There is no denying the fact that menopause is a trying time. It can be both emotionally and physically devastating. Your hormones are out of whack, your emotions are quick to follow suit, the former regularity of your periods becomes a thing of the past. Hormonal aging does not help matters at all. I myself [...]
Writing out your thoughts can be extremely cathartic. Getting your thoughts out is essential to the process of cleansing your mind. When you harbor old hurts and past regrets, you are only doing yourself harm. You are weighing down your mind, your heart, and your soul — and that ultimately has an [...]
It is a point of fact: you cannot cleanse your body without freeing your mind and you cannot cleanse your mind without freeing your body. So give them both a break – away from technology. Even if you can only do so for an afternoon or an evening, stay away from the computer. Leave your [...]
The key word in the phrase “health and beauty” is health. The key word in “health and skin care” is also health. Being healthy is paramount; it will improve every aspect of your life. The best way to start attaining that is by cleansing both your body and your mind. To cleanse your body, eating [...]
Staying active is beneficial to every aspect of our lives: it makes us healthier; it improves our circulation, which in turn promotes health, beauty, and skin care; it gives us time to relax and reflect while rejuvenating; and it just generally allows for an overall healthier lifestyle. Granted, it is a busy, bustling world out [...]
In this last installment of skin care fundamentals, we are going to focus on the benefits of dry brush exfoliation, which describes a process that involves using a soft, dry brush to slowly, gently brush and rub your skin. It can remove dead skin cells and debris, as well as give you better circulation in [...]
7. Treat Yourself Well
It’s so easy in our fast-paced society to lose track of what really matters. This can be especially difficult for women, who 50 years ago and less, were homemakers only. Even though many of us are out in the workplace now, we still put the pressure upon ourselves to be the perfect [...]
6. Find a Technique to Help You Let Go
Everyone should have their own way of letting go of stress and negative emotion. A popular technique is throwing a rock off of a cliff or into the water to denote throwing away that emotion or feeling. When you throw the rock, concentrate on the negative emotion [...]
5. Put Pen to Paper
Writing down the things that our stressing you out or causing you problems can not only be therapeutic, but can also help you to deal with them. Sometimes it can all seem so overwhelming until you make a list of every last thing that’s bothering you and take the attitude that [...]
4. Make Space
It’s important to make room in our lives for the things that bring us joy and happiness; not the big things like a fun vacation, but the things we can focus on doing every day. Take time after work to make a great meal that you haven’t had in a long time. Take [...]