Does your usual workday involves sitting at an office desk, commuting in a car, and then sitting and watching TV in the evening? If it does, you're likely sitting too much, and it might be killing you. With the rise of automation, people who live in industrialized nations simply don't have to work as physically hard as they used to. Our lives have become easier,…
Birds chirping. People talking. Sirens wailing. Whether we consciously acknowledge them or not, we are surrounded by sounds. Many of these sounds serve an important purpose. Babies cry, for example, to alert nearby adults that they need something. Church bells ring to alert parishioners of an upcoming service, or even just to tell us the time. But what if we could use sounds to heal…
Is it wrong to want more? Should it be enough to meet our most basic needs of survival? Or should we set our aspirations as high as we can? For many of us achieving our goals is difficult, but having a goal, and striving to achieve it, is inspiring, it is after all the genesis of the entire wellness movement. Our aspirations, however, often don’t…
The health risks that come with not getting enough sleep are well-documented. Sleep is our body's opportunity to rest and repair itself and not having enough time to do that can make us stressed and sick. But what about the other end of the spectrum? Can you sleep too much? The answer is yes, absolutely. Sleeping too much can lead to just as many health…
Have you ever felt so stressed about something that it was all you could think about? Stress gives us tunnel vision. When we're stressed, it's hard to focus on anything but what's causing our stress. Bills, trouble with loved ones, difficulties at work all can quickly overwhelm us and make our hard lives even harder. The effects of stress can wear down our bodies and…
Have you ever made yourself a promise, only to immediately break it? Maybe you promised yourself you'd start a new exercise routine. You bought the clothes, the equipment, and the gym subscription... but never quite made it to the gym. Ever. We find it so easy to break promises to ourselves because there's no one else to hold us accountable or to suffer the consequences.…
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We all suffer from a lack of motivation from time to time. It's easy to dismiss an unproductive day or two as "just being lazy" but what if it's more than that? What if you truly have no motivation? We've identified some steps you can take to get back into the groove. 1. Identify the source. You can't fix a problem if you don't know…
Do you feel like you should be exercising more? Do you hate the gym? Is running kind of ‘meh’ for you? You're definitely not alone. We have nothing against the gym, but let’s be honest: It's not for everyone. For many, having exercises to do at home isn't just better, but necessary. Does this mean we all need to invest in dumbbells and a treadmill…
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Imagine you’re at a movie theater to see a film. This theater is special, however; instead of just sitting in a seat and watching the movie, the theater completely immerses you in the experience. You are able to smell, taste, and feel everything that’s going on around you. You even hear the protagonist’s thoughts as if they were your own. According to Michael A. Singer,…
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It’s nearly 1 AM. You should be in bed but you’ve been hit with a nasty case of the midnight munchies. You’ve tried everything but meditating cravings away doesn’t ever seem to work nearly as well as health bloggers say it does. Before you know it, you’ve inhaled a pint of ice cream and, after deciding there’s no coming back from your failure, going back…
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