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June 26, 2025
Is your Body Clock Out of Whack?
Do you wake up feeling tired and groggy even though you’ve had a full night’s sleep? Your internal body clock / circadian rhythm might not be working properly. The circadian rhythm regulates your level of sleepiness or wakefulness throughout the day. When it’s working properly, you should wake up feeling energized and ready to conquer the world! An out-of-whack body clock doesn’t just make you tired. It also disrupts your brain’s wave patterns, hormone production, and cell regulation. This disruption has been linked to depression, obesity, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Thankfully, it is possible to reset your circadian rhythm as long as you can figure out what is throwing it off. Do you have a regular sleep schedule? Do you go to bed and get up at around the same time every day? An erratic sleep schedule throws off your body clock. If you want to wake up feeling refreshed, you need to pick a bedtime and a wake-up time. Don’t just go to bed whenever you feel like it. Having a fixed bedtime also helps you wind down. You might not always go to bed on time, but the realization that it’s “past your bedtime” helps you to relax and get ready for bed. Do you wind down before bed? How do you prepare for bed? If you work or watch TV up until the minute you fall asleep, your brain doesn’t get a chance to wind down. To sleep better, you need to find a way to let…
Unlocking Your True Self
We live in an age of overwhelm and overload. It’s easy to be paralyzed by choices and feel lost in confusion. The world has become loud, noisy, and increasingly more intrusive. Being true to ourselves has never been more challenging. Who are you? What do you stand for? What do you stand against? What do…
Learn More8 Ways To Prime Your Brain For Success
Our brains are the command center of our lives and are essential for the quality of our physical, emotional, and mental performance. Chronic stress, poor diet, smoking, and excess alcohol take a severe negative toll on our brain’s functionality. These habits also contribute to high blood pressure, cognitive decline, and dementia. But you can always…
Learn MoreDo You Need A Coach or A Mentor?
What do most of us do when taking a trip to somewhere we’ve never been? We find someone who’s been there and ask them about it because we want to make the most of our trip! If we put that much thought and effort into a trip, how much more should we be putting thought and effort…
Learn MorePoor Eyesight Can Lead to Poor Mental Health— Here’s What You Can Do
It has long been proven that the mind-body connection is real, with physical health influencing mental wellness and vice versa. So, besides making healthy lifestyle changes through diet and exercise, you can refer to a previous post about the science of happiness for strategies for boosting your mental health and overall quality of life. These…
Learn MoreSailing Through Life: Letting Go And Trusting The Journey
You can drift through life or sail through life. The difference is that one is aimless and undefined, and the other has a purpose and has direction. Life is challenging. There will be rough water. Pray for wisdom and batten down the hatches to navigate life’s storms, but never stop believing in yourself; trust the…
Learn MoreStress Kills Brain Cells
Chronic stress can wreak havoc and cause harmful disruptions to our health and well-being. It can make us vulnerable to disease, drain joy from our lives, and throw our metabolic systems into disarray, from the immune system to blood sugar and the cardiovascular system. In fact, the damaging effects of long-term stress are so pervasive…
Learn MoreHow (and Why) Exercise Brightens Mood
With everything that’s happening in the world today and living lives of constant and never-ending activity, it seems our stress and anxiety levels reach new highs each day. Taking care of our mental well-being is crucial. Controlling our mood is a must, too. Otherwise, it will quickly control us, plunging us into overwhelm and depression. …
Learn MoreWalking: Lower Your Blood Pressure And Strengthen Your Heart!
Walking is amazing. Not only does it relax the nervous system by reducing stress, but it also lowers blood pressure and strengthens the heart. And It’s Easy! Many people who are at risk for stroke and heart disease are overweight and find it hard to exercise. However, walking is a low-impact exercise that almost anyone…
Learn MoreWhen Should You Let Go Of Grudges And Resentments?
It’s hard to let anger and bitterness go. It isn’t easy getting over someone who has hurt you. Feelings of resentment and distrust linger and burden the heart, filling one’s life with negativity. And forgiving them seems almost impossible. A study published by Springer Link revealed that “Bearing grudges is associated with a history of pain disorders,…
Learn MoreStop Letting People Trigger You Into Procrastination
You jump out of bed in the morning, ready to tackle your day. You’re on fire and intend to attack whatever you’ve been putting off. Or you’ve finally mustered up the courage to start that new project or business and are excited. You shower, dress, meditate, and drink your favorite morning beverage, and just as…
Learn More4 Eye Diseases That an Eye Exam Can Catch
Vision changes are not uncommon, especially with age, but you may be at risk for certain eye diseases and be unaware of them. These conditions can deteriorate your vision, not only increasing your chances of vision loss and blindness but also putting you at risk for more health problems, including falls and fractures, injuries, poor…
Learn MoreStop Letting Procrastination Bury Your Dreams
Someone said, “Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.” When the end comes, some people look back over their lives, and all they see is a graveyard of regrets, largely due to procrastination and putting things off until tomorrow. Don’t let that be you. Here are seven ways to get busy living your…
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