Category: Mental Health

3 Longevity Lessons: #2

The mind and the body are definitely linked. And it makes sense that one can affect the other because positive thoughts fill the brain with positive brain chemicals that can do positive things for your body. By contrast, negative thoughts flood the brain with negative neurochemicals that can do...

Mindful Mondays

Becoming mindful is, ironically, about your mind becoming less full. When your mind is packed with rampant thoughts and endless to-dos and chronic worries you can get the stress hormones that can sabotage your inner calm.  It’s okay to empty your mind from time to time, through meditation, a...

Mindful Mondays: To Give Is To Receive

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Showing empathy toward someone may seem like it only helps the receiver. But research data show that the act of understanding someone else, and truly connecting with them in this way provides positive mental health benefits for...

Mindful Mondays

Decide to choose.   Of all the crazy things going on in your life, at least making this decision is something you can control.  And choosing hope gives you a ray of light to hold on to through your day.    Copy and forward this link to someone you feel...

Mindful Mondays

For this day, be intentional with your positive mindset. If you put that out into your life, it will picked up by those around you.  Not only is today a great day to be amazing, it’s the perfect day to be the amazing person you are.  For this Monday,...

Just Asking … what would make it easier?

What if you had a sore on your leg, but were not comfortable letting anyone know? That sore would get worse, fester, and (in this imaginary scenario) you could eventually lose your leg. That would be tragic given that there are solutions that could have managed the issue before...

Are You Sitting On Your Brains?

It sounds funny to say that you are “sitting on your brains” but ­actually, being seated for long periods of time is harmful to our brain. This is because being sedentary for long periods of time, without movement, contributes to plaque buildup on artery walls. Why is that a...