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What To Do When Times Get Tough
Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers ~ Garth Brooks We’ve all been there at some point in our life. Everything seems to be moving along smoothly when something suddenly happens; a challenge, a barrier, a crisis. These events can range anywhere from being mildly inconvenient to downright terrible and sometimes devastating. When situations…
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What Is Emotional Fitness & Why Do You Need It?
Yesterday I thought something was a problem. Today I see it as a divine opportunity to stretch myself and progress While I was writing the post “What To Do When Times Get Tough” I looked for some additional resources to help illustrate the idea of how to find and create opportunity out of adversity. I…
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The Best Feel Good Tips & Tricks To Boost Your Mood
Did you know that more than 100,000 chemical reactions go on in your brain every second! In addition to that, on an average day, trillions of messages are sent and received by your brain every day. They are carried through the brain’s messaging highways (known as Biogenic Amine/Endorphin System). Happy, mood elevating messages are carried…
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The Power Of Placebos – Is Science Discovering The Brain’s Secret Healing Codes
My question is, what is placebo? We hear the word and think it means ‘fake.’ Well, the placebo effect works. ~ Dean Neary So what is the placebo effect? In a nutshell, it is the measurable and observable improvement in a person’s health that is not attributable to a prescription medication or medical treatment. In this…
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Sleep and weight gain: What’s the connection?
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Why Getting A Restful Nights Sleep is So Important To Your Health and Mental Wellbeing
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Your Food: Antibiotics In Meat Pose A ‘Serious Public Health Threat’ Says FDA
Food is one of the great joys in life, but not if it’s harmful to our children, our health , longevity and the planet. On average every America consumes nearly 200 pounds of meat each year, the average Brit 80kg ( 176 pounds). Most of this meat comes from Factory Farming, an industrial meat producing…
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Ulcer Inducing Stomach Bacterium Could Help Combat Obesity
The same stomach microbe that experts believe is responsible for ulcers, gastric cancer, and other health issues could also help control a person’s body weight and glucose tolerance, researchers from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute of Virginia Tech report in a recently-published study. Helicobacter pylori, a microaerophilic bacterium found in the stomach, has been linked to the development…
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Is There An Alternative To Anti-Biotic Treatment For Stomach Ulcers And H. Pylori related IBS?
From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb If you have been diagnosed with a stomach ulcer or suffer with Irritable Bowel Syndrome or experience bouts of abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea and/or constipation and other uncomfortable and embarrassing symptoms your discomfort may be caused by a stomach bacterium called Helicobacter…
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The Zen Antidote to Hurry And Worry
Hurry Sickness is the birthplace of stress. The greatest misery in life is being in a rush. It’s a miserable way to live because when you are driven to catch up with your ever-growing “to do” list you get locked into the mindset of Hurry Sickness. Symptoms include: always having more to do believing that the sky will…