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How to Overcome Fears Before Surgery When Anxiety Is High: 6 Practical Tips

Facing surgery can be nerve-wracking, especially if it’s been years since your last experience under anesthesia. Like many others with anxiety and PTSD, I’m no stranger to overwhelming fears before surgery. I am having surgery this week. It’s only the second time in my life that I’ll be undergoing anesthesia, and with each day closer, […]

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The Art of Mindful Spring Cleaning: Cultivating Joy and Clarity

As the last remnants of winter melt away and the promise of warmer days beckons, there’s a certain magic in the air that signals the arrival of spring. After months of hunkering down in the cozy confines of our homes, the perfect day after a cold winter calls to us, urging us to fling open

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8 Unconventional Ways To Make Your Home a Sanctuary

Living in a healthy home is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your overall well-being and happiness. You want your home to be a place of peace and joy – not somewhere that is negatively affecting your health. If you want to make sure you feel healthy, positive, and productive in

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Into the Woods – 100% proceeds benefit The Children’s Heart Foundation

Into the Woods is the title and theme for this assortment of short stories, poems, essays, music, and one walking meditation. Each piece is unique in tone and genre and the result is that the collection captures the fascinating, frightening, fun, healing, and fantastical wonder of time spent in the woods. The twenty-six

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Over the River and Through the Woods: Mindful Writers Retreat

A holiday pastiche from the authors of Mindful Writers Retreat, sure to light your festive candles! From a Thanksgiving snowstorm that mends old feuds… to the family misunderstandings that fuel new ones… a quirky elf and some romantic stardust will get you ready to go Over the River and Through the Woods on a journey

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5 Ways To Protect Your Health As You Age

As we grow older, many of us feel more comfortable in our own skin. With experience, we get to know our strengths and our talents. The problem is, our health can start to decline with age. To help you live life to the fullest, there are lots of ways to protect your health.

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10 Simple Ways to Reduce Aches and Pains after a Workout

It’s normal to feel stiff and sore after a workout, especially if you’ve pushed yourself extra hard this time. The problem is it’s more difficult to stay motivated with aches and pains going on. These might be more common as you get older, so it’s essential to find the right techniques to reduce them

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3 Ways That Being Less Dedicated to Your Health Can Improve It

But when you look past all of the adrenaline and testosterone behind these sentiments, you’ll find that running yourself ragged with serious overkill workouts is generally a great way of ruining your health and stalling your fitness progress in short order.

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