Healthy Living Advice For All The Family
Supporting the health of your family is a primary concern no matter what stage you’re at, but it’s even more crucial if you have a younger family with kids and teenagers. Encouraging them to live healthy lifestyles is part of your responsibility as a parent, so here is a good place to start. Image Credit Healthy Eating These days, many children, teenagers, and adults are overweight due to sedentary lifestyles. In fact, around one-third of Americans are obese, around 12.6 million children and teens. That’s not surprising when you consider the types of feed we consume and the lack of physical activity. In the past, the…
Looking To The Future With A Renewed Sense Of Self
When you change how you look at things, the things you look at change. Heaven and hell are not a place, but a state of mind. When you hear quotes like this, it’s easy to agree with them and then to move on with your day as if nothing ever happened. Now, that’s not to say you should be floored by a nice quote you see on a gradient background when posted to someone’s Instagram, but it can sometimes show us that there is a precedent for looking at things anew, and when we’re ready for the next chapter in our lives, it’s considerations like this that can help…
Raising Healthy, Happy Kids: Simple Steps For Busy Parents
Raising children is one of the greatest privileges, but it’s also one of the most challenging tasks we take on. As parents, it’s natural to want the best for our kids, but it’s not always easy to promote healthy living and achieve a balance between parenting and other commitments. If you feel like you’re swimming against the tide and you’re not living up to the image of perfection presented by social media, don’t panic. In this guide, we’ll explore some simple steps you can take to raise healthy, happy children. Picture courtesy of https://www.pexels.com/photo/family-of-four-walking-at-the-street-2253879/ Active living Being active is beneficial for all age groups. Regular exercise helps…
3 Health Examinations You Should Not Ignore
Be honest with yourself. When was the last time you visited your healthcare professional for a health examination? You probably know how important such health examinations are, especially regarding preventive health. However, like so many people, you still ignore or overlook the need for regular health screening. Admittedly, there may be genuine reasons for this, such as lack of time, money constraints, or lack of information. But if you want to build a happy and healthy life for yourself or your family, there are some health examinations you should not ignore. Here are three of them. Mental health checkups Image Credit The notion of regular mental…
If You Do Not Give Yourself a Break, Your Body May Do It For You!
Sometimes It’s Most Important To Prioritize Your Own Wellbeing We put the needs of others ahead of our own way too often. We know you’re sitting there saying that your children should come first, and you’re right. Most of the time, your children should always come first, but there are times when you need to put yourself first. You are a mother, but you are also a person, which means you need time to yourself and sometimes time away from your kids. This isn’t something to feel bad about; you just need to rest up so you can give your best again. In this article, we’ll talk about some…
Our Children Are Our Garden
Our children are our garden. They absorb our stress, just as they absorb our peace. They absorb our negativity just as they absorb our joy. And we have the power to control what they absorb, but first, we must tend to ourselves – Rachel Macy Stafford August 2020: This hits home so hard for me right now. I can imagine I am not in this boat alone either. I am not doing a great job of tending to me… I feel like I have been under water since March of last year and slowly drowning. I thought going back to work and having Coop at school would normalize things again,…
Depression, Not A Dirty Little Secret
The other night during the Grammy’s, Demi Lovato was up to sing and had to restart the song because emotions took over. The song that she was performing, Anyone, was written 4 days prior to her overdose in 2018. A comment was made, “I don’t understand why they have to keep talking about it. Can’t we just let it go already?”, and this struck a nerve. My comment back was, “Depression is not discriminatory. It can take hold of the rich, poor, famous, black, white, young and old. It can be expressed in many forms and we definitely need to keep talking about it”. The lyrics in Demi’s song were…
Post Baby Body & Mind
You give birth and you still look six months pregnant! That was how I looked at least. Not sure what I expected but my reality was skewed greatly. I have heard of women who were back into their pre-baby clothes as they were leaving the hospital! Umm no I was in maternity clothes still and let me tell ya how that was not cool. Que the poor me music here! I have always had “body issues” you could say. Being heavy runs in my family and I completely freaked out when the scale hit 173 while pregnant! I am 5’5” and to me 120 is perfect. That puts me in…
Postpartum What?
Okay ladies and gents it is a topic no one wants to talk about but it is a fact of life and it happens. If you have been following my posts you will know we are now home with our lil one and attempting to adjust. Of course we were both sick when we came home but that passed after the first week or so. Around week two is when the real fun begins! See I am by nature OCD. I am a counter (literally have numbers running in my mind all day) and things have to be a certain way or in my mind the world is pre-apocalyptic. So…
