Give your Mind, Body and Brain a Boost

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The winter weather can often drain our motivation and our energy.  Find your identity again with help from our experts.   Through a few quick and easy routine changes, you can boost your mood, challenge your mind, and rejuvenate your body.

7 Questions to Get and Stay Motivated

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Life comes with ups and downs and it can be difficult to find one’s motivation again. Whether it be through moving to a new area, beginning a new daily routine or surrounding yourself with more positive people, you can find the energy and motivation to redefine your life and find a better sense of happiness. Ask yourself a few questions and find your true identity again.

Breaking Thought Patterns Through Movement and Affirmations

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Breaking old patterns has been a lifelong journey for me. When I was 23 years old, I was divorced and raising 3 children on my own. Life was painful. My body was unhealthy. I was smoking, weighed 100 pounds and thought I was fat, and watched television incessantly. My spiritual being suffered the most. Fear, self-pity, anger, and guilt were my constant companions, and I thought I was so worthless that I did not deserve to be here. Ironically, my mind was constantly focusing on what other people should change in their lives so I could be happier.

Menopause Made Easier with Food

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At one Thanksgiving meal, a friend of mine from India said she didn’t have any hot flashes when she avoided sugar completely. I was all ears! I wasn’t able to sleep through the night, as I kept waking up with tortuous hot flashes every two hours, or even more often. After following her advice, my menopausal symptoms improved.

6 Tips to Recharge Your Motivation and Get Back on Track

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Unexpected events can throw anyone off track in life.  By taking the time to regroup and think about the positives in your life, you can find your motivation to overcome those bumps in the road.  Follow these six tips when you find that your life is heading in the wrong direction and you too will [...]

Identity Suicide

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At the age of thirteen I survived an enormous trauma that left me feeling changed, as if I was an entirely different person. Once a happy girl, I now saw myself as a vulnerable, weak, frightened survivor. In order to cope with this identity shift, I put in place several patterns that negatively impacted my life.

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

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Want to find your prince charming? Stop kissing all those frogs and take advice from relationship expert Jane Atkinson. Focus on yourself, find your true identity and before you know it, you will find “the one,” too.

5 Healthier Habits for Type 1 Diabetes

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One woman shares how she is making healthy changes to improve her family’s lifestyle after a Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis. Try these five tips to improving your own eating habits and see the positive changes that Laura’s family experienced in your own home, too.

Overcoming Obstacles Through Healthier Habits

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When encountering obstacles in life, such as illnesses, we often believe there may be no cure other than medicine.  For Elizabeth, transforming her lifestyle allowed her to overcome her multiple sclerosis, and to grow as person overall.  Her ability to find natural nutritious remedies gave her opportunities she may never have expected beforehand.  Elizabeth found [...]

Breaking My Pattern of Depression

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Depression can sneak up on us when we least expect it.  The secret is to not let it take over our lives.  For Shari, depression has been a life-long battle.  But after becoming dependent on medication, she chose to change her pattern of depression.  Shari realized that life is meant to be lived and each [...]