6 brain-boosting spices to keep you sharp this winter

6 brain-boosting spices to keep you sharp this winter

by Florina Lungu | Dec 17, 2022 | Anxiety and Depression, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health, Mindset

What do you wake up to? Maybe you have heard the old saying: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” It means that you should focus your daily intake on the first meal of your day – how you rise determines whether or not you will...
5 Ways to Stay Happy and Healthy Around the Holidays

5 Ways to Stay Happy and Healthy Around the Holidays

by Florina Lungu | Dec 10, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety and Depression, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health, Nutrition

English philosopher Jeremy Bentham defined happiness as “the experience of pleasure and absence of pain.” And this time of year – this sacred, sentimental time of year – we often uphold this definition of happiness. We go to parties. We make plans to see family and...
What’s your brain type?

What’s your brain type?

by Florina Lungu | Nov 26, 2022 | Brain Health Problems, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health

122 years ago, biologist Karl Landsteiner was working at the Pathological-Anatomical Institute of the University of Vienna when he made an odd observation – an observation that no human had made before. He was combining blood samples when he saw them becoming thick...
What you DON’T do, matters.

What you DON’T do, matters.

by Florina Lungu | Nov 19, 2022 | Health and Wellbeing, Mind and Body Health, Nutrition

Do you know that your body is a machine? I have said this before, but it bears repeating. We often forget. Your body lifts. It lunges. It computes. It flexes, darts, dashes, drives… Your body is a beautiful machine –  a multitalented, multifunctional tool that allows...
Be wary of “muddy”​ thoughts

Be wary of “muddy”​ thoughts

by Florina Lungu | Nov 12, 2022 | Anxiety and Depression, Health and Wellbeing, Mind and Body Health, Mindset, Stress and PTSD

What do you think your life would be like if you spent every day in a muddy hole in the ground? Each day you would wake up in the mud. You would do your work in the mud and eat your meals in the mud. When work was done, you would rest in the mud. And then, at the end...
You know the feeling…

You know the feeling…

by Florina Lungu | Nov 5, 2022 | Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health, Nutrition

Your stomach hurts. It is grumbling so loud, they can hear it in the next room over. You are watching the clock but time has slowed down to a crawl. There’s a sharp pain that comes and goes, but a dull ache that’s there at all times, reminding you it’s been a long...
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