We often fail to make the connection of how the foods we consume - or don’t consume - each day can have a direct effect on our moods. Having wholesome, balanced meals and snacks can help your brain function and promote a more relaxed state of being.
I was living a manufactured version of health and wellness – one that many corporations carefully crafted to make me believe what I was using on and in my body was not only on trend – but good for me too. And then I took a closer look.
Maintaining work-life balance and emotional wellness is not an accomplishment that is one day reached and completed, but a daily, intentional endeavor.
The former CEO of Take Two Interactive, Ben Feder’s hard charging, high-performance business life was seriously impacting his personal and family health. That’s when he made the potentially career-ending decision to travel with his family to Bali on an eight-month sabbatical.
Self-care is identifying your own needs and taking the initiative to meet them and nurture yourself. It’s about treating yourself as kindly as you would treat others. Practicing self-care starts with recognizing yourself as a worthwhile person and believing that you are valuable, competent and deserving.
The traditional healers of India had a wealth of knowledge on how to delay aging naturally -- centered on the body and mind to instill well-being on a physical, mental and emotional level. Throughout the generations much of this has been kept alive, some of which is described here.
