Your 2024 Exercise Plan

Creating an exercise plan for weight release, strength training and cardiovascular endurance involves a balanced combination of various exercises and activities. It’s essential to include both resistance training and cardiovascular exercises to achieve comprehensive fitness goals. Here’s a sample 2024 exercise plan that you can customize based on your fitness level, preferences and any specific… Continue reading Your 2024 Exercise Plan

Steps to Spiritual Wellness

Spirituality or spiritual conversations can often be filled with confusion, doubts, and fear. Many have tried to find ways to answer the question of spiritual wellness and how one achieves it. In fact, according to the National Institute of Health(n.d.), there is currently no clear definition of spiritual wellness. However, many scientists and researchers have… Continue reading Steps to Spiritual Wellness

How to Maximize Your Physical, Mental, and Emotional Energy

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s essential to have high levels of energy to keep up with the demands of daily life. Energy is not only important for physical well-being but also for mental and emotional health. Emotional and mental wellness are connected but different. The emotional aspect deals with coping and managing emotions, while mental… Continue reading How to Maximize Your Physical, Mental, and Emotional Energy

Harnessing the Power of Positivity and Natural Energy Boosters

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In the colorful tapestry of life, energy is the vibrant thread that weaves our daily experiences together. It’s the driving force behind our actions and the sparkle in our eyes when we tackle challenges with gusto. But how can we enhance our energy levels naturally and amplify the positive energy that propels us forward? Embracing… Continue reading Harnessing the Power of Positivity and Natural Energy Boosters

How to Reverse Prediabetes

Prediabetes is a condition whereby an individual’s blood sugar level is not expected but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Prediabetes often leads to diabetes if unchecked. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.gov.), there are more individuals with prediabetes than diabetes, about 1 out of 3 adult Americans. Often,… Continue reading How to Reverse Prediabetes

Social Wellness: The Value of Support Systems

What do you call something all people (and some pets) need, find much fulfillment in, but are sometimes hesitant to ask for? Connection. Before the famous Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs which is individual-centric, there was the indigenous Blackfoot model that inspired Maslow, which was community-centric. In fact, it was a widely held belief by many… Continue reading Social Wellness: The Value of Support Systems

Jumpstart Your First Five Pounds of Weight Loss

Whether you’re looking ahead to 2024 or reflecting on 2023, shedding extra pounds might be on your list. You’re not alone. One survey across 30 countries revealed 45–60% of individuals were trying to lose weight (Ipsos, 2021). Unwanted weight affects physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing, increases stress and expands waistlines. Even a modest amount of… Continue reading Jumpstart Your First Five Pounds of Weight Loss

Beautifully Clean: All Natural Cleaning for a Healthy Home

This month’s focus is on beauty and wellness, which extends into the home environment. A relaxed, clean space re-energizes and promotes health from the inside out. However, commercial cleaning products may be harming your abode. One review found Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), which can be in cleaning agents, to be a primary indoor air pollutant… Continue reading Beautifully Clean: All Natural Cleaning for a Healthy Home

Intravenous (IV) Hydration: Lifesaving or Luxury?

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An IV is placed by a piercing in the vein with an IV needle. Once the needle enters the vein, the healthcare professional withdraws the needle leaving a catheter, or thin, flexible tube, within the vein. The IV is then secured with tape to prevent accidental removal. IV therapy includes the placement of an IV… Continue reading Intravenous (IV) Hydration: Lifesaving or Luxury?

How Nonconforming Individuals Are Challenging Standards of Beauty

Society often defines beauty as physical attributes that conform to specific standards. These standards are influenced by race, gender, age, class, and media. However, only some people fit into these narrow and rigid categories. Some people choose to express themselves in ways that defy the expectations and stereotypes of their identity.Beauty is a subjective and… Continue reading How Nonconforming Individuals Are Challenging Standards of Beauty