So many people struggle to do healthy behaviors, such as eating right and exercising, even though they are fully aware of the consequences of not doing them. Stop the insanity, learn how you can conquer cravings and win the mind game.
As the holiday season approaches, you will find article after article, rolled out to help you manage the “stress” of the holidays. Isn’t ironic that the very time of year designated to cultivate peace, strengthen the spirit, and restore the family, causes more strife, imbalance, and disharmony than any other time of year? This...
Science has shown the multifaceted benefits associated with the focused relaxation and how it positively affects a diverse population, but how they are benefited is more complex. To break it down, there are three main areas where benefits are noted. They are mentally, physically and systemically. Learn how each is impacted by use of...
Stress has been listed as one of the major causative factors for preventable disease. It is known to set in to motion an unhealthy chain of events within the body, causing damage to health. Just as damage can be derived from stress related illness, studies now show that the body can be healed through...
Focused relaxation has two main components: mental and physical. Physically, the muscles throughout the body begin to release tension. Mentally, the mind is quieted and focused inwardly on the body and breath at that very moment, a state of mind is then created in which stressors, negative self-talk, and other worries can be eliminated...
The body is cyclic in nature. Foods eaten, along with how the exertion and recovery cycle is balanced, impact the body systems, predisposing susceptibility or immunity to many preventable health conditions. This also impacts how the body’s systems handle stressors and the resulting systemic response impacts overall health. Each event creates part of a...
There are reasons for the things you choose to do, or not do. Often you may find yourself doing the very thing you did not want to do. While you may not always recognize your motivation, it is always present. The motivators that are easily recognized are in your conscious awareness and those that...
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