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Lacking Motivation, and Counseling Your Drive

Lacking Motivation, and Counseling Your Drive

Life gets stressful pretty quick. There are the everyday struggles, not to mention those inopportune things that can result in your mind and body needing rest.

When the Day to Day Gets to Hard

Marriage, kids, job… it can all add up to stress when the structure goes a tad haywire. Remember to take time to breathe each hour. Here’s a little trick that will release the good brain chemicals, providing you with energy, health, and determination.

Take a deep breath. Hold for a second, then exhale for five seconds. Repeat this five times.

Keep a positive mindset…You’ve got this!

When Sickness Strikes

Falling ill puts a huge damper on life. With a simple cold, we have learned to fight through the discomfort and give whatever percentage we can give. However, if something more serious is going on, there is no doubt rest is a must. Our bodies are smart, so we tend to have bursts of energy throughout the aliment, but the body will force us to rest when needed. Unlike our brains, the body doesn’t care about deadlines.

Motivation severely diminishes with illness. With long-term sicknesses we can also fall into depression or self-judgement on not being able to complete tasks like we once were able. Don’t beat yourself up. A tough battle is going on within you, so don’t feel bad if you need to take rest time more often. If depression hits and you can’t find your drive anymore, it’s okay to seek counseling from others about how to handle the struggle.

Here’s a few ways to help stay motivated during illness,

-Remember to count your blessings- Appreciate what feels better than yesterday. If we start to think about the bad stuff, it’s a fact, you’re going to feel worse.

-Find something that makes you laugh- Laughter truly is the best medicine…science has proven it.

-Rest and Meditate- There is time for rest, which means shutting everything else off. Other times, meditation might be the way to go, so your body and mind can direct you on what tasks are important while leaving stress behind.

Tired of Rejection

Rejection is a fact of life. Some handle it much better than others. But don’t let rejection stop your motivation. Most times, we need to prove we are worthy of our destiny. Have you tried and tired, but you keep continuing to fail? Do you feel defeated? Well, it’s time to figure it out. Do you need a rest to recharge your drive? Or have you lost your focus? Are you ready to give up and move on to something else? Or should you let that task go all together?

The best advice I was given—To become successful, you must first fail.

It’s true. Failure has been a part of all our lives since we came out of the womb. As babies, we learned success when we first failed at talking, walking, and eventually became decent at being human.

Don’t let failure stop you. Failure can change you, it’s true, but it should never stop you. If you feel you need a little extra kick to remember how fabulous you are or need someone to help you rediscover your drive, try therapy online.

You are incredible… Maybe not at everything, but you are the best at something. Focus on your health; body and mind. Motivation will be found when you and your soul are well-rested.

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How try dry out after the flood.

By, Tia Cristy

How try dry out after the flood.

So hurricanes can leave many in the mud and sand. I got to storms and their brutal effects up close. After Hurricane Sandy, I spent my day helping people clean up after the devastation. We were able to put many good tips to use.

Seeing soggy pictures and documents of great importance to these lovely people was heart-breaking. So I knew, I had to use my knowledge to help where I could. I took my time removing water logged photos from saturated albums full of wet sand and mud. I then showed the people how to dry them out using cornstarch. We discarded the albums themselves, but were able to save all the photos, documents and books that were of the highest significance to these people.

This process can work for most paper materials. Find a dry area to do this work. Get a cookie sheet and fill the bottom with pure cornstarch. Place the photo on top and shake some additional cornstarch on top of the photo or paper. Smooth it over with your hand gently. If the paper is very wet it will put a solid coating over the paper. Lightly knock off the excess and place flat on a surface lined with wax paper. You can do this repeatedly for all your pics and documents. Be sure to lay each thing separately, don’t stack.  Let alone for several hours. When photo is dry you will be able to rub your finger over the paper and the cornstarch will flake off. if it doesn’t come off easy it still needs drying time. If needed, add more cornstarch. Once fully dry, you can sweep off the powder with a soft paint brush. It takes a little patience for the complete process, but it’s worth doing to remove the moisture, so your important documents don’t wrinkle and curl as much as the would if they were simply air drying. Bonus tip, cornstarch kills many nasty bugs and organisms, which is great for sanitizing those flood filled documents.

As for books, paper back and hardback text books, drying them will take longer. First, lay them in a dry place; in direct sunlight is ideal. After they air dry for a day, they maybe ready for step 2.

Step 2, may sound excessive pending on the amount of books you want to dry out. Place the books in a plastic moving container, then add bags and bags of dry rice. It’s the same method as drying out electronics. Leave the books submerged in the rice for a day or two, (may need time longer depending on thickness and how saturated the books are) After the books have dried mostly then, sprinkle them with cornstarch. Again, this will kill yucky stuff that may still be on the pages.

