Mood Booster: Move Your Body Every Day
In addition to getting good sleep, eating right, and other mood boosters, try to also get some regular exercise in. I'm not talking about completing a difficult fitness challenge or pushing yourself to do some extreme form of activity you don’t enjoy. Instead, find...
Mood Booster: Pay Attention to What You Eat
I know, I know, you've heard this a gazillion times and this might not be what you want to hear, but what you eat does make a difference in how you feel, including mentally. Some foods, like high amounts of sugar and refined carbohydrates, give you energy and make you...
Mood Booster: Improving Your Sleep Hygiene
One of the most important things you can do each day when you want to boost your mood naturally is to get better sleep. And I'm not just talking about how many hours you sleep, though that is definitely important. You want to focus on proper sleep hygiene, which is...
Mood Booster: A Morning Journaling Routine
Let’s talk a little bit about morning routines. You have a morning routine now, whether you consciously realize it or not. You probably have certain tasks you like to get done shortly after waking up, such as brushing your teeth, taking a shower, walking your dogs,...
What causes shifts in your mood?
Often when people think of their mood, they think of just being in a good mood or a bad mood. But the truth is, there is a lot in between these two extremes. Things like stress, daily habits, physical stress, and so many other factors go into how you feel. Your mood...
Healthy Alternatives to Halloween Candy Your Kids Will Love
Your kids will love healthy alternatives to Halloween candy if you make them frightfully good. These are some ideas for healthy holiday food and celebrations that are low on sugar and still a lot of fun. Healthy Foods to Substitute for Traditional Halloween Candy:...
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Food as Pleasure: The Pitfalls And Solutions
Do you eat to live or love to eat? In this day and age food has become more to us than just nourishment for our bodies. Food has become quite the passion for some of us. Food is force-fed (pun intended) to us by advertisements on tv, billboards, radio, and the...
Compassion vs Empathy: What is the Difference?
Compassion and empathy are often substituted for one another, but they do not have the same meaning. Compassion means having sympathy and concern for someone else’s suffering along with wanting to go alongside them on their journey. Whereas empathy is defined more by...
How to Find Happiness Without Seeking It
It can easily be argued that every decision a person makes is in the pursuit of happiness. You might say, “Wait a minute. I go to a job I hate every day just so I can pay my bills and barely survive.” True, but you really think that going to that miserable job will...