From a spiritual or metaphysical perspective, certain practices involving exercise, food, and other holistic techniques can help support emotional and mental well-being, including the prevention of suicidal thoughts. Here are some tips and techniques you could recommend in these areas: 1. Exercise (Including Yoga) Regular physical activity is known to positively affect mental and emotional well-being. From a spiritual perspective,…
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Suicide Prevention: A Comprehensive Approach to Healing Mind, Body, and Spirit Exploring Medical, Psychological, and Spiritual Dimensions to Address and Prevent Suicide
September marks Suicide Prevention Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness, fostering understanding, and promoting action to prevent suicide. It is a call to come together and address one of the most pressing public health crises of our time. Suicide affects millions of people globally, leaving a deep and lasting impact on individuals, families, and communities. To truly understand and…
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How to Care for You (& Yours) All Winter Long 3 Tips for Winter Self-Care
Winter can be a beautiful and contemplative season, but it is often difficult to enjoy it with the cold temperature and various illnesses in the air. Luckily, it is entirely possible to enjoy a picturesque winter season with a few simple steps! This guide will give you all of the self-care tips you need to enjoy winter today. One of…
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Creating Your Own Nightly Routine for Wrapping Up a Great (or Bad) Day 5 Things to Do Every Night Before Bed
Having a morning routine is something many people have perfected, but what about your nighttime routine? How you end your day can be just as important as how it began. By making time before bed to assess our day, we are better able to identify habits that can help us wind down and get a restful night’s sleep. Below are…
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How Your Diet Impacts Your Stress Level Tips & Tricks to Improve Your Eating Habits
Usually, when you start looking at ways to reduce your stress levels, you likely look first to your work life: How much work do you perform, and how much of it interrupts your daily home life? You’d also examine other life responsibilities, and whether or not through it all you are practicing good self-care. Grand it – all of these…
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Quiet Time for a Party on One 3 Simple Ways to Incorporate Mindfulness into Your Daily Routine
Mindfulness is the practice of being present, appreciating each moment, and acknowledging it without judging. You can reduce stress and anxiety among gaining other healthy benefits by simply adding more mindfulness into your day. One way to do that is with daily mindfulness rituals or small things you can do each day to begin practicing mindfulness. Start Your Day With…
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What’s Your R&R Count?!? Why You Should Better Utilize Your Day(s) Off?
Most people who work during the week, often try to fill their weekend with tending to household needs or other family or community obligations. For many, it looks like getting a few extra workouts in, planning family day or weekend trips, doing home improvement projects, taking care of cleaning and related chores, and the list goes on and on. While…
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Stressed Out?!? Try These Foods… (Part 1 of 2) 5 Foods that Naturally Reduce Stress
The diet that you consume plays a role in your body’s ability to better manage its stress load. Below is a list of foods that help you to naturally reduce your stress level as an alternative to medications that cause unpleasant side effects. Here’s a partial list of foods to consider when meal planning for yourself and your family. As…
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What Are You Stressing Out About? Common Symptoms & Manifestations of Acute vs. Chronic Stress...
Everyone goes through it, no one is exempt from it. Stress serves as the “spice of life” flavoring every part of our emotional, physical, psychological, and physiological well-being. It acts as an energetic current, flowing through every aspect of our lives, sometimes without rhyme or reason. Sometimes it is within our control and sometimes it isn’t. Regardless of its source,…
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Essential Oils & Stress Management 5 Essential Oils for Stress Relief
One’s sense of smell is intensely linked to both memory and emotion, perhaps more than any other sense. The perfume industry has long been aware of this fact, but lately, people have opted to take matters into their own hands by using essential oils. When used appropriately, these intense aromatic compounds are derived from plants and have the power to…
