Category: Week 2

Stress LESS through Mindful Living®

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Starting a Book Club

One of the greatest avenues to meet new dynamic interesting people and to grow in your own knowledge and wisdom is to join or create a book club. You can join or begin an online book club, like Goodreads.com, or a traditional book club. There is no substitute for the face to face interaction, fun…
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Ways To Cure Your Stress Hangover

When you go to bed feeling stressed you anticipate waking up feeling refreshed and renewed, but this isn’t always the case. Sometimes we wake up feeling worse. Too much stress leads to stress burnout. This feeling is sometimes known as a stress hangover. Stress hangovers may occur after your body experiences an excess of stress hormones.…
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Cure the New Year’s Blues

Typically the new year is an exciting time for people. It’s an opportunity for a fresh start—a time for people to channel their energy to mindful pursuits. Unfortunately, not everyone experiences this gleeful feeling. In fact, for some the new year can be a time of sadness and depression. If you’ve got the New Year’s…
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How to Stop Stress Eating

When you’re stressed, what do you turn to for comfort? Shopping? Meditating? Napping? It turns out that many Americans turn to food. This is known as stress eating or emotional eating. Stress and Eating Believe it or not, a little stress can actually suppress hunger. This is all based on the flight-or-fight principle. The adrenaline…
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Jumpstart Your Creativity

10 Mindful Ways to Spark Creativity Did you make a creative New Year’s resolution this year? Maybe you want to write a book, start a podcast series, form a folk band, or create delicious new recipes. No matter what your goal is, you’ll need to boost your creativity to complete your innovative resolutions. With the…
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Altar Your Life with a Healing Bath

Since the beginning of time, a healing bath has been a medicinal time-honored practice. For centuries, in many cultures, people traveled to hot springs to heal. It’s also been recognized as an important spiritual ritual. In our hurried society, we rush in and out of a shower, and a bath has become a luxury. Research…
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Anxiety and Depression As Bad As Smoking

New Study Shows Your Mental Health Is As Important As Unhealthy Habits When assessing your health, we physicians are always concerned with the standard issues such as smoking, alcohol and drug consumption, weight, and activity level. A recent study released December 2018 from the University of California suggests we should be as concerned with asking…
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