Stress LESS through Mindful Living®
It’s National Recycling Month—the perfect time to rethink our waste. With a little ingenuity, plastic bottles and cardboard boxes can easily be “upcycled” and turned into something completely different. This weekend, transform former waste into useful accessories for your home and wardrobe with these recycling projects. 4 Recycling Projects You’ve Got to Try Design a…
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Feeling stressed at work? Consider checking your office policies about having pets in the office. Having your favorite four-legged friend at work with you is a great way to reduce stress. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. households have a pet. As these numbers continue to grow, more workers are requesting to bring their pets to work.…
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It’s summer and an ideal time to go outside and enjoy the outdoors just being outside with nature will help you relax and reduce stress. For an extra bonus, going barefoot around it’s an instant stress relief solution. Many people take their feet for granted until they get an injury, a sore, or physical ailment.…
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Book clubs have become popular in our culture. They can help you meet new people, discuss intellectual topics, and grow in your own wisdom. Now, people across the country are taking extra steps to learn more about others and themselves in a new trend called dream clubs. Dream clubs are similar to book clubs. Groups…
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We can all do with a walk every now and then, but taking a Mindful approach to your exercise routine can turn your nature walk into eco-therapy. Nature walks have been used to treat an array of medical conditions like hypertension, headaches, stress, depression, diabetes, and digestive disorders. Walking releases endorphins in your body that…
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Gardening has been shown to improve your health. The CDC says that 2.5 hours of gardening a week is great for strengthening your muscles and burning calories. Gardening can also improve your mental health. Psych Central says that it’s a therapeutic way for your mind to relax. Create one or a combination of all three types…
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Stress and depression can compromise your internal organs—from your stomach to your brain. They can also have negative effects on your kidneys. One in three Americans is at risk for kidney disease. Stress and depression can increase the risk of kidney disease or exacerbate kidney problems. What Do Kidneys Do? It’s your kidney’s job to…
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Do you need help releasing stress? Ecotherapy and exercise cannot only relieve stress—it can also boost your mental health and decrease levels of depression. Combine Eco-therapy with exercise and get an extra large dose of stress relief when you practice outdoor yoga. Yoga is a very popular pastime in the United States. And with incredible…
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The American Psychological reports that 65 percent of employees reveal that work is a significant source of stress in their lives. Our workplaces continue to be a key stressor in our lives. A new term for a type of work stress is “brownout.” Most of us are familiar with the term burnout but brownout is…
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Are you tired of the gloomy days, short days with little sunlight, heavy thick clothes, and being sequestered in your home. Don’t worry those days are over, its time to say hello sunshine and breathe the spring in the air! It is time to open the windows, shed our heavy winter clothes and get outside.…
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