“We spend a lot of time thinking of ways to positively affect our mental health and work hard to add mental-health-friendly activities to our everyday routine. However, we do not focus enough energy on removing negative habits from our routines for the betterment of our mental health. With that being said, here are a couple of habits I have identified in my everyday life that has affected my mental health - these may be affecting you as well!”
Read More“While just getting outside to enjoy the weather is so important for our mental health - there are many different ways that we can spice up our relationship with nature and use the beautiful sights around us to our advantage. Keeping and promoting a healthy relationship with nature through exercise or fun activities ensures more positivity and a better mind-body connection”
Read More“Everyone’s anxiety manifests in different ways. For me, I notice fidgeting, nausea, butterflies in my stomach, and headaches. Being able to find comfort objects to have around when I am more anxious than usual helps ground me and reduce extra stress and anxiety. With that being said, here are some of my favorite comfort objects that help bring relief on my more anxious days.”
Read More“Being able to balance large and small acts of self care in this crazy and chaotic world can help us balance the stress of life and work. Taking mindful moments and asking ourselves what our body needs in the moment can make a large difference in our stress and anxiety levels, even with it being a small thing that is overlooked by many. Putting our minds and our bodies first through the implementation of long-term self care acts is important to ensuring we are able to manage our stress in this post-pandemic world.”
Read More“Sometimes it can be easy to let our mental and physical health decline when we are overwhelmed and stressed. However, to get ourselves out of the chaos, we need to put our health first. Taking intentional breaks throughout the day and making sure we are nurturing our bodies through sleep and food is essential in beating the chaos of life and making sure that we are putting our best foot forward every single day.”
Read MoreThe business world can be cutthroat. Entrepreneurs frequently burn the candle at both ends growing their business. Sleep deprivation, stress, and exhaustion are par for the course. Self-care – looking after your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing – tends to go out the window. However, that’s not good for you or your business.
Read MoreWhat Causes Mood Changes in Winter?
If you usually feel down in the dumps whenever winter arrives, there's a good chance something other than normal mood swings is going on. Medical experts say spending more time indoors and not getting enough sunlight can dampen your mood.
Read MoreAccording to the National Alliance on Mental Health, about one in five adults in the U.S. experienced mental illness in 2020. While there are a lot of individual factors that can increase one’s risk of developing a mental illness, the systemic issues that plague today’s society can affect the mental health of the whole population.
Read MoreThese days, millions of Americans are suffering from depression, anxiety, and various other mental and emotional disorders that can leave them feeling stressed, exhausted, helpless, and even suicidal. It’s hard to recognize those feelings in ourselves sometimes, especially when we have busy schedules and are preoccupied with taking care of our families. When you have time to yourself, however, you may begin to feel like you’re alone or that no one understands what you’re going through.
Read MorePicture this scenario: You’re genuinely a healthy person, no real immediate threat. However, one day you start to have some pain in your back. You figured it’s because you slept wrong and it’ll go away. But to your surprise, each day you wake up it gets a little worse.
Read MoreThe Seven Dimensions of Wellness include: physical, spiritual, emotional, social, environmental, career, and intellectual. In your daily life, have you ever felt like everything was going great, but for some reason you felt a little off, like something(s) is missing?
Read MoreWhat do you think of when you hear the phrase, mind-body wellness? If you’re like me, it’s probably something along the lines of doing what you can to support a healthy lifestyle. During my conversation with Ariana, I came to understand that it’s much more than that and I was amazed at how important it actually is because the benefits of simply knowing about it can make a substantial difference
Read MoreWe came out of a heckuva year this past 2020 and 2021 is not too far behind in the chaos. People are running around like madmen trying to rediscover themselves, make new careers, and find their footing after experiencing so much despair and loss. Not to mention, we are trying to all make up for our lost summers and missed life events.
Read MoreThe year 2020 was defined by the COVID-19 pandemic. We have endured job loss, depression and death. But if Covid has taught us anything, it’s that we are fully capable of pushing past our fears when we really have to. Everyone’s world has been turned upside down and fear has invaded the forefront of our society. But what did we do? We kept moving forward because we had to.
Read MoreAt the end of the day, the future waits for no one. It comes full force with whatever it decides to carry. So, if it’s going to be a hurricane, best believe you are not alone to face it. I am in the hurricane too. It is the same storm that we face even thousands of miles apart. We’ve got this. Hand in hand. Arm in arm. Heart to heart.
Read MoreMore than 1 million COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States over the last 7 days. As cases continue to increase rapidly across the United States, the safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving is to celebrate at home with the people you live with.
Read MoreLet me ask you a question. For those of you who work from 9am to 5pm every day, how much of your day are you wasting trying to kill time?
Read MoreThe workplace is changing drastically. COVID-19 created a completely new environment, which inevitably generated new workplace fears. Before the pandemic, one of the most common workplace fears was uncertainty. Uncertainty covers employees' fear of layoffs, pay cuts, and ultimately not achieving their long term career goals.
Read MoreA virtual company [wellness] retreat is exactly what teams need right now. According to studies on wellness-related investments by Harvard Business Review, companies have seen three-fold returns on employee performance, over 20% increases in productivity and creativity, along with overall employee satisfaction.
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