Be the Boss of Your Brain. What balances your blood sugar balances your brain chemistry. Our three brain chemicals that produce happy, relaxed feelings and resilience to stress are Serotonin, Beta-endorphis and Dopamine. Serotonin What is Serotonin? Serotonin is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that is our “feel good” chemical. It is responsible for helping to quiet…
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Top Exercise Classes to Try Part 2
One of the biggest problems for people who are looking to get fit or lose weight is that they aren’t sure exactly how to do it. The best thing about fitness classes is that you don’t have to know what you’re doing. You can just show up to the class and follow the instructor. As long…
When To Take Digestive Enzymes?
Are you trying to repair a leaky gut? Do you suffer from chronic digestive issues such as gas, bloating, indigestion, or constipation? Do you experience reflux after a meal? Or do you see pieces of undigested food or a fatty substance in your stool? If so, your body may not be producing enough digestive enzymes,…
Face Mask Frustration Fixes
Face masks protect you and others from disease, but long term use can cause discomfort. These tips should help alleviate the most common frustrations. Ear pain and skin sensitivity – Choose natural materials like cotton and get creative with where you loop the straps, try a high bun, sew buttons onto a headband, or buy…
Daily Dose for the Soul
All physical actions requiring touch are physical karma. Physical karma leaves behind physical residue. Let us say you have an apple. You peel and deseed it to enjoy better taste. You eat the apple leaving the skin and seeds behind. Your action of eating the fruit has resulted in the residue of apple skin and…
Daily Dose of Affirmation
Each day you can journey from your Alpha (it begins with you) to your Omega, which in the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is the point within each of us where our inner spiritual nature meets our outer worldly nature. It is with this thought I bring to you daily dose of affirmations for…
Support and Validation
In uncertain times, supporting your friends and family can help them make it through. The researchers studied how people responded to a variety of different messages offering emotional support. They found that messages that validated a person’s feelings were more effective and helpful than ones that were critical or diminished emotions. But it is a…
Daily Dose of Nature
Handmade Liquid Soap The common cold and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (or Covid-19) may be opposite in the impacts they can have on human health, but they belong to the same family. Both are respiratory tract infections caused by coronaviruses. As a respiratory illness, covid-19 viruses are mostly transmitted via virus-infused droplets from…
How to Shut Down a Narcissist
Although narcissists don’t, or won’t, show it, all perceived criticism feels gravely threatening to them—the reason that their inflamed, over-the-top reactions to it can leave us so surprised and confused. Deep down, clinging desperately not simply to a positive but grandiose sense of self, they’re compelled at all costs to block out any negative feedback about themselves. Their dilemma is that…
Daily Dose of Affirmation
Each day you can journey from your Alpha (it begins with you) to your Omega, which in the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is the point within each of us where our inner spiritual nature meets our outer worldly nature. It is with this thought I bring to you daily dose of affirmations for…
Overcome Overeating
If you are overeating, there is a reason. And it’s not that you are undisciplined, lazy, or lacking willpower. Something is driving your overeating–and guess what? Your odds of being effective and successful go WAY up when you identify how to directly address what that something is. When you don’t address the reasons you overeat, not only are your weight loss plans likely…
Tips to Improve Your Digestive System
Slow digestive systems can leave you feeling lethargic, bloated and possibly even like you have gained weight. Your digestive system is an essential part of your metabolism, and along with eliminating waste, it is through this system that you absorb the vitamins and other nutrients that are in your food. A well-functioning digestive system requires…
Benefits of Magnesium
Magnesium really is everywhere in the body. It’s the 4th most abundant mineral. It’s involved in hundreds of different biochemical reactions and enzyme systems, supporting processes like protein synthesis, cell growth, and energy production. It has roles in nerve function, muscle control, and blood pressure. Even blood sugar regulation depends on magnesium. The body has…
Health Not Improving? Know Why.
