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New Habits for Your Nighttime Routine
How much attention do you pay to your nighttime routine? Even if you think you don’t have a routine, you probably do. There might be certain things you do before going to bed, whether it is brushing your teeth or taking vitamins, and turning on the TV to watch late-night television. Now is a great time to work on improving your nighttime routine and have the best sleep ever. The Slow Wind-Down Stage Start your night by winding down at least an hour before you actually intend to get into bed. This allows your body and mind to begin relaxing and associating the routine with bedtime. It makes a really…
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Ideas for Substitutions in Gluten-free Baking and Gluten-Free Crust!
Today is National Gluten-Free Day! I don’t typically cook gluten-free but I have tried a few gluten-free recipes. When I was in med school, this wasn’t a big topic so I wanted to learn more about it. Always curious! To commemorate the day, let’s look at gluten-free baking! When embarking on gluten-free baking it’s important to accept that the foods you love most may not taste the same in gluten-free form. However, you may find that you like them even more than before so don’t lose all hope. In addition, you need to understand that there is no identical substitute for foods and the textures and flavors will be different.…
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Six Healing Herbs and Spices
With all of the health concerns that we are facing in this new year, finding ways to augment our health is a popular topic. Social distancing, wearing masks, exercising, and eating healthier are all commonly discussed these days. A less commonly discussed topic is the potential benefits of herbs and spices. While herbs and spices can’t completely prevent illnesses or cure diseases, they may have a lot of powerful natural healing abilities. Here are the 6 healing herbs and spices we love the most. 1. Turmeric The first healing spice will probably come as no surprise to you – turmeric. Turmeric is a wonderful anti-inflammatory spice that contains a lot…
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The Best Habits for Early Morning Hours
While there is no such thing as a “perfect” morning routine, there are definitely some habits that can benefit you if you do them early in the morning before getting started with your day. Waking Up Slowly and Naturally Waking up slowly and naturally is not about not using an alarm clock and hoping your boy wakes up at the right time. Instead, it is more about allowing your mind and body a little time to start waking up, instead of jolting out of bed and stumbling directly to the coffee pot. Take a few minutes to sit on your bed in the quiet and stretch, allow yourself some time…
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New Year, New Home Gyms
Late last year, I published a post on some of the basics of starting a home gym: Start a Home Gym with These Equipment Options. That is a great place to start if you are starting your own home gym. Moving forward, here we are at the start of a New Year with new bigger goals for our mental and physical health… And we are still in a pandemic right now so visiting the gym may not be the best option for many people. Thus I decided to add more to the topic of home gyms. My family has a home gym in our game room — an elliptical machine,…
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Slow Cooker Southwestern Breakfast Casserole
I love my slow cooker! I have said that before on this blog — my slow cooker is a magical invention. I ran a Slow Cooker Challenge on this blog last January. There are 30 days of slow cooker recipes of all types. As January is National Slow Cooker Month, this is the ideal time to find recipes for our cookers. How about a new breakfast recipe? Making a breakfast that requires little work from me is a win-win any season of the year but especially during the cooler months. You can snuggle under your blanket while your meal is cooking away… Sounds great, right? On to the recipe… Slow…
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Turning Your New Years’ Resolutions Into Goals
It is that time of year when people decide what they want to get done and call them resolutions. While New Years’ Resolutions can be fun to choose, they don’t often stick. But the reason they fail isn’t because you can’t achieve them, but because they are often not thought out and don’t have a plan. When you treat resolutions more like goals, you have a much higher chance of success. Use the SMART Method Treat your resolutions like goals by using the popular SMART method for creating goals you will stick to. This includes: Specific – You should be able to be specific and write details about the goal…
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6 Ways to Have a Healthy New Year
The new year is the perfect opportunity to develop healthy habits and add things to your routine for your physical and emotional health. Here are some easy ways to have the healthiest new year ever. 1. Take a Different Approach to New Years’ Resolutions Before you do anything else, make sure you are approaching your new years’ resolutions in a healthy and realistic way. Instead of making the mistake of having these grand resolutions you feel like you couldn’t accomplish, set smaller and more attainable goals related to your health. 2. Consider What Went Wrong the Last Few Years You have probably set other healthy new years’ resolutions or lifestyle…
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It’s National Whipped Cream Day: White Café Mocha Recipe
Hello, everyone! I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday season. We stayed at home and spent lots of time with our kids. Now it’s time to get back to work. I have set new goals and plans for 2021. I am looking forward to this year! Here is the first new recipe for this year! National Day: January 5th is National Whipped Cream Day One thing I did do during the holidays was make gourmet coffee shop drinks for the family along with all the other food that we ate during the holidays. It was nice to nice to enjoy those types of treats without having to leave…
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How to Reset Your Mindset
We are creatures of habit, and that includes our mindset and thought patterns. You have probably noticed this when something stressful or upsetting happens; your mind tends to go the same place it always does. While this can be frustrating, it is also very possible to change how you react by changing your entire mindset. Flip the Script Flipping the script is about taking your normal thought processes, and flipping them. All those negative thoughts and the negative self-talk can be turned around into something positive. Remember the point is not to put pressure on yourself and force yourself to be positive all the time. That just isn’t realistic. Let…
