self care
For a healthy mind, body, and soul.
Me, Myself, and I
One of the biggest regrets of my high school career is not loving myself. I spent all of my time in high school believing that my self-worth was completely based on what others' perceptions were of me. I thought that I wasn't worth a single thing because other people didn't think of me as attractive. It seemed like everyone else was getting into relationships while I just wasn't. This not only affected my mental health, but it affected my physical health, as well. I started to gain weight and my depression started to make me break out constantly, and I was even starting to lose my hair.
By Brianna Ryan8 years ago in Longevity
Overcoming Emotional Eating
Eating can be many things. It can be for the pleasure of taste, a way of escapism, or to fuel our bodies. Fueling our bodies is the main purpose for food, however we often do not think of it that way. We think of eating to feel good with, often with calorie dense low nutritional valued ‘comfort foods’ that leave us feeling unsatisfied.
By Amanda Rose8 years ago in Longevity
To the Kid with "Potential"
“Winnie, you’re going to do big things in life.” If I got a dollar every single time this was said to me, hey, I would not be sitting in Wiley College trying to get a degree, I’d probably be somewhere in the gorgeous streets of Venice, living life, but alas! Here I am.
By Winnie Rugamba8 years ago in Longevity
Why Dancing Should Be Part of Your Daily Routine...
Have you ever had one of those moments where you start dancing like nobody's business, and by the end of it, you feel euphoric? Dancing has been proven to have a number of health benefits. Some of which include improving the condition of your heart and lungs, stronger bones, muscle strength and tone, lowering stress, improving emotional well-being, and even weight management.
By Jacob Elliott8 years ago in Longevity
Exactly What I Needed!
Adulting—one of the things we wish we could play hookie from, am I right? We all have schedules, we have obligations, but do we ever just have that moment of “my time”? To gain the momentary values we treasure that never seem to last long enough, we go through the typical routine. If we want to go on a date, we got to get a babysitter. If we want to have the weekend off, we have to use our PTO/COMP time. If we want to take a vacation, we have to do both. It’s frustrating. It’s annoying. It’s overwhelming—why? You have to count down the weeks, the days, the hours just to have some solitude of sanity to your chaos. So why not have a little unplanned fun?
By Sherika Gaines8 years ago in Longevity
Watching TV Stresses Me Out
It just takes up so much time. That’s the real problem I have with watching TV. And it never seems to be as easy as just deciding not to. Once you expose yourself to it even for a moment, it seems to have an irresistible draw. I always feel as though I am being compelled to watch, the very act of doing so inducing inertia and draining my resolve. It feels like some kind of sucking leech, distracting me with sound and colour while it feasts upon my time, life, and energy. This description is histrionic beyond belief, of course; it’s just TV. But it is true to say that I am often left with a desolate feeling of loss after I have inadvertently watched one, then two, then three episodes of something.
By Cait Fawkes8 years ago in Longevity
I Just Can't, Today.
I don’t care who you are or where you’re from or what you do for a living or how many friends you have…we all have these days. They are real and we all have them. If you want to pretend like you don’t, then that’s fine, but I definitely don’t believe you. These are “the bad days.” Or, at least, that’s what I call mine. If my fiancé asks me what’s wrong and I respond with “just a bad day,” he knows exactly what I mean and exactly how I’m feeling.
By Ashleigh Corriveau8 years ago in Longevity
What Do You Hate about Yourself?
"What do you hate about yourself?" Well, if we're being honest, a lot of thing about me are less than pleasant. I am a complicated creature that loves to simplify my complicated features; I am a man that hates confrontation and a woman that craves conversation. I am an 18-year-old child with a wild imagination that stops when my feet touch the ground; I am a realistic 18-year-old adult that is down to earth and hates when people make impossible interpretations of their own reality.
By Lavon Swygert8 years ago in Longevity
5 Ways to Practice Self-Love
Go ahead. Scroll down until you see numbers and jump right into what you can do for your practice of self-love. I admire your enthusiasm or, at least, your curiosity that compels you to look deeper into another person's perspective on the topic. For those of you that will bother to read this introduction, I expect your practice will be a bit more productive, consistent, and ultimately more successful.
By Micah Cottingham8 years ago in Longevity
Manifesting Autumn Within Ourselves
Autumn is a time of beauty, change, transformation, and recharge. However, amongst all the stress, the shortening days, the growing responsibilities, and the cold weather, it can be very difficult to remember to appreciate all the magic that fall has to offer.
By Deia De Marco8 years ago in Longevity
Various Signals of Stress
Life can be more challenging from time to time, as well as placing too much demand on the mind and body. When this occurs, the human system may react to this through stress which is its natural reaction to a demand or threat of all kind. It is significant to note that not all stress in dangerous. In fact, in some scenarios, it may react to stimuli and maximize output as far as it is within a person essential zone. However, if stress starts to overpower the system, it can be harmful to a person’s cognitive, physical and emotional health.
By Ezeifekwuaba. Tochukwu.8 years ago in Longevity
