It’s written that all emotions have merit. Humans apparently are meant to experience a full wealth of feelings. It follows that repressing certain emotions may be working against nature. I’ve always believed that anger has a place in the big scheme of things. It motivates one to respond in ways that may require too much
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Have you ever felt completely worn out, exhausted, fatigued, unmotivated, and blurry-eyed? Sure, most of us can say that we have, at some point, felt this way. But think for a minute how much one’s quality of life would suffer if this became the norm for say, a period of several months, an entire year,
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Stress has become epidemic in today’s world. Over the past decade the technological advances taking place all around us have intensified our personal levels of stress to an unhealthy level. The texture of our lives has become noisier and more frenetic and we regularly encounter a steady stream of interruptions leaving us feeling frustrated and
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I love going into a drugstore and exploring the endless number of products…they have something for almost every ailment now! But with prices soaring and the lack of proven results for most products, are these items really worth it? Chances are that you can find something in your own home to cure your ailment before
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What words come to your mind when you think of the word ‘diet’? I’ll bet its not luscious, enjoyable, tasty, or satisfying, is it? More than likely, it’s those dreaded D-words. You know the ones I mean, deprivation, denial, drudgery, difficult, or just plain disgusting. No wonder we look for a quick fix when it
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It’s common for young adults just starting out to go a little crazy with a steady paycheck, especially if their new job is well-paying. Should the person be single and childless, with small (or no) loan or mortgage payments, having more cash than ever before can go to their head. They may indulge in fancy
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Let me first start out by saying that I am not writing this article as a doctor, a physician, or a cardiologist because I am none of those things. I am writing this article the only way I know how – as a runner. Your day at work has just ended. You are exhausted, hungry,
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When I was a teenager, I purchased a poster with a phrase from former President Calvin Coolidge. I gazed at it so much that it became memorized, and the words have stuck with me for life: “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful
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Did you know that a mid-afternoon slump, chronic irritability, and a down-in-the-dumps feeling may be caused in part by eating not-so-smart foods at not-so-smart times of the day? Your food choices do impact how you feel in a number of different ways. One of the bodily processes impacted by what you eat is neurotransmitter production. Neurotransmitters are
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That old saying about death and taxes being the only things in life one can count on is a bit incomplete in its philosophy. I suppose the implicit message is that life holds virtually no guarantees, but that a visit from the grim reaper and government collection exist as the only two obvious unavoidables. Yet
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