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3 Reasons You Should See the Doctor Every Year
Do you see your physician annually for a well-care checkup? You should! Even during this time of pandemic, you should still schedule an appointment! Our health and risk factors consistently change over time. Each year our bodies change, and regular checkups can prevent some diseases entirely. If you haven’t established a relationship with a primary care physician, it is highly recommended. While urgent care facilities are great for injuries and issues like the cold and flu, having a primary care doctor is important. On top of that, building a relationship with that doctor can be a lifesaving decision. Even if you only see your primary care doctor once per year,…
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What is Autumn Anxiety?
Anxiety is a type of mental health disorder that affects millions of people, from generalized anxiety disorder to panic disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Different people get anxiety for many different reasons, year-round. However, there is one type of anxiety that mental health professionals are seeing more often, which is anxiety that starts around the fall season. A therapist in Wales known as Ginny Scully has named it Autumn Anxiety, after seeing countless patients experiencing heightened anxiety symptoms between the end of summer and the beginning of fall. It is very closely linked to seasonal affective disorder (SAD), though is more about anxiety, and less about depression. Here are some…
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Three Brain Exercises for Kids
One of the top trending topics in health recently is about brain health. People want to do their best to improve their brain health by working on muscle memory and preventing age-related brain conditions like Alzheimer’s and dementia. However, this is also important for kids who are still growing and learning their cognitive skills. Here are some things to consider when it comes to brain training and brain exercises for kids. Benefits of Brain Exercises First of all, let’s discuss some of the reasons you might want to have your kids do brain exercises. With these exercises, you are helping to boost your child’s brain development during a very pivotal…
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Tips on How to do a Weekly Reset
A weekly reset is simply a routine you do once a week that helps you get ready for the week. It is most often done on Sunday before your work week starts, but if you work on different days, it would be done the day before your week begins. Catch Up on Tasks You Fell Behind on Before you do anything else, take some time finishing anything you didn’t get done, that you are able to do right now. That way, you aren’t getting even more behind when the new week begins. Try to do this on Saturday if you can, so that Sunday is freed up for the rest…
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National Chili Month: Instant Pot® Pulled Pork Chili
It’s October of this amazingly strange year, and it’s even getting chilly right now in Southern Texas. It’s starting to be chili season! October is National Chili Month. There are so many types of chili — beef, pork, turkey, meatless. I love experimenting with the different recipes and seeing which one my family likes best. Since fall is my favorite season, I tend to make a LOT of chili. Crockpots make chili cooking pretty effortless but the Instant Pot? Quick and mostly hands-free! It’s a game changer! This easy Instant Pot® chili recipe only takes 15 minutes of hands-on prep time. After that, the Instant Pot® does all the work.…
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Start a Home Gym With These Equipment Options
I have been thinking about this topic quite a bit lately. Since I can’t really go to the gym because of my immune system suppression, I am considering what additional items I need to complete my home gym. Looking at home gym equipment can put you into sticker price shock. It can also be confusing when you try to figure out which equipment is best, what bells and whistles you need, and how you can maximize your space to get the equipment that is right for you. Before you go with the store clerk suggestion, consider these equipment options that are affordable and can get your home gym off to…
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3 Ways to Have More Energy in the Morning
We’ve all experienced it – we set our alarm for 7 AM with the best of intentions, but when the time comes, we hit the “snooze” button repeatedly and start our day much slower than we hoped. The days seem to blend together — who wants to get out of bed? Starting the day sluggishly sets a disappointing tone for the rest of the day. It’s hard to feel motivated and upbeat when you start your day behind schedule. Everyone wants to wake up with energy, but most of us start our mornings on a slow note. Fortunately, it is possible to wake up early and have high energy to…
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Life Reset: Look at Your Daily Routines
Your daily routines are simply the activities you do each day, in a certain order or sequence. Most people are not even aware of their habits and routines because they just do them on auto-pilot. But understanding more about what you do and why you do it can help tremendously for making positive changes. Make a List of Your Routines Before you can figure out if you need to adjust your routines, you need to understand what they consist of right now. You have routines, whether you realize it or not, from how you get ready in the morning to what you do after you get off work. Take some…
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4 Common Eye Infections
The eyes are complex organs with a direct line to the brain. Their job is incredibly important, and all the many working parts of an eye turn reflected light into the images we see. We’ve got to make it through our entire life with just the two of them. Therefore, eye health should be a top priority if we want our eyes to last as long as possible. This month is Halloween Safety Month and World Blindness Awareness Month. We should take a moment to think about our eyes and their care. Show a little appreciation for them… There are several eye diseases we really can’t do much about and…
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Analysis: How to Pick Areas of Your Life to Reset
Life Reset. Previous posts have looked at the Reasons for a health goal reset and 4 signs you need a life reset. But where should you start? Are you interested in looking at your life subjectively? The goal is to figure out what needs to be tweaked and what area of your life you need to on. That is often one of the first big questions. Here are some different areas of your life to consider working on. Daily Habits and Routines The first area of your life to focus on with a life reset is with your daily habits and routines. These are the things you do every day,…
