Are you due for a raise? Is your landlord not following through on promises to upgrade your rental property? Would you like your partner to help more around the house? These simple and easy to follow steps can help you to get what you want. Identify it first, and prepare your arguments, maybe even prepare […]
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Do you need them? How often should you take them? This poster has a simple diagram showing the role of antioxidants in the body, why you need them, and how they work. Quite often we hear things advertised without knowing what exactly they are, what exactly they do, and if our lifestyle makes us require
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Many of us eat more salads in the spring and summer, when the fresh bounty from gardens is everywhere and makes the mouth water just to look at all that lovely color and freshness. If you have been eating healthy, and you don’t want to eat that list of things you can’t pronounce on your
I love pie, but I cannot in good conscience very often eat all the things that are in pie. I started doing this, it is incredibly delicious, has protein and filling fiber, and a serving of fruit, all for about 200 calories! Use 1/2 cup vanilla Greek yogurt, 1/2 banana, 1 graham cracker, and a
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Not literally, not for everything, that could get quite messy! Look at your hands when making your plate of food. Your palm is about the right size for a serving of protein. Make a fist, then make another one, that is about the right size for your servings of fruits and vegetables. Make a fist
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There is nothing that comforts me after a stressful day like just a bit of dark chocolate, melting slowly on my tongue. Sometimes for a treat a dark chocolate covered espresso bean has so much wow factor, it feels like a big indulgence. Have you ever wondered what the facts are? Chocolate is healthy, chocolate
Aromatherapy is the practice of using essential oils for healing. They can produce feelings of calm, decrease anxiety, help with relaxation, flu symptoms, and even improve stress. If you intend to sniff your way healthy it may be a good idea to visit a trained therapist, who can recommend oils for your particular needs and
The things that children remember are never what we, as parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, think they will remember. Things like eating cucumbers and tomatoes right out of the garden, playing tag at sunset, playing with waterguns in the house the day before we pulled the old carpet out, picking raspberries right off the
Saving my own life. I do realize that sounds a bit dramatic, after all, Fibromyalgia doesn’t kill people. It does, however, ruin your life in a lot of ways. I often compare it to being a battered woman, you never know what kind of a day you’re going to have. You live in fear, unable
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One Minute Meditation. I have been practicing Ayurvedic Breathing for a while now, and as I was researching new techniques I came across this video, I found it so amazing I just had to share. One minute meditations, done 10 times a day, can greatly release your tension and anxiety levels. Who cannot spare one
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I am a glorious mixture of many different elements that contrive to make me an amazing and wonderful person. I am a work in progress. I am funny, kind, a dreamer, creative, silly, generous, and so very many things! Whenever you have a day that brings you a little down, look at this poster and
Do you know the health benefits of massage? Getting a massage is extremely relaxing, and something that makes us feel ultra pampered and special. Massage is also beneficial to health, and is a proven treatment for many ailments and diseases. Massage is a general term for pressing, rubbing, and manipulation of the skin, muscles, ligaments,
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Garcinia Cambogia is one of the hottest diet products on the market today. According to the Dr. Oz show and the people who sell it, there is an HCA extract from the garcinia plant, also known as tamarind, that blocks fat and suppresses appetite. HCA suppresses appetite by increasing serotonin levels, making you feel happier
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Several people have asked me about my mini-reward system, usually when that happens I find it helpful to do it in a post, so it is easily accessible. I no longer remember where I first heard about mini-goals, but at some point I decided it would be helpful to give myself mini-rewards as well. Most
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I love sweet potatoes! No matter how you like to eat them they are healthy and delicious. They are full of vitamins, antioxidants, good for skin and eyes, help lower blood pressure, and a great tool for weight loss as they are fiber-rich and satisfying. For more check this I bake them and use a little
Weird Food Laws You would think, with the rising costs of healthcare, and so many people’s ability to get health insurance limited or just not an option, that the food industry would make healthier options cheaper and change the rules a bit. Most of us can’t remember but our grandparents and great-grandparents could tell us
I learned a few things from this poster, I hope you do as well. I take D3 already, but just started with calcium citrate instead of the calcium I was buying. Sometimes the supplements get rather expensive, but I was happy to find that buying “the good stuff” is comparable to what I was using
Protect Mental Health Mental illness is, for the most part, organic, that does not mean that we cannot take certain steps to maintain mental health at its optimal best, after all we do our best to eat healthy for heart disease, diabetes, and autoimmune disease. This poster has some great ideas for maintenance and care
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