Holiday Gift Guide: For Your Wife
You are always willing to shower your wife with love and affection. You should also give her some high-quality Christmas gifts that can adequately reflect your love and respect for her. These gifts will reflect that she’s making a noticeable difference in the lives of her treasured family members. Here are some gift ideas to show how much you care. A Nice Set of Pajamas If your wife likes to get comfortable at home, nothing is more comfy than a good silk or satin pajama set. These pajamas are made with high-quality silk that’s incredibly soft and smooth, and allow them to lounge around the house in absolute comfort. Don’t…
Chronic Stress: Unhealthy and Healthy Coping Skills
Today is National Stress Awareness Day which is held on the first Wednesday of every November. Today is an opportunity to recognize and reduce the chronic stress factors in your life. I have published 2 posts about stress and how to deal — this is the second. Here is the link to the first. 15 Unhealthy Coping Methods Your world is full of stressors. Exposure to long-term stress can alter your genes, increase inflammation in the body, and cause a wide variety of serious health issues that affect the body and mind. Learning how to cope with chronic stress in healthy ways is vital to reducing and managing stress. However,…
National Stress Awareness Day 2019
Today is National Stress Awareness Day which is held on the first Wednesday of every November. Today is an opportunity to recognize and reduce the stress factors in your life. I have published 2 posts about stress and how to deal– this is the first. Stress: Chronic Or Acute? Most people make the incorrect assumption that all stress is the same, when in fact, there is bad and good stress. This response is a primal reaction that ensured our survival in the past. But in today’s world, we don’t need this survival response as much, if ever. Instead, our responses have been influenced by events such as being late for…
Day 2: Joy in Simplicity
This is Day 2 of the 30 Thankful Days Challenge. If you haven’t downloaded the free companion journal, here is the link. I hope you enjoy! These days, we are plugged in, turned on, and firing on all 8 cylinders, all the time, everywhere we go. But this behavior is a recipe for burnout, and we are all probably well aware of that fact. Never before in history has a craving for simple pleasures been so strong or so important. Do you find that simplicity manages to escape you, even on those days when you swear you’re going to spend some time on a grounding activity? Do cherished pastimes such…
Are You Ready For A Sugar Detox?
It’s so mean that I’m publishing this the day after Halloween, isn’t it? And right before the holidays too! There’s been a lot of talk about how bad sugar is for your health and that you should go through a sugar detox. But are you ready for it? If you’re consuming quite a bit of sugar each day (and who isn’t?), this isn’t going to be easy. Keep reading to make sure you know what you’re in for, so you’ll be prepared. That alone will help you tough it out and make it through your sugar detox days. A Sugar Detox Takes Willpower It’s going to take some willpower to…
10 Fitness Tips
If you’re a newbie thinking of starting a fitness regime, use these 10 tips for beginners to make sure that you reach your goals. Make Your Workout Worth It If you want to get the most out of your workout, you need to remember that around 80% of the results that you get from your workout actually come from just 20% of your workout. That means that in an hour’s session, only 12 minutes of the workout will contribute to the bulk of your results. You need to make those minutes really count. Use compound movements that work for more than one muscle group at a time to really make…
Finding Meaning In Life Can Improve Your Happiness
“Do what makes you happy.” If you’ve ever felt unsatisfied with a job or any other personal or professional situation, you’ve probably heard that advice in the title until your ears bleed. However, this advice is not only not really helpful, but it’s also somewhat misguided. Context matters! Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness In today’s world, the pursuit of happiness is a deeply ingrained concept. We’re taught to expect our lives to be fairly happy, and we’re encouraged to do whatever it takes to achieve that. But, as with everything else in life, happiness isn’t so simple. What is happiness? First of all, happiness refers to what you…
A Product Service Review: Fabletics
This review contains only my own opinions. I am an affiliate so I may receive compensation if you purchase products through the link at no additional cost to you. I was not compensated for this post. As a regular walker and occasional yogi, I wear a lot of leggings! Lots of leggings! My son says I don’t exercise enough for these outfits! 😊 I started wearing them almost exclusively when my kidney started failing sometime in 2014. I didn’t have a lot of energy, so leggings were easy to wear. When I had the dialysis catheter implanted into my abdomen in September 2015, the leggings were a blessing! Even now,…
How to Start Using Essential Oils
You’ve decided that you would like to get healthier, get rid of the toxic chemicals in your home or maybe you are just curious about using natural remedies for common ailments. If you can relate to any of these scenarios, essential oils might be just what you need. Your First Hurdle Confusion can quickly set in once you realize just how many different kinds of oils are available. To add fuel to the fire, there are also many different brands (and they are not all equal in quality), various ways to use them, etc. You get the idea. Every novice essential oil user has experienced this type of confusion and…
Check Out Some Fall Breakfast Options
Fall provides so many options for superfood breakfast options! I created a post on Life: The Reboot last fall looking at some of the delicious options. This post covered fall breakfast bowls, green juices, and smoothies. I even included a photo of my not pretty version of one of the recipes in the comments! For Blogtober Day 22, I decided to share that post. Hopefully, you can find some tasty breakfast options that you might want to try! Fall Breakfast Options Enjoy! Blogtober Day 22 I can’t believe how fast this month has gone. Just over one week of posts to go! Halloween Roundup Other Ways to Celebrate: Other Alternatives to…
