Category Archives: Health
Focus on Practice Not Performance
As summer peaks it is time to review the goals we set for ourselves months ago. Did we start that exercise program? diet? Did we update our resume? Enhance our network? Complete that household project? Begin that class? Take more time for ourselves, our loved ones? Did our performance match our expectation? The answers to these questions can lead us to look at how we can successfully achieve our goals.
… Read the restOur goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route
Float Away Your Troubles
What are Floatation Tanks?
Floatation tanks are becoming a novel new way to gain inner peace and deep relaxation. Floatation or isolation tanks were initially used by John Lilly, a neuropsychiatrist, in 1954 to explore what happens when our external sensory input is significantly reduced. Basically, the sensory deprivation tanks are big, closed tubs filled with water and a large amount of Epsom salts.
The high concentration of salt makes it possible for you to comfortably float with your face above the water. Since the air and water temperature are the same temperature as the skin, you can begin to … Read the rest
Wear Your Brain On Your Chest
What does the behavioral pattern of Bipolar Disorder, Depression, OCD or ADHD look like? Living With: has designed some wonderful T shirts that reflect how the brain behaves with a specific disorder. Their goal? To raise awareness about mental health, change perceptions, and to begin new conversations.
… Read the restWhen you struggle with mental health, you’re a champion every day. It takes guts and courage to face your obstacles head on. Living With: was founded to celebrate the millions of individuals across the nation who are living with mental disorders. Our mission is to encourage self-acceptance, change perceptions, and support new conversations
Dog Days of Summer
These languid, sultry summer days were first labeled “dog days” by the Greeks. The ancient belief was that when the “Dog Star”, Sirius, the brightest star in the Canis Major constellation rose at the same time as sunrise, hot weather was guaranteed. This was seen as a time of turmoil, when things went awry: dogs went mad, food spoiled, floods occurred, and disease spread.
Shakespeare references this singular time of the year in Henry VIII, “The dog days now reign” and in Romeo and Juliet, “For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.”.
In Ayurveda (an ancient Hindu … Read the rest
