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How to Eat Healthy While You Are Traveling
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta Eating healthy while...
How Resistance Bands Workouts Help You Gain Muscle Mass
Resistance bands have been with us for more than 100 years, and the first ones were simply pieces of rubberized tubing. Originally intended just for physical therapy, the bands were quickly revealed to have many health benefits for non-patients as well. Today, there's a resistance band for every exercise need. But if the right resistance bands aren't paired with the right workout program, they essentially become glorified rubber bands. With the right program, these bands don't just offer a vital assist in strengthening muscle mass. Stamina and greater flexibility result as well. Read More...
You’re not Alone When You’re Single, Here’s Why
“Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love…but don’t put your life on...
What Happens to Your Body When You Do a Juice Cleanse
The first time I had fresh homemade juice was from my boyfriend’s mum as she handed me a glass full of very dark liquid and said “drink this” with no explanation whatsoever! The only response I could give was “ok.” I was a little apprehensive at first but, took a sip, and surprisingly found myself loving it! Read More...
How to Manage Workplace Stress in 5 Easy Steps
Everyone is different with unique stress triggers of their own as well as ways of dealing with stress. However, work is one common trigger that many of us share. Whether or not you enjoy your job, anything from the desire to do better, to deadlines, probably make you feel anxious regularly. Too often, that anxiousness can build itself up into stress in no time. This is why today, I want to talk to you about 5 tried (by me) and tested things that can help relieve your work-related stress. Read More...
4 Anti-Aging Secrets That Will Turn Back The Clock For You
Billions of dollars are spent in the search for the anti-aging elixir, that miracle cure that reverses the inevitable decline of our skin's elasticity, the nimbleness of our limbs and the size of our brain mass. So after decades of searching, are we any closer to finding that fountain of youth? Read More...
A Super Useful Guide to Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
Would you be considered a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? If you are a heavy sleeper then you need to pass this article on to the light sleepers you know. But, if you toss around at night unable to still be asleep due to your partner’s heavy movements on the other side of the bed then read further. We’ve compiled a few tips to help you sleep through the night better. Read More...
Simple Stress Relief in the Middle of Chaos
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. – Chinese Proverb How do...
Get Smarter: 3 Powerful Brain Hacks to Skyrocket Your IQ
The human brain is astounding. Brain research continues, almost daily, to excite us and challenge our formal understanding of what is really going on within.
We used to think that we had access to only 10% of our brainpower. This, of course, is entirely misunderstood and is a fact that continues to be misused and misquoted.
Let me explain this statement to expose the nature of this conspiracy that continues to limit our thinking and gives us doubt. Read More...
The Remarkably Strange Technique I Used to Overcome My Fear of People
photo source “Sometimes you only get one chance to rewrite the qualities of the character you played in...
One Powerful Habit That Changed My Life For Good
It was only when I was left with nothing to hold on to, nothing to escape to, no one to hide behind or to enable me, that I was literally forced to dig deep inside me and find the strength I never thought I had, in order to survive. But there it was, hidden somewhere in me, waiting for me, one powerful habit that saved my life. Read More...
How to Explain Anxiety to Someone Who Doesn’t Get it
When we talk to people suffering from anxiety, most of them would describe this as a feeling of deep dread, apprehension of doom and gloom. It is a part of 'fight or flight' response which is a natural reaction to events we find rather stressful; it helps us deal with various demanding situations like before delivering a speech and getting exposed in front of a massive audience, or studying and trying to pass the excruciatingly important exam. In fairness, short-term anxiety can help us stay more focused and alert which could be useful when dealing with perceived threat, but long-term anxiety has a harmful impact on the body and the mind. Read More...
What I’ve Learned From My Love-Hate Relationship With My Body
When I stood completely naked in front of the mirror, staring at my own reflection, I seen nothing that I liked, I hated EVERYTHING about my body. When I was 12 stone (with the height of 5'2'' ) of painful shame and all of my deeply swallowed feelings, I hated it even more when it was forever starving yet socially acceptable UK size 10. Read More...
5 Powerful Steps to Begin Living a Mindful Life
Take these 5 powerful steps to begin living a mindful life. Practice and practice of these steps will get you there. Learning to return to the present moment, whatever you are feeling or experiencing, is the goal that you seek. Read More...
Do You Have to Know the Darkness Before You Can Appreciate the Light?
When I started writing my blog about my mental health, I realized that at some point, I was going to be writing while in the middle of an episode of depression. As I have been mentally well for such a long time, I thought that could take ages to be the case, and I may almost seem a fraud. Call it the law of attraction, but here I am a short time later in the midst of what seems to be one of the worst episodes I have had for some time. Read More...
How to Cope With Panic Attack
Panic + Fear = Powerless. An equation that has frequently been added up in my head! Anyone who has ever suffered from panic attacks (even if you have only had one once) will know they’re hard to forget. Not to mention tough to manage. In this post, I hope to be able to share my experiences of panic attacks and give some advice on how to live life alongside these unpredictable moments. Read More...
One Thing You Should Know About Overcoming Eating Disorder
It was November and I was sat there in a waiting room at the front of an inpatient mental health adolescent hospital in Bristol. My parents sat either side of me. All of us were quite anxious and a bit on edge. The last 24 hours hung over us, my heart ECG coming back as bad and a huge family argument about what was right for me. I guess the reality was that those arguments had pretty much been my life for the last year or so. Ever since my parents had decided to interfere with my eating and made me go to CAMHs. Read More...
6 Tips to Support Your Loved One During Recovery
Everybody knows someone. From your own family, from your circle of friends, from your workplace, from the community you live in - someone who is struggling with addiction - alcohol, social drugs, prescription drugs, so the list goes on. I know plenty of “someones,” but those are the circles I move in. In a way, I always have. Read More...
How to Help Your Loved One with Mental Health Problems
We like to comfort ourselves with the thought that medicine has advanced so much that few things are still a mystery and that most, if not all, diseases can be resolved. There is only a category of diseases that still cause fear, confusion and anxiety, the ones about which people talk in a low voice – mental disorders. However, even such an extreme situation as having or living with a loved one who has a mental disorder can be survived with the right approach. Read More...
What Makes a Good Night’s Sleep?
A good night’s rest is an important part of your overall health, and not getting the recommended 7 to 9 hours a night can eventually play havoc on both your mental and physical state. Long term sleep debt results in not only a sluggish you, but can even increase your risk for cardiovascular problems, obesity, and even stroke. If you struggle with insomnia, tossing and turning, or pain throughout the night, you may want to consider a few factors contributing to your discomfort. Read More...
Eating Well is Something We Should Aim to Do Every Day, Right?
Some of us learned to associate 'eating well' with 'dieting' – those things are fundamentally different. Eating well is something ALL of us should aim for on a daily basis, so there is no need to rush and therefore there is no risk giving up on it too. It's way better to take things slowly, one step at a time, gradually shifting your eating habits in an enjoyable and sustainable way over the long term. Read More...