Anger is a perfectly natural emotion, but it can lead to harm when things go too far. You may not always be able to control a bad situation or the way that it makes you feel, but you can control your response. In the long run, simmering anger that isn’t dealt with can damage your…
8 Ways to Get a Workout on a Busy Schedule
A healthy lifestyle takes some effort. For many, finding the time to fit in a workout is more of a challenge than finding the will to stick to their exercise plan. Busy work schedules and family obligations often interfere, but there are always opportunities to squeeze in your daily routine. Wake Up Earlier If you…
Managing Diabetes – Know Your Numbers
Diabetes is becoming more common every day, and there are approximately 26 million people who are currently suffering from the disease. Although these numbers can cause considerable anxiety, it is important to focus your attention on the numbers that mean the most to you as a diabetic, including your blood sugar levels. The more you…
5 New Traditions You Should Start This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a holiday that has always been about starting new family traditions. Turkey dinners, football, and parades are now the standard national customs, but none of these things were present at Plymouth Plantation in 1621. Continue the holiday custom of adding new Thanksgiving traditions to your celebration. Remembering History Everyone has heard the story…
Recognizing A Diabetic Medical Emergency
Diabetes is a medical condition affecting millions of people today; this health issue also impacts the loved ones of people living with it. Correctly identifying a diabetic emergency and responding to it can help prevent illness, injury, and even death. Dangerously High Blood Glucose Levels Diabetes is characterized by the body’s inability to metabolize glucose;…
Understanding Chronic Pain and Its Symptoms
Close to 100 million people in the United States alone suffer from chronic pain on a daily basis. Chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts for a longer time period than six months, and can range from mild discomfort to excruciating, debilitating pain. Chronic pain can be a simple nuisance or completely incapacitating depending…
Be Proactive About Your Heart Health
The quality of your heart health directly affects your ability to function optimally, breathe and move efficiently, and live day-to-day without chronic pain. Taking active measures to maintain your heart health and to prolong its existence is crucial and should be a goal that is proactively pursued. Because the devastation of heart disease, heart attacks,…
Habits That Could Be Hurting Your Diet
If you have tried every diet in the book and are still struggling to lose those pounds, you may want to look at the company you keep. According to researchers in England, people that are actively dieting are more likely to cheat when they are hanging around friends and colleagues that are not dieting. Apparently,…
Obesity: Are Kids Getting Healthier?
Over the past 30 years, the incidence of obesity has more than doubled in young children and quadrupled in adolescents. In 1980, about 7 percent of children between the ages of six and eleven were obese; in 2012 that number had increased to nearly 18 percent, and over a third of all children and adolescents…
Become a Millionaire in Three Simple Steps
You can become a millionaire. It might not happen overnight. However, you can achieve your financial goals without winning the lottery. With enough drive and enough time, your net worth can have seven figures. There are three simple steps that almost every self-made millionaire in the United States has followed. Be Better Than Your Competitors…