To reuse the rice, place rice in the sun for the day and let air dry to remove the moisture that it soaked up. Use new bags of rice if you plan on drying out electronics so it is able to absorb as much moisture as possible. Electronic dry-outs can take a lot longer to get results. Have patience.

If you’ve been challenged by Sandy, Tips from Tia wishes you well. And, let us know if you need any other tips to help you get one step back to normal.

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Senior Living: Why and How You Should Stay Fit

By Guest Blogger, Diana S.

Senior Living: Why and How You Should Stay Fit

 

 

Just because you’ve reached a mature age, that doesn’t mean you can’t stay fit. Granted, keeping fit as we grow older can present its own, unique set of challenges – we lose muscle mass, our mobility is lower, and our joints can become stiff. However, these problems can be overcome or worked around. Here are some of the best activities for seniors, and how they can help us be our best selves well into old age.

Why exercise matters

As we age, our bodies start facing new issues that just weren’t there when we were younger. Exercising can help address and alleviate these problems. Heart disease is one of the most prevalent illnesses that plague the modern man. There are many lifestyle aspects which can contribute to it, but our mostly sedentary lifestyle is one of the main culprits. Regular cardio training can help you avoid this serious health problem. Seniors often have to deal with poor balance and slow reaction times. This general lack of agility can be annoying in day to day life, and, in some situations, even downright dangerous. Exercising can also help us maintain healthy weight (or lose excess weight), build muscle mass (which is generally known to diminish with age), and improve our flexibility.

Take a dip

We Australians are blessed with so much coast that water sports are practically in our blood. Lucky for us that water sports are an amazing way to stay fit. They provide excellent cardio and build muscles. This is a low impact form of exercise that is ideal with people who have sensitive joints. If your joint issues are the result of arthritis, make sure you choose a pool with appropriate water temperature. Many senior communities in Australia, like the luxurious Mark Moran Vaucluse, have their own pool and offer activities such as swimming, aqua aerobics, or even water polo.

Relax with yoga

Yoga is an amazing choice because it supports both a healthy body and a healthy mind. It puts great focus on proper breathing, which can help your body with everything from stress relief to heart problems. Physically, yoga works on stretching and improving flexibility and balance. It’s ideal if you’re feeling stiff, or if you just don’t like very intense, sweaty work-outs. However, don’t be fooled. Yoga requires a lot of strength, focus, and skill. It’s best to start with a class for beginners and ease into the practice slowly. Before you start, explore what type of yoga is the right fit for you. Combining yoga with meditation and mindfulness practice, it can help you feel rejuvenated and fulfilled.

Improve your strength with weights

Lifting weights is not just for the young ones. Two weekly weight-lifting sessions can do wonders for your overall strength and muscle mass. It’s crucial, of course, to start slow, with lighter weights, and then gradually progress as your body adjusts. In time, you should reach the phase when you can do sets of up to fifteen repetitions. You can use classic weights, like dumbbells. But strength training is just as effective when using other methods, like resistance bands, or the machines at your gym. Remember to always get warmed up before you start, though! The last thing you want is to injure yourself.

When it comes to working out, it’s important to acknowledge the transformations our bodies are going through, and adapting our exercise regimen in a way that our changing bodies can handle. Staying active should be an essential part of the senior daily routine, since it adds to longevity and vitality. And always remember, even if you can only start small, it’s still a step in the right direction.

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Choosing the Right Bed Mattress Based on Your Needs

Choosing the Right Bed Mattress Based on Your Needs

No matter what time one gets to bed, we all crave for a peaceful sleep. Everyone spends about a third of their lives asleep, which is a lot of time to spend in an agonizingly bad mattress. Preference varies from client to client, but we will highlight some of the key pointers to assist in choosing the right bed mattress based on your needs.

Mattresses have different lifespans; some provide optimal performance even past 8 years. When it gets to a point where you experience sleepless nights, restlessness, and pain on waking up, then it is definitely the right call to get yourself a new mattress. There are so many advertisements on different brands and their benefits making it a daunting task to settle on a given type or brand.

Types of mattresses available in the market

  1. Latex Mattress

These are primarily manufactured using latex foam and are not only comfortable but also have a cooling effect. They are comfortable and have a bouncy effect which is good for sleepers who love the bouncing feel.

