Category: Self-Care

Establishing Morning Routines Can Boost Mood & Energy

Interview: Dr. Colleen Cira, Psy.D. on the Importance of Morning Routines.

Dr. Colleen Cira is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in Women and Trauma, and is also a mother of two—so she is also an expert in scheduling and maximizing one of our dearest resources—time! As millions of families are getting ready to go back to school and all the chaos that comes with this, daily routines are important and can really help us to start our days off in the best way, so we can be our best selves.

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Morning Routines:

A morning routine is amazing for so many things, including giving your mood and energy levels a boost.  Here’s why:

1. Our brains LOVE routine.  The less work our brains have to do, the happier our brains are, so routines feel really good to most of us. So having some routines in our lives is a really lovely way to conserve energy for more complicated parts of our day.

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5 Steps to Break Free From Stress and Anxiety Naturally (Without Quitting Your Job)

Available for Interviews: Dr. Alice Fong

Alice Fong, ND, is an integrative naturopathic doctor specializing in stress, integrative medicine, diet & weight loss, and is a business growth consultant for holistic healthcare providers.

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Breaking Free From Stress and Anxiety Naturally:

When your body or mind is stressed, your “sympathetic nervous system” is activated. It is better known as the “fight or flight response.” What happens to our bodies when we’re in this “stress” mode is our heart races, pupils dilate, we sweat, and our blood pressure and cortisol rises. It’s an important system to have to be able to exercise or handle dangerous situations. However, the problem is, if we are ALWAYS in this “stress mode,” it overworks our adrenal glands, which is responsible for the output of the hormone cortisol in our bodies. Eventually the adrenal glands will be depleted over time, which can lead to the brain fog, fatigue, sleep disturbances, weight gain, and it makes us more susceptible to getting sick. 

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8 Health Tips to Help You Live Your Best (Aging) Life

Available for Interviews: Saundra Dalton-Smith, MD

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is an internal medicine physician, a work-life integration researcher, and an international expert on the mind-body-spirit connection. She is also an international speaker and bestselling author of Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity.

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Health & Aging:

We’re all aging.

Tomorrow you will be older than you are today. It’s sad but true. And while we can’t do anything to reverse this aging process, we can adopt a lifestyle now that will set us up for success later.

As we grow, we should ask ourselves, “What would my future self want me to be doing right now? What wouldn’t they want me to be doing?”

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3 Morning Energy Stealers and How We Can All Catch the Rest We Need

Available for Interviews: Saundra Dalton-Smith, MD

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is an internal medicine physician, a work-life integration researcher, and an international expert on the mind-body-spirit connection. She is also an international speaker and bestselling author of Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity.

Dr. Dalton-Smith was recently published in Shape Magazine on how to feel less sleep-deprived and more rejuvenized when we wake up in the morning. Here’s another story angle on the topic.

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Energy Stealers and How Best to Deal With Them:

In a year plagued with stress and challenges, we need sound rest more than ever to function and lead productive lives. But this seemingly simple activity is problematic for millions of Americans. Why do we feel worse when we wake up, after a long sleep, than we did when we went to bed? It’s a complex story of individual physiology, lifestyle, health, and bad habits that exude in our patterns of behavior. It’s called ‘sleep inertia’ and it’s due to a lack of the brain and body, booting up in the morning. It’s a lack of oxygen in the muscles and brain, which makes you feel sleepy even after having a good 8-hour sleep. But, there are other causes too.

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Practical Advice for Building Resilience During Times of Stress

Available for Interviews: Dr. Alice Fong

Alice Fong, ND, is an integrative naturopathic doctor specializing in stress, integrative medicine, diet & weight loss, and is a business growth consultant for holistic healthcare providers.

What Dr. Alice Fong can say in an interview
on Ways to Build Resilience:

      •  Find peer support groups. Support groups help to promote a sense of community and connection so one doesn’t feel so alone in their struggles. 
      •  Stop using alcohol or drugs as a coping mechanism. These substances are avoidant and numbing strategies that won’t get to the root cause of the problem.

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5 Reasons Why Faith Is Essential During a Health Crisis

Available for Interviews: Saundra Dalton-Smith, MD

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is an internal medicine physician, a work-life integration researcher, and an international expert on mind-body-spirit connection. She is also an international speaker and bestselling author of Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity.

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Faith & Crisis:

Covid-19 has negatively impacted people around the globe in various ways. Job losses, income cuts, homelessness, illness, and death are just some of the many challenges the pandemic has yielded. There’s also a corresponding rise in depression, anxiety, stress, and fatigue which can lead to various health conditions, including stroke, high blood pressure, and chronic pain. The one aspect that remains steady throughout the chaos and uncertainty is faith.

Here are 5 reasons why faith is essential during this health crisis:

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The 365% Rule and Why It Will Help With Your Best Healthy Life

Available for Interviews: Raphael Velazquez

Raphael Velazquez, NSCA CSCS, is the founder of VELA, and is a certified strength and conditioning specialist, celebrity trainer, and body transformation expert. He is also the author of Core Fitness: Your Best Shape, Looking and Feeling Great.

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the 365% Rule & Life: 

    • Dream big and step small. The 365% rule starts off with having a plan, a destination, and goals. You need to know where you’re going before you step off towards a journey. The same goes for fitness, no matter whether you’re looking to improve your fitness, feel better, get stronger, improve your strength, lose body fat, know where you are by doing an assessment and having goals.

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5 Lifestyle Changes Can Help in Preventing Fatigue

Available for Interviews: Dr. Alice Fong

Alice Fong, ND, is an integrative naturopathic doctor specializing in stress, integrative medicine, diet & weight loss, and is a business growth consultant for holistic healthcare providers.

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on Fatigue:

Fatigue is the chronic feeling of tiredness and lack of energy. Some symptoms of fatigue are chronic tiredness and inability to sleep, headache, dizziness, sore feeling or weakness of muscles, irritability, etc.

Here are some lifestyle changes you can implement to prevent fatigue, reduce its symptoms, or eradicate it.

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Finding Purpose in Everyday Life? Here’s 4 Simple Ways.

Available for Interviews: Nell Derick Debevoise

Nell Derick Debevoise is the Founder & CEO of Inspiring Capital and the author of the new book, Going First: Find the Courage to Lead Purposefully and Inspire Action is available on Amazon.

 

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Finding Purpose:

      • It is possible—and advisable!—to find purpose in everyday life. By purpose, we just mean a reason for doing things larger than your own success.
      • For one thing, medical research by Harvard and elsewhere has shown that having a sense of purpose reduces our risk of dementia and heart disease. It also reduces anxiety and depression and increases our empathy, motivation, and creativity.
      • But how is it possible to build purpose in our already busy lives? 

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3 Simple Habits to Try When You Are Super Stressed

Available for Interviews:  Jason Deitch.

Jason Deitch, is a Doctor of Chiropractic, author, international speaker, and social media expert. He speaks on health & wellness trends and the role of chiropractic care in family wellness. He is also the best-selling author of Discover Wellness: How Staying Healthy Can Make You Rich. 

 

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on 3 Simple Habits to Cope With Stress:

  1. Balance Board Workout

Spend time doing what you do on a balance board. Whether you’re working, talking on the phone, watching your favorite show, or just stressing out. Do it on a balance board. Balance requires your present time awareness and is a great way to distract you from your thoughts causing you stress.

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