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Holiday Gift Guide: For the Fitness Enthusiast
When someone is into fitness, they tend to be pretty serious about it. With each passing year, more and more people are becoming devoted to getting in shape. But if this year is going to be their first, you’ll want to hook them up with some good fitness equipment and gifts before they start, so that they’ll have a smooth time while developing a passion for it. Workout Gear The first major piece of fitness equipment you need is some proper workout clothes. Nobody comes to the gym in jeans and a polo, so if they don’t already have good workout clothes, they’ll need to get some. You can get…
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Holiday Gift Guide: For Your Boyfriend
Buying gifts for your boyfriend might be a little difficult sometimes, depending on how long you’ve been dating. You might not want to spend a ton of money, and he might not have opened up to you enough yet for you to get a complete idea of what all hobbies and interests he has. Even so, there are still plenty of good, reliable options that you can go with. If your boyfriend tends to style his facial hair or even just go clean-shaven, a new shaving kit could bring a lot of comfort to his life (and yours!). Shaving Kits Cheap shaving kits can lead to things like cuts or…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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30 Thankful Days: Consideration of the Beauty of Life
Welcome to the 30 Days Thankful Series. This series is designed to serve as a joyful reflection on the beauty of life. Past Thankful Days History As a matter of fact, I ran this series last year in a Pinterest Group to mixed success. This year, I am going to run it on my blog to give more people the chance to read it and participate. Correspondingly, there is so much to be grateful for, not just around the Thanksgiving table, but every day of our lives. Even the most ordinary moments can fill us with joy if we take time to acknowledge the earnest in the commonplace or the…
