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Balancing Rest, Relaxation, and Exercise for Effective Self-Care

=> Check out my free Amazon ebooks HERE ! The modern world is a demanding one, and it can be hard to keep up a healthy lifestyle because of it. Even so, there are a number of mental and physical activities that you can do to ensure you get the right level of self-care. Self-care is the daily tasks that, while they might not be fun, leave you feeling whole. Self-care involves making decisions that make you feel good and well, whatever that might mean for you at the given time. If you feel that working out in the morning will make you feel good, then doing it is self-care. If making a wholesome family dinner is what makes you feel well, then doing that is self-care. Why Self-Care is Important Experts agree too much stress causes a range of health problems and – given that over two-thirds (70%) of American adults admit to dealing with stress and anxiety – it makes sense to include rest, relaxation, meditation, and fitness into a self-care routine. Don’t think that self-c...

Your Authentic Self: Love Who You Are Right Now

=> Check out my Kindle ebooks HERE! Many of us live our lives on autopilot.  We exist day to day programmed like an automaton and never consider the choices we have.  We let our old habits dominate what we do and what we think. We have walked down the same familiar, well-worn path for so long that we assume this is what life is all about.  We unwittingly accept it and do not believe it can be any better or different.  We can become so entrenched in our old habits that we do not even realize that we are not living but are only surviving. If you think about it, many of us have spent the better part of our lives operating based on a series of false beliefs.  These beliefs can make us feel as if we are somehow inadequate.  We learned to say and do things to keep the peace and make others happy.  But, who is working on making us happy?  This task, my friends, is ours and ours alone.  Researchers suggest that our ability to be congruent...

Mental Health and Your Career

Mental Health enables us all to flourish and reach our highest potential in the workplace. Individually, we understand and hope that companies begin to tap in, acknowledge and support the importance of well-being in the workplace. I know it may sound cliché but the mind is really a terrible thing to waste. No one person is exempt from experiencing a mental health challenge. Frequently, we take on life stressors, and our mental capacity is forced to deal with the gravity of all the responsibilities at work. There are many variables that can take our mental health balance off track – such as an untimely death in the family, an abusive relationship or work environment, responsibilities of being a student and parent at the same time are just a few examples. Regardless of the events or situations that throw us off track, finding a navigation system that re-directs you back to a healthy function is critical.  By definition, mental health is the level of emotional, psych...