self care
For a healthy mind, body, and soul.
I'm Starting to Find My Self-Love and I Want You to As Well
Self love is something I've struggled with my whole life. I’m loud and opinionated, but the real problem lies in my weight. I’ve never been a skinny person, not since I gained over 100 lbs in the third grade when I hit puberty (a loaded sentence, I know). My perfect mother raised me saying things like “Are you sure you really want to eat tonight?” to her 8 year old daughter about to eat her dinner and whispering to me behind closed bedroom doors: “You know, there are places where you can get help Elizabeth, to fix your… problem.” Now, I’m not going to just sit here and blame my mother and complain about her and rehash every awful thing that ever happened to me and talk about how awful it was, but I won’t say she didn’t have a part in it either. My mother damaged me, the kids at school damaged me, and I suppose that I did, in fact, damage myself as well somewhere along the way. Most of this is the aftermath of myself.
By Liz Shannon7 years ago in Longevity
Natural Alternatives to Toothpaste
Your smile is a huge factor that doctors (and even scientists) use to figure out how healthy you are. Good oral health will allow you to sidestep thousands in medical bills and dental care bills, so yes, you do need to keep care of your teeth.
By Rowan Marley7 years ago in Longevity
Why You Should Not Ignore Your Pain — Fix It
Emotional battles are the core of women's experiences and existence. Trauma, heartbreak, childhood wounds, physiological ailments, failures in friendships, forced situations, failed communications, peer violent language, mental instability, abusive relationships — are just a small list of the afflictions everyday that creep its way into the innocence and gentleness of our origins. Just this past weekend a close family member of mine was in an atrocious accident. The outlook looked so bleak but this person is living, recovering, and healing today. Life is truly an emotional roller coaster with strong, beautiful highs and deep pits of hideous lows. This battle is real and it should not be pushed down, it should be let out and endured.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in Longevity
Negotiating the Cancer Maze
It's never going to be something that you expect. Old, young, middle age, a tiny child, mother, father, sister, brother, aunty, uncle, grandpa, grandma, neice, nephew, friend... we are all in it together because it's an unfair happenstance of life. The moment you hear the news differs for everybody. We are all unique and how we react to the news can have an insight into how we respond to the treatment psychologically. I personally had the mindset of "Right, just tell me everything I need to do from now to get past this," while trying to choke back a sob at the unexpected nature of being told it's worse than we thought. Over the past nine months of dealing with two lymphomas — Non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's — at 23 I have mentally collected tidbits of information, knowledge and advice because that's how I naturally handle challenges, so I would like to share these with others who find themselves in this situation and swimming in what often feels like a bottomless pool.
By Emma Smith7 years ago in Longevity
Lessons of a Millennial's Awakening
There are many things one can learn throughout their lifetime. Yet, in my personal experience, nothing quite prepares you for life like the lessons you learn from awakening. I myself awakened as a child. I have learned lessons that have saved me a lot of drama in my life. I have seen my friends and family go through things that I am glad that I do not have to go through. Now, I still had to go through the daily life stuff everyone has to go through, such as work and school. I found that I understood how to navigate certain situations in life a bit better, however.
By Tyra Lindsay7 years ago in Longevity
It's Not Only OK to Take Self Care Days, It's Vital
We've all had those weeks where work seems never-ending, or things have just been a bit too much to handle. Some people may find the idea of taking time for themselves to be impossible with their weekly schedule, but even just putting one afternoon or evening aside to recharge can help to ease the stress and chaos of everyday life.
By Anna Pembrey7 years ago in Longevity
Change Your Circumstances by Changing Your Thoughts
We live in a vibrational universe. Everything on our planet and in our universe gives off a vibrational energy. The old saying "water seeks its own level," is not just a cliché. It is a very accurate statement because everything on this planet seeks out matches to its own vibration.
By Theresa Maska7 years ago in Longevity
In Time
The years will pass you by and you’ll be left with memories of yourself trying to please others but never pleasing yourself, you will be left with the memories of a life that you spent trying to be like them when you could’ve just been you. And that’s what you will end up regretting most: losing yourself. You won’t even realize it at first, you’ll feel normal and accept the fact that life has passed you by and you haven’t lived, you haven’t found yourself or you chose to destroy who you were before they told you who they think you should be, and it will hurt, in time it will start burning your chest, and your body will ache, and your eyes will feel dry because you will be letting out all the tears you’ve been holding in all these years and yes — it will be too late.
By Eva Beatrice7 years ago in Longevity
The Questions This Former Exercise Addict Asks Herself For a Healthy Relationship With the Gym
As someone with a history of anorexia and exercise addiction, I know how difficult it can be to start working out again without worrying about it becoming disordered. Even 5 years into my recovery and 4 years of living without any eating disorder symptoms, there are still times when I feel disordered thoughts worming their way into my relationship with exercise. This can happen very gradually and without me noticing, so it's important to catch it as soon as possible.
By Megan Stokell7 years ago in Longevity
Purpose Driven
I QUIT! That's it. I cannot do it anymore. I'm sick and tied of being sick and tired. I'm sure if it isn't one of those particular phrases, there are others that fall in the same family that are thought or vocalized every day, heck, every hour, by someone.
By Erika Shultz7 years ago in Longevity