  1. Memory Foam Mattress

They are made from memory foam just as the name suggests. Among other great features, they are known for their pressure release capabilities, outstanding support, and body contouring. Unlike the traditional foams, the modern productions have seen them have greater cooling properties giving more comfort, and body shaping.

  1. Coils

These are also known as innersprings and are preferred by a majority of customers. They are created with one or more layers mainly made of steel. Better versions have more coil layers which translate to more support and comfort. It also has a bouncy and cooling effect.

  1. Hybrid Mattress

Being a hybrid as the name suggests, they are constructed by combining, coils, memory, latex, and polyurethane foams among other materials. Having all the pros of the other mattresses, it gives the user a mixture of comfort, cooling effect, pressure relief, support, and the bounce.

  1. Murphy Bed Mattress

To give an extra cushioning and comfort, a layer is created from soft materials that are sewn or stuffed into the cover. This gives a soft and comfortable surface that gives the sleepers an extra blissful rest.

 

Choosing the perfect mattress

Your mattress could have served you for less more or than 8 years and reached a point where it no longer brings the comfort you need, and after knowing the various types of mattresses at your disposal, the most important task is going to be choosing the right mattress, and below are some of the things to consider before settling on a replacement.

  1. Firmness

Even though this is debatable and depends on weight, size and, body type among other factors, we can confidently say that hardness of a mattress does not mean it is firm. Firmness should be directly proportional to the comfort it provides, and the more firm it is, the more comfortable it should be. This means that it can either be soft or hard but firm nonetheless.

Whichever type you pick, you should remember that mattresses with medium firmness have been proven to provide optimum comfort, pressure relief, and support to those who experience lower back pains.

  1. Durability

It is not unknown to many that choosing the right brand is always one of the determiners of the durability of a product. A good mattress can be costly, which means that you have to be sure you will get a value for your money. It should be able to serve as long as possible and this heavily relies on the quality of materials used in the construction of the mattress.

  1. Warranty

This being a relatively high financial investment, a customer must make sure that the seller provides a warranty. This comes in handy when you experience discomfort resulting from broken springs or any other faults. Most mattresses come with 3-5 years of warranty giving you an opportunity to get a replacement at no cost.

  1. Motion disturbances

Shock absorption capabilities can make it less disturbing especially when sharing the bed with a partner. Slight movements can highly affect the quality of your sleep something that can be avoided by choosing a mattress that offers motion absorption.

  1. Size

Whether you are sharing the bed or sleeping alone, there needs to be enough space to toss and turn. There needs to be enough room around the bed edges even if you are averagely taller than a normal person. There are custom beds and sizes for taller customers to ensure they also get enough room and peaceful sleep.

 

Consider all the mattress types and how to pick the right product, it all boils down to one’s budget. Most extremely comfortable mattresses, whether it is latex, memory foam, coil, hybrid, or pillow-top, highly priced mattresses often give the best comfort, pressure release and support. It is important to take time and have the right finances in place so that choosing the right bed mattress based on your needs is a one-off affair and end up with a quality product that will serve you for years.

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Black Seed Oil for Hands, Feet and Crow’s Feet!

Black Seed Oil for Hands, Feet and Crow’s Feet!

Previously, we had mentioned the rage of Black Seed Oil. Reviews online are pretty overwhelming with folks loving the natural herb supplement. So, we had to tested it for ourselves.

Obsessed much?

When it comes to black seed oil, we all seem to be in love.

Black seed oil can be used internally or externally. Taking the oil orally, has been known to reduce specific aliments as well as restore overall health. Take a look at these benefits.

Personally, I’ve been using the black seed at a moisturizer for several weeks. I was dealing with the issue of extremely dry hands. I had tried creams and other oils, including coconut oil. It didn’t help for long. After two uses of black seed, my hands were back to soft. The cracking stopped, and my hands were back to lovely. I began using black seed on my feet. The results were wonderful.

Finally, I was brave enough to try on my face. The reduction on fine lines and crow’s feet is outstanding. Skin care is one of the most important things in overall health. Most folks think that falls under the category of vanity. However, your skin is the largest organ of your body. What your skin absorbs, affects you internally. So proceed with caution when it comes to what you put on your body. Shop for all-natural black seed oil.

Black seed is claimed to be an all-natural, all-healing, supplement while providing awesome skin care. Some side-effects that have been listed is stimulating hair growth and light breakouts. One major thing to remember is black seed lowers blood pressure. This is a benefit for many people. Yet, you may not want to use if you have low blood pressure.

As always, we recommend you speak with your doctor before taking any supplement to make sure it is right for you. Your doctor should be able to tell you if it will interact with any current medications.

If you take black seed oil, tell us what you think!

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