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How to Handle Cyber Bullying
When I started blogging at twelve, I never thought I could turn a website into a business. My ultimate plan was to inspire other young adults and escape the bullying I was enduring in high school. Making money, hiring employees, and becoming an LLC was not in the books. Neither was putting my entire life on the internet. I realized quickly that my life was no longer a secret and sacred place. Everything I put on the internet was going to be there until I die, and anything I was to say on TV was going to either get me major love or major hate.
By Alexa Curtis8 years ago in Longevity
How to Balance Your Chakras
According to the different traditions and practices there are thousands of chakras, the energetic vortices that receive, assimilate and radiate life energies. The widely known are the seven major chakras which govern and influence our organs, nerves, hormones, endocrine glands and other bodily systems. They affect the emotional, mental, psychological and spiritual states of our existence.
By George Gott8 years ago in Longevity
Coffee Enema Facts
If you’re like me two days ago, you’re probably thinking what on earth is a coffee enema? It seems like every day a new piece of news about the health benefits of coffee comes out, but you’ve probably never heard of a coffee enema. Or maybe you have and you’re looking for more information on it. Anyways, I thought that I was pretty hip on alternative health treatments, but this was something I’d never heard of. So what is it? What good does it do? Read on to learn what a coffee enema is and some of benefits and risks associated with the coffee enema.
By David McCleary8 years ago in Longevity
Life Hacks for More Energy
Maintaining higher energy levels is a challenge. Between work, household work, family, relationships and more, it seems like your time and energy is always being spread super thin. Sure the occasional energy drink can rev up your engines, but those sugar packed bevs aren't the healthiest options to increase your energy. Instead, opt for securing a morning routine, drinking some lemon water, or even just breathing deeply. Yup, those quick and easy alternatives are just a few of the life hacks for more energy, designed to get you through your daily activities with a positive attitude and a increase in energy.
By Lindsie Polhemus8 years ago in Longevity
Natural Remedies for Insomnia
With all the thoughts going on in one's head, it is easy to suffer from insomnia. How could you possibly fall asleep when you are writing a mental grocery list, trying to figure out why your latest date didn't call back and what is that new humming noise coming from the refrigerator? There will always be things to worry about, but the time to do that, is not when you are tucked into bed. You need sleep to stay healthy, for old wounds to heal and to be ready for what the new day brings. Without the recommended amount of sleep, anywhere from 7 to 14 hours a day, depending upon your age, you will be tired and cranky; not a good combination. Before you hit up your doctor for a prescription for Ambien, here are the best natural remedies for insomnia.
By Banji Ganchrow8 years ago in Longevity
Can Hair Be Transplanted?
Men fear it, women can take it or leave it. On the one hand you have guys as far back as Telly Savalas and Yul Brynner who could pull it off. Yul even did it as a futuristic android in West World. These days its Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson. On the other hand you have Seinfeld's George Costanza look. Lets face it guys, it's tough to pull off bald, and it really is an all or nothing decision. From vitamin and hormone treatments, to the Ron Popeil product that was actually just black spray paint, men dig deep in their pockets to maintain their hair. Can hair be transplanted through a surgical procedure? Bosley, one of the largest hair transplant groups in the country sure thinks so.
By Alicia Springer8 years ago in Longevity
Things Healthy People Do Every Day
It’s been nine minutes and your alarm goes off for the second time. You hit that little magic snooze button once more and after another nine minutes, your alarm sounds again, like an air horn in your ear. Each time you close your eyes with a sigh of relief and say in your head, “These nine minutes are really going to make my day better.” After the fourth or fifth snooze, you hop out of bed in a rush and grab your clothes and your work bag, stop at the local coffee drive through for a large coffee, a greasy breakfast wrap and fried hash browns and speed hastily on your way to work. At your desk, you turn on your computer, scarf down your breakfast and immediately feel tired. You close your eyes with a sigh and say in your head “Those nine minutes really didn’t make my day better.”
By Lindsie Polhemus8 years ago in Longevity
Behaving Like a Normal Homo Sapien
We're all getting older, which is not news. But we're doing it with more resistance, resentment and reluctance then at any other time in human history. And we're worrying about it sooner. My children are constantly asking after my health. They think I eat terribly. On most counts they are right. Bottom line is my kids are more health conscious, at 20 then I was at 40. Ironically science says that the additional worrying they are doing is not in their best interest health wise. Acting your age has become a most ambiguous conundrum.
By Frank White8 years ago in Longevity
Secrets to Slow Down Aging
Who among us hasn't scanned the mirror, wondering how well our face will age? Surprisingly, it's fairly easy to gauge, as you'll soon discover. And if you don't like the answer? There's a lot that can be done for faces that are prone to rapid aging. There's also a new incentive: In a recent study, people whose faces looked older than their years were found to be biologically older than their birthdays. The punch line: While genes determine what you start out with, how slowly or speedily your face ages thereafter depends heavily on what you do with what you've got.
By George Gott8 years ago in Longevity
How to Protect Yourself From the Sun
For anyone who thinks there's nothing new under the sun (or that an age-proof summer means no more outdoor fun), here are great ways to prove yourself wrong—and add a bunch of brand-new anti-aging options to the months ahead.
By Alicia Springer8 years ago in Longevity
How to Stay Vegan While Traveling
The past 8 years of my life has been a whirlwind of planes, trains and automobiles. While there are endless advantages to being able to work all over the world (my life is definitely not boring) there are certain things I struggle with regularly. One of these is diet, an incredibly important part of anyones life. Food. We need it to survive, we convert it into energy to be able to do our jobs and function on a daily basis, and I don’t know about you, but food makes me happy. I love to eat. But I am in front of the camera most days, so shoveling pizza and chocolate into my mouth probably isn’t going to do me any favors. I also have the most irritating dietary requirements on the planet. I’m vegan and I try to avoid gluten. I eat leaves. Which is fine by me, because I happen to like leaves. That being said, have you ever tried telling someone in a Paris coffee shop you can’t have dairy? Or a Spanish waiter, that you don’t eat meat? And that fish is definitely still a living animal? Traveling and maintaining a specific diet is a nightmare. I won’t lie to you, there have been times I haven’t eaten for an entire day because there simply is NOTHING I can eat. In general, I won’t let this happen, and if I am within a mile of a grocery store I am fine. But when I’m stuck in the mountains in a villa full of dudes that speak no english and survive only on full fat milk and steak…. it’s hard.
By Samantha Bentley8 years ago in Longevity
Easy Homemade Sunburn Remedies
I'm sure most of you have suffered from sunburn once in your life and if you haven't, you definitely know someone who has. What about the times you've been burnt while away in another country or on a cruise in the middle of the ocean? These sunburn treatments vary from common to bizarre remedies with one thing in common; they are all extremely easy to find!
By Jus L'amore8 years ago in Longevity