The idea of being a super-fit fitness couple seems like a romantic way to spend time together and maximize your health as a person and as a couple. After all, exercising together is a great way to spend time with one another while you get in shape. However, there are times when exercising together can prove challenging…
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Anxiety, as defined by the National Institute for Mental Health, is a chronic mental health disorder in which people display excessive worry about everyday things like work, their health, social interactions, and other activities of daily life. While it is normal for people to have some anxiety as circumstances change throughout life, feelings of uncontrollable
Meditation is a psychological and spiritual exercise that helps a person attain a higher level of self-understanding and a heightened state of awareness and focus. It’s a consciousness-altering technique that has been used for millennia to improve a person’s overall psychological well-being and achieve a higher level of spiritual awareness…
The American Academy of Psychiatry describes mental illnesses as “health conditions involving changes in emotion, thinking, or behavior.” A mental illness is also any condition that causes disordered thinking that leads to emotional distress. Thus, mental illness is a blanket term that refers to all kinds of mental health disorders that can interfere with an individual’s social, family, or working life…
One of the most important dimensions of the human experience is spiritual. For many people, a formal religion such as Catholicism, Islam, or Hinduism meets their spiritual needs and leaves them feeling a sense of spiritual satisfaction. For others, New Age spiritual experiences feel the need for spirituality. Still others seem content to shrug off
Snacking is a favorite pastime of many people. Some of us like to munch popcorn in front of the TV, while others might enjoy a covert 2:15 pm candy bar in their cubicle. Others make midnight ice-cream runs or nosh on mid-morning donuts that keep them a little soft in the middle. The more health-conscious among us might have a baggie of grapes or an apple.