wellness
The state of being in great health, and continually striving to attain all of your goals.
Healthy Mind, Healthy Body!
Let me ask you this. Name something that could end your life. I’m sure your mind jumped to cancer, maybe a car crash? But what about mental health and a healthy body? These two factors can have serious effects on your health and your overall well-being. Many of us have no problem abusing our bodies with food, alcohol, and drugs. People think about the effect on the body, but how about our mind? We only get one body for the entirety of our lives, so why aren’t we taking more care of our mental and physical well-being? After all, neither can be replaced.
By Danni Scalia8 years ago in Longevity
Everything You Need To Know About IV THERAPY
IV THERAPY. THAT'S RIGHT. Today, we're chatting with the expert Dr. Aliza Cicerone from Spark Health to get all of the details... And they're definitely not just for hangovers in Vegas. They're also great for vitamin deficiencies, low energy, specific diseases, leaky gut, etc. The list goes on for days.
By Lauryn Evarts8 years ago in Longevity
The Art of Giving Up
That long, winding, uphill climb we all feel as just part of our life’s journey — to become a better person. You want to somehow cast out the darker aspects of your very nature, to rid yourself of all the nasty human things that you find unbearable. Why are so many of us climbing and struggling, stumbling and falling only to pick ourselves back up and continue our futile quest to venture outwards, further and further away from the treasure we hope to find? Even the most serene, joyous, and stable people have that little voice in the back of their minds saying that something isn’t quite right – "there’s something wrong with you." So you must put yourself through the most arduous trials of self-improvement to become this future idealised self before you can be happy. You hurt, and you don’t want to hurt. So you’ll do everything in your power to avoid the pains and therefore the pleasures of life. And as soon as you do that, you’ve abandoned yourself. You’ve abandoned the self that you set out looking for in the first place, forever moving away from who you really are because you think the person you were taught to be, the person people and society tell you to be actually exists.
By Kenny Rieley8 years ago in Longevity
Massage: Helpful or Detrimental?
Everybody likes a good massage from time to time. Even just having your shoulders and neck rubbed feels amazing. Massage has been preformed by many different cultures, over many lifetimes. It is something that is ingrained within society as the place where you go to relax. And what isn't relaxing about it? Soothing music, candles, wonderful smells, and hands that seem to know where all your tension is. While that all feels great, and does decompress the musculature and fascia, are there consequences to what happens on the table?
By Bhavsagar Bath8 years ago in Longevity
The Toxins We Feed Our Body
Our body is a temple and what we put into our temple ultimately determines our quality of life. But, this isn't just true when it comes to the food we eat but also what we feed our minds and spirit and that's what this piece represents. On one end we have the daily toxins we absorb through processed foods, unsafe prescription drugs, and social media. These are the things that break our mind, body, and spirit down over time the more we indulge in them which eventually dim our lives. And the freighting part is we aren’t always aware of what seems bad at first. Prescription drugs in moderation can help us feel better, social media in moderation can help us keep in contact with family and friends but even simple things like this can become toxic if we over indulge and aren’t mindful on how they can impact our lives.
By Abi Fapohunda8 years ago in Longevity
When Health Care Gets Personal
Since November, I’ve been in a perpetual state of anxiety. I check my Twitter feed ten times a day, and I receive phone notifications from CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, or the Huffington Post every two minutes. I thought I was managing the daily anxiety-causing onslaught of news until the health care debate started. It’s fair to say that no matter what side of the aisle you’re on, whether you think healthcare is a right or a privilege, we can agree that it’s important. If you’re like me and have a pre-existing condition (some studies estimate up to 50% of the population aged 18-64 do), or you’re in active healthcare treatment, the anxiety can be off-the-charts. And since the health care debate started, my anxiety has been off-the-charts.
By Stephanie Hansen8 years ago in Longevity
Dream Child
Around mid-July I was listening to the radio, just cruising in my red truck, with my radio blasted on an average day to work. My ears were suddenly perked up by a story I began to listen very intently to on WM-PR. This was the story of a woman whose name was Tanya. In my mind I imagined her as woman who had ruffled, short, Jet-black, and spiky hair. She wore a leather jacket and a crop band tee-shirt along with stone-washed, ripped jeans.It wasn't so much the punk-rocker image as much as the angry glare on her face and the craving for darkness that stuck out to me. As she began to evolve to me I fell deeply into her story, I fell in love with this image that so accurately described me seven years ago; I was tough,and I was hardened. My heart was impenetrable and I loved only as deeply as I could feel; which wasn't much more than a paper cut. I became quiet, dark, angry, fiercely introverted and deep into myself. I understood Tanya, and the pain she felt. Tanya had a rough childhood, she had been abused, unloved,and no one could reach beyond the dark tower that she had built around her heart. For a person who loved words and connecting with people, I became the opposite for many years; a person who could only connect with my demons.
By Jordan Sophia Thomas8 years ago in Longevity
