As we go about our busy lives, our wellness needs doesn’t often come to mind. In fact, probably until you read the title of this article, it never even crossed your mind. But even when we are well, we have needs that help...
The Chinese believe our bodies are complete halves, one side being the passive and the other being the aggressive, and it only through the successful union of the halves, that we have the healthy whole. Western medicine has so far, not...
You pick up the magazines each day, and you’re bombarded with health and fitness information. Advertisements and articles that are designed to impart much needed information to the reader about the state of fitness and health in America today, and what we as responsible citizens should do. I want...
Can stress shorten your life? There are studies that indicate that stress reduces our immune system strength. One recent news item has been how cortisol is increased when one is under stress. This can result in excess weight in the belly area. An interesting piece...
There are a lot of people who would give a lot to increase their metabolism. Having a high level of metabolism enables one to maintain burn fat and lose weight fast with the least amount of activity. Metabolism is the rate...
Generally when people speak of health, they are talking about physical health unless they specify otherwise. Physical health is so important to a person because the state of their physical health affects all aspects of their life. Without physical health, nothing else is very...
Health is a vast and confusing topic and mental health is just one small but very confusing part of it. In order for a person to be truly healthy, they must possess not only good physical health but also a good mental health. But what is mental health?...
Over the course of our life, our senses and our environment come together to enrich our mind, and to sometimes overwhelm our mind. Much of the knowledge we acquire comes to us through our senses. As children, we use the senses...
Alone time can be difficult for many people. If you are a parent, alone time seems to never occur and it may be something you crave. In family life, there seems to never be enough of it. Whether you are a...
Meditation, an exercise recommended for everyone, but especially those of us with hectic, stressful lifestyles, is defined as an engagement in contemplation, especially of a spiritual or devotional nature. Meditation has been shown to relieve stress, and promote overall good health, by simply...