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How to process your emotions in healthy, productive ways
Emotions are a normal part of life. Everyone feels sadness or joy, anxiety or excitement. But most people struggle with unhealthy emotions, like anger and resentment, which can have a negative impact on their life and relationships. Have you ever been told to just let...
What is Holistic wellness?
What is Holistic Wellness? Holistic wellness strives to balance a person’s mind, body, environment, and spirit. The two most common ways to think of holistic wellness are as a medical approach to wellness (also called holistic medicine) that promotes overall health,...
How to amp up your January fitness
All too often, we structure our fitness goals in ways that require significant changes to established, everyday habits. For instance, getting up an hour before you normally get up to work out each day might not sound like a huge life disruption. But if you’ve been...
Dry Skin Tips, Prevention, and Causes
Can you relate to having dry, itchy, burning skin? Dry skin is often a temporary or seasonal problem that affects a lot of people annually but can remain a lifelong concern. Although your skin is often driest on your hands, arms, lower legs, and sides of your abdomen....
Holiday Food-Stress and Depression-Prevention Tips
The upcoming Christmas holiday has Important social, cultural, and religious functions. For people of all faiths (and none), the Christmas holidays bring people and families together to reflect on the year gone by and look forward to the next. The holiday...
Winter Slip and Fall Injuries and How to Avoid Them
Cold, snow, and ice are a part of life and can wreak havoc in the winter, so it can be challenging this time of year to stay healthy. Emergency departments often see people suffering from cold weather injuries, some of which are preventable. Slips and Falls Icy...
How Cold Weather Can Affect Your Body
How Cold Weather Can Affect Your Body It’s winter and cold weather is sweeping across much of the country, but how do frosty mornings and biting winds affect our bodies and health? We all experience cold weather differently. If you are tall, you tend to become cold...
Holidays don’t have to kill your healthy eating habits.
For most people, the holidays are a busy time of year and are filled with many annual celebrations. For many, the holidays mean spending time with family, and friends, and celebrating the joys in life. Gatherings typically include special foods and temptations. Those...
Exercise at Home. No Equipment, No Excuses!
Is the weather too cold to go out, or is it preventing you from getting to the gym? These equipment-free exercises can be done at home or anytime you can't get to a gym. Whether you’re looking for a boost of cardio or want to work your legs, butt, core, arms, or all...