxiety Improved decision-making Changes to the grey [...]
Want to be relaxed, focused and more at ease? Interested in decreasing excessive thoughts, learning to refocus your mind, reduce stress and just feel good? In this series you will learn ways to relax your mind and your body. Through practice and discussion, we will focus on different mind/ body techniques and topics to help [...]
I spend a lot of time thinking about how I can support people to be healthier and happier. If you take time to care for your well-being, you could potentially enhance and extend your time on this earth. Wouldn't you want this? If you are going to be alive, why not be as functional, pain-free [...]
“Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another…The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs. It [...]
'Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.' Rumi Sometimes we spend so much time thinking, that we forget to just observe. Observing requires that you notice, but not analyze, all that is going on around and within you. Most of us find that [...]
By not doing exercise or activity on a regular basis people are sentencing themselves to the greater possibility of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, fractures and various other forms of health conditions, possibly at an earlier age. Taking care of the physical component includes muscle strengthening, stretching and cardiovascular (endurance) development. Balance and coordination [...]
