Posts Tagged ‘happiness’
Longevity Lessons from Ikaria, Greece
The Blue Zones : You may have heard about them before. Dan Buettner wrote a book about them noting these five (5) regions of the world where people live healthily and well into their 100’s. Scientists have studied these areas of the world in an attempt to understand the reasons for such longevity among these centenarians.…
Read MoreTop Healthy Lessons You Can Learn from Your Dog!
I am a pooch fan. While I have owned a variety of pets, including dogs, cats, birds, hamsters, turtles and even a snake during my life, my affinity is drawn to the canine! But let it be said, that being the wellness passionista that I am, I believe that all pets can have a…
Read MoreThe Guitar Gal in Me: A Prelude to Well Being!
It all started when my 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Darby, would bring her acoustic guitar to class (usually on Friday afternoons) to play for us. As students, we were encouraged to sing along, and it became a really a fun way to end the school week. Thats when I fll in love with the guitar.…
Read MoreMaking Things Bloom!
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row. So there you have it. A nursery rhyme about Mary growing her garden. And a beautiful garden she grew! How about you? Do you like to grow things? For simplicity sake, lets start…
Read MoreUnclogging Your Emotional Toilet! Eww…
Okay. This sounds super gross. Unclogging a toilet? Really? But its actually a beautiful analogy. When the toilet (the loo) gets plugged, its usually because it physically can’t move the waste it contains, right? Well, same goes for you and your emotions. Think for a moment about how you feel when you are heavy with…
Read MoreThe Healthy "In" of Intimacy!
What do women want more than sex? Seriously? Did I hear someone whisper chocolate? What about wine? Heck, did I hear a shout out for ice cream with a peanut butter brownie, caramel topping and whipped cream? Wrong. Wrong and wrong again. Women like sex. We ARE sexual beings. But we are SENSUAL beings too.…
Read MoreBlue Zones: Why Lifestyle Matters to Your Health
A good friend said to me, “We all have a certain number of ticks/beats to our heart. A finite number.” Yes. Agreed. But what IS that number? At what age will your heart cease to beat? Only God/the Universe know those answers. So why do some people live to be 100+ and others pass much…
Read MoreRelease Negative Emotions and Improve Your Health!
Songs, movies, stories and life experiences make us laugh, cry and everything in between. Why? Because they have a unique way of evoking emotion within us. While positive emotions (such as happiness, joy, love, serenity, pride, and gratitude) make us feel blissful and wonderful, bottled up negative emotions do the opposite. According to Ayurveda,the 5,000…
Read MoreImproving the Health of Adult-Teen Relationships
We were all adolescents/teens at one time. Can you think back to that time in your life? Did you sometimes feel as if your parents just didn’t “get” you? Did you also sometimes feel like your parents didn’t know a whole heck of a lot? Welcome to the world of teens all over again! But…
Read MoreMaking Entrepreneurial Work Space Healthy!
The ongoing signals your body perceives/receives about your environment can tremendously affect your overall health. The Chinese study of Feng Shui is the science of combing energy with space to achieve optimal health and good fortune. If you are an entrepreneur or work in a small business which you are dedicated to growing, consider these ideas…
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