MIND PRACTICES TO BE HEALTHY

It is fall season! Daily self-care is something you might have forgotten to do during summer time. One big perk of entering the colder and calmer months of the year is that it offers lots of time for self-reflection and self-care. If you’re not sure about how and where to start, we’ve compiled a self-care list of 61 tips to follow. So take a look and get inspired.

Mental health has become a very vital topic, especially going through a rough pandemic. In addition, people struggle with working, as they've stayed at home for a super long time and cannot fall back into the busy life while dealing with mental health issues at the workplace. Thus, companies and their staff feel a necessity to take care of this problem.

"How you start your day is how you live your day and how you live your day is how you live your life." - Louise Hay

With Valentine's Day around the corner, you may be thinking, "so what? We're still in a pandemic." Don't be discouraged! There are still safe options at your disposal for you to acknowledge your love and appreciation for a partner, friend, relative, or anyone in your life who might be feeling the lockdown-blues.

Welcome to 2021! The holidays are over, which means you're done vacationing and now have to get back to work, but how? How do we maintain productivity after the holidays?

Many times, while we are working rather than focusing on the task in hand, we start dwelling on the past or worry about our future. We lose interest in work and start replaying the past conversations in our head, i.e. what we must have said or done at that moment. It can create the fear of the future that distracts our mind from our work as well. These thoughts can have an immense impact on your overall productivity and performance.

This holiday season, prepare for things to look and feel a bit different. If you’re worried about not seeing family and friends during the holidays or if you feel you’ve lost a sense of freedom with global lockdowns, it’s normal to feel disappointed, lonely, helpless, stressed, and so on.

Studies suggest, approximately 45% of our everyday activity is determined by the habits we've formed earlier. It can be either brushing teeth in the morning, reading a book while commuting, or eating fast food when tired. Considering the number of things we do automatically, it's good to understand the mechanisms that trigger habits, ways to break them or make them stick.

Though we’ve thoroughly described the effects of neglecting sleep on an individual level, there are some far more serious consequences beyond that. The bad news is this issue impacts entire societies- the good news? There’s some promising ways we can address that.

Can you tell the difference between getting into shape for an event and eating five portions of fruits and veggies every day? Training to do splits and going to the gym or for a run 3 to 4 times a week no matter what? One is a goal. It motivates you to go further, but once you achieve it, it's gone. The other one is a habit, a specific routine of behavior that we do without even thinking about it. And here comes the question, what is a better strategy while striving for general wellness? We will go into details on what is the difference between the two, and when and what works better — building a habit or setting a goal.

We've discussed the issue of not getting enough sleep before, but the truth is that this is a very modern issue. How did we get here? And how can we resolve this problem that plagues the world?

It’s exciting to see physical and mental health become trendy. In almost every sense, people are living healthier lives. This is why it’s puzzling to see the troubling trends that accompany sleep, and how much people are neglecting it.