What is it that lets some people live to age 100 and beyond and we are still struggling to get our health back on track. There’s no need to have your DNA sequenced yet to determine what genes you carry. It won’t change what you need to do now. You have the power to change…
Benefits Of Celery
Celery is having a broad spectrum of use as an aphrodisiac, anthelmintic, antispasmodic, carminative, diuretic, emmenagogue, laxative, sedative, stimulant, and toxic. Celery is known as mild diuretic and urinary antiseptic and has been in the relief of flatulence and griping pains. Here are 10 health benefits of Celery : Lowers Inflammation : As it is…
Rules To Live By
I hear this or some version of “things move too fast” every day. It’s no wonder. Just a scant five or seven years ago we had a choice: to plug in, or to refrain. Today, most feel they don’t have a choice. We’ve grown new appendages in the name of “i” gadgets or other connected…
Power of Intention
Sometimes stepping out of one’s comfort zone can amount to a huge phase shift in life, like taking a new job or starting a relationship. Other times the act can be as simple as forgoing a daily routine to do something new and different like socializing with coworkers after hours or finally taking the step…
Self Doubt – Kill It
Self-doubt is paralyzing. It will cripple you and prevent you from taking action or moving forward. To render someone ineffective, you don’t have to get them to change the core of their beliefs you just have to get them to doubt the validity of their beliefs. Do you want to be crippled like this? Sadly,…
You Need To Fall In Love With Yourself
The problem is, we forget to love ourselves. We cannot expect someone to commit to us if we are not devoted to ourselves. We cannot hope for someone to support us if we don’t have faith in ourselves. We cannot wish for security and laughter and jealous fights if we do not believe that we…
A Productive Morning Routine
What if you could manufacture a perfect day? One of those ah-so-amazing days when you have the “productive touch” (similar to the midas touch but instead of turning things into gold, you open a can of to do-list destroying whoop-ass). Crafting a morning routine is a personal thing. First of all, you can’t do everything. Morning…
Sunday Affirmations
Have you ever really thought about the power of the words “I am”? Even deeper, do you consciously realize the subconscious “I am” statements that you are holding about yourself? Think about that for a moment and, hey, be honest with yourself. What do YOU think of YOURSELF? What are you saying about who you are on…
Ideas for Self Care
The principle of “taking care of self” is such an important principle for a balanced, happy, peaceful and healthy life. Self care is not selfish. Practicing self-care and self-love has become an essential part of my life and it has helped me stay upbeat and true to myself despite all the setbacks and obstacles life has…
Tips on Positive Thinking
Positive thinking is a possibility for everyone. It doesn’t matter what your education level is, your income, or your social status. You choose to be positive or negative, regardless of your life and circumstances. You have the control and power over your thoughts. So stop making excuses as to why you can’t be a positive…
Positive Thinking Benefits
Did you know your outlook determines how you live your life? A positive person tends to be happier and successful, while a negative person tends to be unhappy and less successful. Why is this? It’s because positive thinking allows you to see the possibilities in life. You are never limited. This is just one of…
Assertive Communication Skills
Assertive communication is the ability to speak and interact in a manner that considers and respects the rights and opinions of others while also standing up for your own rights, needs and personal boundaries. Assertive communication skills create opportunities for open discussion with a variety of opinions, needs and choices to be respectfully heard and…
Boost Your Brain Power
There is no getting away from the fact that the human brain is an astonishing piece of kit and whilst we actually use more of our brains than some people may have us believe, scientists are still a long way from discovering the full potential of it. Many of us experience days where even the…
Simple Ways to Relieve Stress
Trying to fight Monday Blues? Stress is an inevitable part of life, especially for highly competitive and successful individuals. Reactions triggered by stressors can have a beneficial affect on your performance and overall health. Is your stress turning into distress? Do you wonder how you can continue to cope with the pressures of daily life…
Sunday Affirmations – Be Mindful
Do you feel tired, anxious, stressed, sad or unfocused? Do you feel like you go through the motions of life, cruising in autopilot mode – possibly not living the moments of your life to the fullest or lacking a connection with the beauty of life? Do you find yourself worrying about the future, feeling anxious over things that have…
Time Management Tips
Applying the correct time management skills and tips can help you get more organized and increase productivity. The more of these tools you learn to use, the more that you will get done each day. Here are some time management tips for you. Follow these closely and you’ll be well on your way to becoming…
Celebrate Yourself Today
Celebrate yourself today, you deserve it. I have always had a hard time congratulating myself. I actually have to remind myself to do so. I so often do not see all that I have done in my own life. I am sure you feel that too, but do you know why? Because we are forward thinkers. We look…
Reduce Anger By Self Talk
Are anger management problems making life difficult for you and the people in your life? This behavior is rooted in the mind, and for whatever reason it has become a deeply conditioned reflex. These positive self talk is here to help you retake control of yourself and break free from anger. To use these anger management…
People You Must Have In Life
Nothing incredible is accomplished alone. You cannot isolate yourself. No matter how stubborn, how confident you are, you need people to help you, to push you. You need others to help you, and you need to help others. With the right team, you can form a web of connections to make the seemingly impossible practically…
