Category: Wellness and Wellbeing
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Mental Wellbeing Through Breast Cancer Awareness
Mental Wellbeing Through Breast Cancer Awareness October 2024 is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Today’s post is brief and concise. Make a point of checking your breasts for lumps and consult your medical treatment team about being screened for breast cancer. Whether you are genetically a man (born male) or a woman (born female), take the… Read more
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Autumn Wellbeing: Planning for Winter and Daylight Savings Time
Autumn Wellbeing: Planning for Winter and Daylight Savings Time In the Northeast, Autumn has begun and Winter is on the horizon. November 3, 2024, is the date we change our clocks back, in most states in the USA and in many Canadian provinces. Despite the call to end Daylight Savings Time, there is no consensus… Read more
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Mental Wellbeing and the DMN
Mental Wellbeing and the DMN (Default Mode Network) The Default Mode Network (DMN) and Mental Wellbeing Today’s post focuses on an aspect of the human brain, the Default Mode Network. You will not find this network in one structure of the brain. As its name implies, the Default Mode Network straddles many areas of the… Read more
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Mental Wellbeing and Changing Habits
Mental Wellbeing and Changing Habits Our mental wellbeing can be affected by our habits. Our habits may be contributing positively or negatively to our mental wellbeing. Habits can be changed. Consider your mental wellbeing by changing habits. Let’s explore further. What is a habit? A habit is a regular practice. Habits can be changed. Since… Read more
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Learning to Let It Go for Mental Wellbeing
Learning to Let It Go for Mental Wellbeing Let it go, let it go… The expression is pithy. The song is ubiquitously known and has been translated into multiple languages. What is the core message of the expression and of the song? Let’s explore learning to let it go for mental wellbeing. Let It Go… Read more
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Gravity Shirking for Mental Wellbeing
Gravity Shirking for Mental Wellbeing Gravity shirking’s meaning is a question whose answer is in progress. Let’s discover the explanation. What is gravity? Gravity is a force on this earth which draws us to the earth’s surface, and below. It is a law of physics. Gravity applies to anything that has mass. The mass of… Read more
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Wellbeing Where Bluebirds Fly
Wellbeing Where Bluebirds Fly Bluebirds fly, beyond the rainbow, as the classic Wizard of Oz song goes. The imagery evoked by those lyrics seems ethereal. One cannot pinpoint the rainbow nor beyond it. Given the strife in our world, hearing these lyrics elicit a healing sense. Wellbeing where bluebirds fly and beyond. Let’s explore further.… Read more
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Mental Wellbeing and Presence
Mental Wellbeing and Presence Have you ever noticed your mind wandering? Time elapses without your awareness. Suddenly, you realize you have lost time. Lost time equals time during which you were not present. Not present for lunch. Not present for the mail carrier. Not present to your emotions. Your mental wellbeing depends on you being… Read more
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Mental Wellbeing in the Here and Now
Mental Wellbeing in the Here and Now Mental wellbeing is a state of being. I posit that many of us conceptualize mental wellbeing as a goal. Perhaps, this is a natural product of modern society, in which we, as members of the society, espouse an insatiable desire for more of everything. Thus, being in the… Read more