Aging and sleep loss: What you can do

Aging and sleep loss: What you can do

As we age we often experience normal changes in our sleeping patterns, such as becoming sleepy earlier, waking up earlier, or enjoying less deep sleep. However, disturbed sleep, waking up tired every day, and other symptoms of insomnia are not a normal part of aging....
Don’t let YOU stand in your way of your goals

Don’t let YOU stand in your way of your goals

We’ve all failed to keep up our exercise routines at some point. Weeks without training, consecutive days of binging, terrified to step on the scale—it happens to the best of us, and it’s always hard to get started again and get back on the horse. Here’s exactly how...
Managing stress for a healthier you

Managing stress for a healthier you

These days it’s hard not to get overwhelmed once in a while. Between juggling work, family, and other commitments, you can become too stressed out and busy. But you need to set time aside to unwind or your mental and physical health can suffer. Learning how to manage...
Getting back on track

Getting back on track

The days of January are starting to slip by us, and if you are like most Americans you fell off the “resolution bandwagon” only a few weeks into the New Year. Most studies show resolutions begin to drop off after a week and only about 40 percent of those who made...
How to make resolutions that will stick

How to make resolutions that will stick

It can be daunting when your list of New Year’s Resolutions is as long as your holiday shopping list. In addition to the post-holiday slump, not being able to keep your resolutions by February, March or even late January may increase your anxiety. When your holiday...
What are the benefits of meditation?

What are the benefits of meditation?

Physical Benefits of Meditation With meditation, the physiology undergoes a change and every cell in the body is filled with more prana (energy). This results in joy, peace, enthusiasm as the level of prana in the body increases. On a physical level, meditation:...
Yoga poses that help relieve stress

Yoga poses that help relieve stress

How do we get past that nagging self doubt when it rears it’s ugly head? Here area few tips to help you become more confident in your abilities whether it’s with a business project, delivering a speech, or getting the best out of your workout routine. Realize that...
What is Reiki?

What is Reiki?

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by “laying on hands” and is based on the idea that an unseen “life force energy” flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s “life force...
Best Ways to Deal With Stress

Best Ways to Deal With Stress

From natural disasters to heated political debates, to overly demanding bosses, our world is filled with stressors. While some research has shown that short bursts of stress can be good for you, a new study out of Ohio State University and published in the...
Better Health at 50 and Beyond

Better Health at 50 and Beyond

How do we get past that nagging self doubt when it rears it’s ugly head? Here area few tips to help you become more confident in your abilities whether it’s with a business project, delivering a speech, or getting the best out of your workout routine. Realize that...