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Massage: Helpful or Detrimental?
Everybody likes a good massage from time to time. Even just having your shoulders and neck rubbed feels amazing. Massage has been preformed by many different cultures, over many lifetimes. It is something that is ingrained within society as the place where you go to relax. And what isn't relaxing about it? Soothing music, candles, wonderful smells, and hands that seem to know where all your tension is. While that all feels great, and does decompress the musculature and fascia, are there consequences to what happens on the table?
By Bhavsagar Bath8 years ago in Longevity
My Definition of Loneliness
Loneliness. As a society, we have accepted loneliness to be a bad thing, but that isn’t always the case. In my almost 22 years of life, I have experienced loneliness on more than one occasion. In those moments that I have felt truly alone, I grew. In the terms loneliness, we tend to think that it means that you are completely alone. I think that people don’t realize that often when someone is feeling lonely they have others around them. Loneliness is not defined by one definition out of a dictionary. It is defined by each person who experiences it. It is defined by the way that each person experiences it. This is my definition of loneliness.
By Abalean Miller8 years ago in Longevity
I Want to Live!
“Make sure I wake up.” That was the last thing I said when I was laying on the operating table getting ready for surgery. The anesthesiologist was about to put the mask on my face and put me to sleep, and all I could think about was ensuring I would be alive come the end of the day. I was terrified of the surgery, but I was even more terrified of what my life would be if I didn’t get it.
By Vanessa Cherron Riser8 years ago in Longevity
Losing Everything, Except Weight
Looking at the title, you might think this is an article about advice on how to lose weight from someone who lost a bunch of weight. Unfortunately, this is not one of those articles. Weight loss is a hard journey, and a lot of times along the way you lose a lot more than just weight. I know every time I’ve tried to lose weight, I only ended up losing hope, self-esteem, sleep, confidence, and motivation. My aim in this is to share my experiences as someone who has tried to lose a significant amount of weight in the past and has been very unsuccessful. Hopefully, this article can shed some light for others in the same situation feel less alone in their journey to weight loss.
By Courtney Willis8 years ago in Longevity
The Impact of Thoughts
Thoughts have a huge impact on the way we see the world and the way we interact with the people around us; we create feelings and emotions from the things that we remember from our distant and immediate past. I can attest to power of thoughts because I’ve seen the good and the bad that it can cause; like superstition it can only take effect if you give it permission to take effect. There have been so many times that I have let my thoughts get the best of me and ruin something that I was working to fix, not only about myself but about the environment around me. Thoughts have a psychological effect on you that can manifest itself into something physical if you are not careful, this is as little as a head ache or as big as thinking you have a disease that you clearly don’t have. I know so many people who let their thought make them feel a certain way and act a certain way; this causes them to treat the people around them poorly.
By Brittney Mckinney8 years ago in Longevity
Easy Clean Eating Recipes
One of the biggest trends in the diet world is learning how to eat clean. Clean eating, as it's known, is the practice of eating foods without preservatives, unknown chemicals, or otherwise bad, processed gunk in it. The movement also avoids "bad grains" like wheat, typically.
By Mackenzie Z. Kennedy8 years ago in Longevity
How Can Rest Be a Threat?
After living in a super-heightened state of fight/flight/freeze for over four decades, I had to accept and acknowledge that resting was perceived as an internal threat to my brain and was as sure to activate my Sympathetic Nervous System as any mortal danger could. Theoretically, when we perceive (even unconsciously) that we are in danger, our sympathetic nervous system is activated and we fight, flee, or freeze, depending on our perceived and unconscious chances of survival. It happens automatically and the pathway to our logic, rational thinking brain is disrupted so we can act instinctively without thought. We also cannot feel emotions in that moment so that we are not overwhelmed with terror and unable to act (unless that is the reaction that will inevitably save our lives). It's a brilliant survival mechanism and, after the perceived danger has passed, our Parasympathetic Nervous System is then supposed to activate and bring us "back to earth," grounding us and putting us into a "rest and digest" state so that any and all cellular injury or upset can be reset, recalibrated, repaired, or replaced, depending on the body's needs. The brain can't tell the difference between reality and imagination so internal stressors are perceived as mortal dangers, this means that meditation can be perceived by one brain to be restorative and calming while to another brain it may be stressful and even horrifying.
By Gabriella Grace8 years ago in Longevity
Top 10 Things You Need to Consider When Buying Health Insurance
Health insurance is something that all people should have to cover themselves in the event that they need medical care. The truth is that not all health insurance is created equal, and purchasing a plan that doesn’t meet your needs will render your plan useless. Plan carefully and keep the following tips in mind when shopping for and purchasing health insurance.
By Andrea Dawson8 years ago in Longevity
My Battle with Diabetes
My battle with Diabetes started many years ago. I was 33 when I found out. The signs were there: Always thirsty Warm Blooded Frequent Bathroom Breaks Headaches Would get hung-over feeling after just one drink (and I never drank that often)
By Christopher L.8 years ago in Longevity
