Think long-term when you’re chatting with your financial advisor. Think short-term when you feel like hell. That’s right. Take it anywhere from 24 hours to 24 minutes to 24 seconds—depending on how bad you feeland repeat over and over again these four words: this too shall pass.
Coupled with deep breathing, the phrase “this too shall pass” is one of the most powerful tools with which I combat anxiety. I will repeat it as many as 100 times in five minutes. Without fail, it will help me to adjust my breathing from my chest to my diaphragm. It’s a reminder, too, that no feeling or emotion is permanent, even as I try to apply super glue to some. Moreover, e
A GOOD night’s sleep is as important for your health as exercise and nutritional food. But recent studies show that over one-third of us suffer from sleeping problems, with stress, going to bed late, or having to get up too early cited as the most common reasons we aren’t soaking up enough Zs.
Health experts warn that getting less than six or seven hours’ sleep a night can lead to problems, including heart disease, depression and weight gain.
However, taking sleeping tablets to help you have a restful night isn’t a good solution long term, and heavy doses can mean you don’t get the right type and combination of sleep.
There is now a growing number of alternatives aimed at helping you join the land of nod by using natural ingredients that aren’t addictive and don’t leave you feeling groggy in the morning.
Mushrooms. Candice Opper, a 32-year-old student at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, grew up thinking of them as slippery little stealth bombs with a funky taste and flabby texture, hidden in everything from her dad’s canned spaghetti sauce to her mom’s tuna noodle casserole.
Even worse were “mushrooms fried in a ton of butter until nearly black and served with overcooked steak,” says Opper, who attempted to feed them to her dog.
Onions: Full of Nutrients
Peel away the skin of this vegetable to find whole layers of health benefits.
Quick, Healthy Breakfast: Good Nutrition, even when you don’t have time
You know that eating a healthy breakfast is important. You’ve probably heard about all the studies that have shown that eating a nutritious breakfast will help you lose weight. But knowing what you’re supposed to do and what you actually do, are two different things, especially when you are short on time. Prepar
