Looking to raise healthy and happy children? There’s a lot you can do to help your child maintain optimal health and prevent the occurrence of common illnesses. For instance: Do you model healthy eating? Are you exercising as a family? Do you make time to play and relax? ESTABLISH HEALTHY HABITS…
5 Ways to Cultivate More Love In Your Life
Do you know about the healing power of love? There is truth to the saying that love heals all wounds. In the field of psychoneuroimmunology, researchers are showing that our emotions affect our physical health. Love, gratitude, and appreciation can improve our physical health by improving our heart health, boosting our immune system, reducing…
Brain Fitness: Keeping Your Brain Active, Healthy, and Sharp
Yes, we are aging. Every day. That’s a simple fact of life. But we’re also living longer than ever before and we have a remarkable opportunity to enjoy our longevity by making good choices and paying attention to the role of healthy cognitive function (HCF) in our overall ability to live – and age –…
6 Foolproof Ways to Love Yourself to Health
While it’s necessary to express love for family, friends and significant others, it’s also important to remember to love yourself. WHY YOU NEED TO LOVE YOURSELF TO HEALTH. Loving yourself increases your health in two major ways: When people love and respect themselves they tend to make better food and lifestyle choices, promoting physical health. Loving…
5 Simple Steps to Nurture Your Child’s Emotional Intelligence
We want the best for our children. From the moment they’re born, we look for ways to stimulate learning potential and strengthen their IQ (Intelligence Quotient). While studies differ on whether we can actually enhance IQ, they concur that we can – and should – support Emotional Intelligence/Quotient (EQ). Doing so not only improves a…
Is Gardening Therapy a New Healing Modality?
Recent years have seen gardens popping up in some of the most unexpected places – retirement homes, after-school programs, and even prisons – where, it turns out, they have proven to be a very beneficial form of gardening therapy and rehabilitation on multiple levels. Gardening Therapy as a Therapeutic Intervention Horticultural therapy is a centuries-old…
5 Stess Busters to Help Control Your Nervous System
Pupils dilated, heart racing and shoulders touching our ears, we walk around ready to flee from short-term, impending danger. While this is a necessary response for survival, continual nervous system activation leads to chronically high levels of stress hormones . Our health deteriorates. We become irritable, stressed, angry, sleep deprived, and tense. Digestion and immune function plummet…
