Mindful Eating: Strategies for Overcoming Emotional Eating
Emotional eating is using food to cope with negative emotions or stress rather than physical hunger. It’s a common issue that can sabotage weight loss efforts and lead to feelings of guilt or shame. Practicing mindful eating techniques can help override the impulse to reach for food when upset. Here are some effective strategies to […]
Mind-Body Connection: how one affects the other
Our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes can positively or negatively affect our complete biological functioning. Our minds can actually affect how healthy our bodies are. On the other hand, what we do with our physical body (what we eat, how much we exercise and even our posture) can impact our mental state (positively or negatively). […]
Four Healthy Eating Tips to Help You Fight Inflammation
An increased knowledge of health conditions that cause intestinal inflammation such as Coeliac, Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis has made many of us more aware of our body’s tolerance to food and drink. Allergies are also spoken of more frequently than in the past. While severe allergies can be life threatening and require specialist interventions […]
10 Things Your Brain Needs to Build a Healthy and Successful Career
Our small habits can make a significant impact on how we show up at our jobs. If you are like most people, you might not know about your own brain. Yet, your brain is who you are. It is the size of your fist, weighs about as much as a cantaloupe around three pounds and is […]
How to Embrace and Simplify Healthy Eating
You may know you want to improve your lifestyle and start eating more healthily, but when it actually comes to it, it can be a bit of a challenge. There is lots of information out there about what you should eat, and the various diets you should go on, but it can all be a […]
How a monk’s diet helped me lose weight
2016. I started gaining weight when I came back to my home country after several months abroad. My friends and family had been noticing how fat I had become and I couldn’t help but to be annoyed by their bullies. To add insult to the injury, my doctor advised me to go on a diet […]
Mindful Eating: Developing a Healthy Attitude Towards Food
You may be wondering what mindful eating is. The term “mindful eating” actually comes from the word “mindfulness”, which is an awareness of feelings, thoughts, behaviors and behavioral urges. But what does “mindful eating” mean? Mindful eating takes the concept of mindfulness and applies it to eating. It involves paying close attention to the type […]
Our relationship with food during a pandemic
Apart from social distancing, eating habits and nutrition play a crucial role in a person’s health. Making wise food choices increases your chances of staying healthy and enjoying optimal levels of energy. There has never been a better time to learn about and protect your immune system. Here’s what you can do: Pay attention to […]
Are You an Active Listener?
In the field of teaching the second language to kids, there is a criterion called Active Listening. It’s a period of time that the kid doesn’t talk or communicate verbally. He or she just listens, and you are sometimes confused if they get what you teach. In this case, parents and teachers usually become anxious […]
Eating Healthy On A Budget
Many people have stated that high costs are one of the biggest reasons why they hesitate to eat healthier meals. Eating nutritious foods is essential for living healthy, but so is managing your expenses. There are several things that you can do in order to eat healthy on a budget. 1. Do not Buy Prepackaged […]