Perhaps the greatest invisible threat to your health comes in the form of one that is only imagined. Yet, the damage it does to your body is every bit as real as a cancerous tumor or clogged artery. It's called stress. Stress can not only harm you, it has the potential to kill you! [...]
Most people have no idea that they have a physical organ in their belly that is responsible for storing fat. Measuring approximately 14 inches in length and 10 inches in width, this layer of fatty tissue is called the omentum. This "belly fat bag" is a slow motion regulator of bodily processes. Rather firm [...]
Doing regular guided self-reflections is a crucial part of boosting your mindset and turning a negative one into a more positive one and achieving greater success in life. Self-reflecting helps you to center your mind and reduce stress. You instantly begin to feel more in control over yourself and your general well-being immediately after [...]
The short description of meditation is that it is a process that brings peace and calmness into your being and thus your life. It is subjective and does have not have one single definition; there are many different types and techniques to meditation and it's just a matter of finding "your fit." Basically, meditation [...]
Life is full of challenges. There is not a person alive who does not face them on a daily basis. It is the challenges in life that force growth...not the comfort in life. However, it's not the challenges themselves that matter…it’s how we react and handle these challenges. What kind of mindset are we [...]
It seems that regular consistent physical exercise increases the volume of regions of the brain that are important for thinking and memory. A study published in Neurology showed that adults in their seventies that exercised the most experienced the least brain shrinkage with less white matter brain lesions that are signs of dementia. Additionally, another [...]
Sleep, it does a body well. Insomnia, on the other hand, breeds cranky moods and confusion and causes the many balanced and working mechanisms in the body to go wonky. It’s no big secret that people who do not sleep well are negatively affected with sudden frustration, bouts of depression, and [...]
Endorphin’s are certain chemicals that can cross through the gaps between neurons and pass along messages from one to the next. There is a huge variety of endorphins and science is just beginning to tap into and understand information about their different functions and purposes. There is however one thing [...]
It wasn’t until recent times that the process of losing muscle and muscle tone during adult life acquired a name, sarcopenia, which simply means “vanishing flesh or muscle tissue. Sarcopenia is a serious condition marked by a reduction in muscle strength as well as muscle mass and directly affects the [...]
It is human nature to be in the pursuit of happiness. We often seek happiness from external sources such as relationships, the acquisition of monetary wealth and power, careers, developing intelligence, externally looking good and successful to others. Material things can make us comfortable, relationships are a vehicle for us to express emotions and connect [...]