Core Beliefs For Being Successful
Core beliefs are fundamental views that we have internalized about ourselves, other people, and the world. These beliefs are generally so central to our identity and worldview that they often go unquestioned. It is important to keep in mind that core beliefs are just that beliefs. It is only because they are so longstanding and deeply internalized…
Ways to Become More Self – Disciplined
Self-discipline is a pattern of behavior where you choose to do what you know you should do, rather than what you want to do. It’s the inner power that pushes you to get out of bed to exercise rather than sleeping in. It is the assertion of willpower over more basic desires and is synonymous…
Sunday Affirmations – Bedtime
The mind is very powerful, and it needs to be spoken to. We are all aware of the power of being told, for example, that we look well; it often immediately evokes the feeling of being well. We are influenced by what people say to us. In the same way, it is extremely powerful for…
Depression Misconception
What do Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Hawking, George Patton, Michelangelo and Winston Churchill all have in common? Not only were they some of the most successful people in history, but they also dealt with depression. There are countless stigmas and misconceptions about depression. Find out what is true and what is false, and begin helping yourself, or a loved…
Importance of Exercise & Nutrition
Many people may associate the general term “health” with physical health, but your mental health also plays a key role in your well-being. Your mental health relies on a number of factors, including your genetics, but both exercise and proper nutrition play a role in preventing or treating some forms of mental illness. Here is how…
Keys to a Good Life
To be happy and healthy does not require a lot of money or time – just a little desire and motivation. If you’re trying to lead a happier, healthier life, making the necessary changes is up to you. Start with the items on this list that appeal the most to you, and work some of…
Difficult Emotions
One of the biggest challenges to working with difficult emotions like anxiety and anger is to accept them in the first place. It’s hard to do. We don’t want to accept them, because they don’t feel good. There are also lots of messages out there that seem to tell us that we should just be happy…
Laughter Is Healthy
When it comes to letting go of negativity and feelings of depression, there is nothing quite like the healing properties and benefits of laughter. Having a sense of humor not only helps to make life more fun but the more we learn to laugh at life and at ourselves, the easier it can become to face up…
Let It Go
Holding on is being brave, but letting go and moving on is often what makes us stronger and happier. Many of us believe that we have to make ourselves feel really enthusiastic about our goals and aspirations in order to manifest them. We’ve been told that if we just want our goals enough, we will achieve…
Sunday Affirmations
Do it even if you do not agree with what it says. Never mind the feeling, start by changing behavior, so will feel later. ”Fake it `til you make it”. Affirmations can be spoken aloud or read silently to yourself. Affirmations should be pronounced in the present, it prevents the mind wanders back or forward in time. Here are…
Be Confident
People read your body language, often via instinct and without thinking. It’s because our poses and postures are a great source of information. They reflect our mood and our confidence level. We stand and walk a certain way when we’re confident and another way when we’re nervous. In a glance, most people can discern if…
Boost Your Self Esteem
If you were confident you would definitely worry less and you would believe in your abilities to succeed in whatever you need to do. You would be happier and less stressed. You would feel more excited about living. New opportunities would become possible for you in an instant. Self confidence helps you to believe that…
How To Improve Yourself
Low self-esteem is a self-fulfilling prophecy. The worse you feel about yourself, the less energy and motivation you have to do what it takes to build your self-esteem around. Your self-esteem continues to plummet as your brain locks in on negative and circular thinking, further entrenching you in beliefs that have little or no basis in reality….
True Assertiveness
Conventional wisdom says that assertive people get ahead. They tell people what they think, request the resources they need, ask for raises, and don’t take no for an answer. So what are non-assertive people supposed to do if their company’s culture rewards these actions? If you’re shy or reserved, don’t fret. You can ask for what…
Quite Your Mind
For millennia, people have searched for methods to quiet their minds. Long before modern technology introduced new distractions into our lives, humans have pursued inner peace. If you’re seeking a method to quiet your mind and achieve inner peace, these few ancient techniques have proven effective even by today’s standards. Accept Everything – When you…
The Failure Myth
I’m going to fail. Why am I even trying. Do you I really need more reasons to embarrass myself? etc etc etc…… I don’t know if you have been in such a situation before where you give up even before you have tried, but I have been. We hear motivational anecdotes of people failing their…
Sunday Affirmations
We are faced with many kinds of situations and phases in our lives. Some of them are positive and bring us joy, while others are challenging, even difficult. How difficult a certain situation is for someone is a subjective experience, which is why many different kinds of things may feel challenging. Here are few affirmations…
Healthy Boundaries
This post is dedicated to an Anonymous Maadu !! You are feeling burnout? Stressed and tired? Is bitterness and resentment creeping into your relationships but you don’t know why? Do you have difficulty saying “no”? Do you feel controlled and powerless in your relationships? Do people tell you that you are overbearing and controlling? If…
Be Inspired..!! 