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S.E.L.F. Care During a Hurricane

It’s hurricane season. Besides physically getting ready stocking up supplies, securing property and even evacuating, how can you get emotionally prepared for this 900-mile mega storm? Stress caused by natural disasters can negatively affect your physical and emotional well-being. Yet through mindfulness and S.E.L.F. Care, you can ensure that you weather this storm (and any…
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Teen Tech Stress Crisis in America

A study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry shows technology is short-circuiting your teen’s life. This new JAMA study tells us that teens, who spend more than three hours a day on social media, are more likely to develop mental health problems including depression, anxiety, aggression, and antisocial behavior. Psychological and Biological Problems With Teens on Social…
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3 Sleeping Tips for Mindful Sleep

When a patient asks their doctor for advice on sleep improvement, many physicians will offer sleep hygiene tips like having a tranquil bedroom environment or avoiding stimulants (caffeine or nicotine) at night. While these tips are helpful, a new study shows that mindful awareness practices may be a better solution. In a Los Angeles study,…
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National Mindfulness Day

Mindfulness Day is celebrated on September 12. Each year we hope to raise awareness about the mental, physical, and spiritual benefits of mindfulness in every aspect of your life. Practicing mindfulness regularly helps reduce stress, depression, hypertension, and heart disease. It can also lower glucose to help with diabetes and aid your immune system which helps with cancer…
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Live an Intentional Life® with the A.C.E.® Practice

To Live an Intention Life® means living with a strong purpose or aim, with the determination to produce your desired result. I believe there are three ingredients or components that are the foundation for living an intentional life. They are A.C.E. Awareness, Choice, and Energy®, which is easy to remember as ACE your life. The…
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Make Your Voice Heard! Register to Vote!

Do you want a say in how this country is run? Do you want your voice to be heard? If so, you should vote! It’s a simple action, but it can do so much and unfortunately, many of us are taking our right to vote for granted. This is the year to change that. This…
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A Nap a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

A short siesta could literally improve your life, but not all U.S. companies see napping as the tool to increase productivity that it is. Drowsiness on the job costs American businesses approximately $18 billion a year lost in productivity. But, can a nap a day keep the doctor away? When you unplug, brain waves shift…
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Stress Leads to Diabetes?

Diabetes is a complicated disease that affects millions of Americans—every year 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes can lead to a host of other complications include eye problems, strokes, hypertension, and kidney disease. Fortunately, studies have found that you can reduce your risk of diabetes and these other health problems by reducing your…
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Mindfully Reduce Work Stress

What if you could take a pill to reduce the risk of diseases such as heart disease, hypertension, insomnia, chronic pain, diabetes, obesity, cholesterol and gastrointestinal conditions? Try mindfulness! Mindfulness helps you develop resilience to stress, depression, and diseases while you become more happy and peaceful. Mindfulness is the antidote to stress.  Practicing mindfulness is the…
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Remembering 9/11

Fourteen years later, our nation is still healing from the tragic events of 9/11. Will the pain, sadness, and even hatred ever end? The process of grieving on a national scale is a surprisingly intimate thing and there is no time limit to the grieving period. There is no difference between the grief of an individual…
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