well-being
Why Exercise Boosts Mood and Energy
Feeling sluggish, tired, and sleepy? Just don’t have any energy to do what you need to do? Skip the extra cups of java and hours of sleeping in, and head to the gym. According to Robert Gotlin, DO, a specialist in sports medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital and Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City,
Boost Your Confidence for Success
All successful people have self-confidence. They exude a combination of poise, determination, optimism, and self-assurance that enables them to reap countless benefits at work, with financial matters, in friendship and love, and with most other endeavors. While confident people may feel a certain degree of self-doubt and insecurities from time to time, they don’t dwell
How To Draft A New Chapter In Your Life
Your life is your story. And, like all stories, each passage or segment of your life represents a new chapter. As defined by a major event such as graduating from college, getting married, entering a new career, or retiring, your new chapter signifies a time of change for you. How you structure or fail to
Your Journey of Self-Discovery
Self-Discovery is a lifelong exploration of our inner self. It gives us clarity in terms of who we are and what we seek to achieve in the future. Understanding our purpose, passions, capabilities, and motivations will guide us towards opportunites that elicit a more fulfilling and stimulating lifestyle. The process of self-discovery can be broken
Mitigating Stress While Caregiving In Crisis
It goes without saying that this year has been particularly tough on unpaid family caregivers, who have long been shouldering tough burdens even before the pandemic. A stressed healthcare system and lack of respite opportunities has not improved their situation. But when it comes to focusing on the things we can control – there’s promising
Establishing Your Personal Boundaries
As we race through life, it is very easy to find ourselves going from one obligation to another. It is normal for us to juggle multiple critical responsibilities at one time, including the combination of studying, working, raising children, caring for a loved one and volunteering. Of course, these combinations change somewhat with each life
Project Healthy Me
Take this as a nudge, maybe a not so gentle nudge, to think about your diet and physical activity habits. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best, where do you score yourself? If you are not happy with your score, you may need to start a serious project to win back
Take Time for You
Let’s face it. There is only one person who has constantly been with you for your entire life and that person is you. Given this history, doesn’t it make sense that you truly become your priority? So much of what we typically do over our lifetime is to focus on everyone and everything but ourselves.
Tap Into The Powerful Effects of Music
Music is everywhere. We can hear it while watching our favorite television programs or movies. It is often played in venues such as sporting events, the workplace, restaurants, shopping centers, or elevators. For most people, playing their own kind of music is a common form of entertainment. And, even when we tune out the background
The Eyes Have It
We work hard to keep our physical health in tip top shape, but do you think about your eye health as part of your physical health? Having routine appointments with your optometrist, at least annually, is a lot about making sure our glasses strength is appropriate for vision and that frames match the latest fashion,