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Enhance Your Overall Health by Adding These 5 Self-Care Practices to Your Fitness Routine
You probably know all about the benefits of regular exercise. For good reason, working out is considered to be one of the most important parts of a healthy living routine. The part that gets more neglected by many people, however, is self-care. In its most basic sense, self-care means taking care of yourself—physically, mentally, and emotionally—in order to reduce stress and maintain your overall wellness. So what if there was a way to combine fitness with self-care and get the best of both worlds? Fortunately, there is. Here are five self-care practices that can coincide with your fitness routine...
Make Self -Care A Must This Year
4 Practical Steps for Adding Self-Care to Your Life Life gets busy. When we are overwhelmed—struggling to balance work and time with family and friends—we often forget to take time for ourselves. But self-care is a necessity for a high quality of life and overall well-being. Not only can self-care help prevent future problems with our mental health and relationships, but it can also increase our happiness and productivity in the present. The key is to start with baby steps and grow as you go. Here are 4 steps to get you started: Take steps to reduce stress With...
Ginger Water
With the flu epidemic in full swing here in the US, I'm always looking for ways to naturally boost my immune system and my overall health. I mainly drink water throughout the day and fruit juice in the morning but once in a while I like to switch things up a bit. Cue in ginger water. I'm pretty familiar with drinking hot ginger tea, something I do to help ease belly ache but only recently began to drink that same tea but chilled. It's so easy to make and has completely replace any store brought juice or drinks in my home. I...
Winter Is Coming = Immune Boosting Tonics
About a week ago, on two separate occasions, I stumbled upon several social media posts about homemade tonics you can make to boost your immune system. I felt a prompting in my spirit to do some research for my own personal use. For one, winter is coming which means cold and flu season and two, my immune system is not nearly as strong as it should be. One night of insufficient sleep and I can feel my immune system spiral into a downward trajectory. Unfortunately for me, I dismissed the nudging in my spirit on both occasions. Fast-forward a week later,...