LIFESTYLE
Posts that look at lifestyle issues.
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Recipe: Healthy Instant Oatmeal Jars
Adding whole grains into your diet can provide many benefits including lowering blood pressure and improving your body’s reaction to stress. These healthy instant oatmeal jars are the perfect way to have an easy ready-to-go snack or meal on hand in the pantry. I recommend using mason jars or some other air-tight containers to hold the mixtures. Then block out an hour over the weekend to make up a batch. You’ll find it’s so simple to whip up enough to last several days or a week that you’ll want to add this to your meal planning and prepping routine. Pick Your Oats All the recipes start with 1/2 cup of…
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Feeling Stressed? Try These 5 Tips
Our lives are so busy, sometimes it can feel hard to breathe. We spend our days running around multi-tasking, doing endless errands, cooking and cleaning, working, and taking care of our families and the household. What Can Stress Cause? Doing all the things all the time without a break in sight can take a toll on both your mental well-being. You may find yourself more emotional, irritable, or depressed and you may struggle to stay focused. Health-wise, stress can trigger chemical reactions in your body and constant stress can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. This can ultimately lead to illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes. Learning…
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Recipe: Sunny Side Pepper Eggs
Eggs are an absolute wonder. They’re incredibly nutritious – in fact, they’re one of the most nutritious foods on the planet. The protein in eggs has just the right mix of essential amino acids needed to build tissue fiber. Yup, that’s why Sylvester Stallone ate raw eggs in the movie Rocky. As a rule, who likes to drink raw eggs in the morning? Not me. Not to mention, I am not the biggest egg fan. However, there are times when fresh eggs have the right complementary ingredients and I can make an exception. Like with this recipe for sunny side pepper eggs. Make a Better Dish Using Fresh Eggs Made…
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Ways to Increase Positivity in Your Life
As you know, I love posts about positive thinking! In this post, I include some reading options to enhance your positive vibes! On to the Post… It’s not always easy to be positive. Let’s face it, we live in a stressful world. We face plenty of challenges and have numerous obligations. It’s no wonder it can be hard to put on a smile and think optimistically sometimes. But a positive outlook can do wonders for you. It can relieve stress, ward off illness, help you live longer, and even attract other positive people to you. Positive thinking can generally make your life much better, so making an effort to bring…
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How Positive Thinking Can Improve Your Life
Are you a glass half full or a glass half empty kind of thinker? The answer you choose can make a difference in the quality and length of your life. Seeing the glass as half-full means you tend to have a more positive outlook, and positive thinking can enable you to live a better life than average. That’s because a sunny outlook can improve your life in many small ways. For example, being able to see the light at the end of the tunnel and knowing that a difficult period will eventually end can help get you through a rough day, week or year. Here are some other ways positive…
