health and wellness

Happy quitter’s day!The second Friday in January is known as National Quitter Day in regards to New Year Resolutions. Why did society choose January 1st to mark the new year, and why is it considered ideal for personal change? Winter “New Year”: Whose idea was that? 

If you are looking for a way to reconnect to your body, I suggest trying to sync your life with your menstrual cycle. This concept can also help if you are looking to increase your energy.The concept is basic, no need to odo it. Or need to know it all.As a woman, we know all too well about our “monthly visitor.”

Mindfulness is the practice of ‘getting out of your own head’ and of simply being rather than constantly thinking, worrying and stressing. While mindfulness is a common part of many meditative practices, it is also an integral part of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). More specifically, mindfulness is used for ‘cognitive restructuring’ which is a tool used in CBT. The goal is to begin ‘reprogramming’ the thoughts.  

Meditation is something that we’re constantly being encouraged to use. Every self-help guru, every highly successful individual and even many athletes trumpet its many benefits and the research too seems to back-up its value. 

It is time to clean out your junk drawer. And I am not talking about the drawer in the kitchen. If you are from the South ya know what a junk draw is. If you are anyways else in the world, a junk drawer, typically in the kitchen, is literally a drawer that holds everything that doesn’t have 

Your body is an amazing machine. If you sit back and think about all the functions that are happening at any given time, I don’t see how you can’t be mesmerized. 

I believe that your children absorb your vibe. When you are experiencing any emotion your body emits a certain frequency or energy. Stay with me I know you think that sounds crazy.Every emotion that you can imagine has a certain frequency or vibration in which it processes through your body. Happy emotions vibrate at a higher frequency range and unhappy emotions vibrate very little.

I participated in the Aroma Freedom Technique session or AFT for short. Well, what in the hell does that mean, right?Here is the abbreviated version. It is an emotional detox. If that satisfies your curiosity then you can stop reading. Otherwise, stay tuned, I will go into more detail. 

Take this opportunity to teach your kids how to work through their emotions. 

Stressed? Anxiety high? Tensions high?Did you know that by allowing your bare feet to touch the ground it is a calming method.