Research has found that the risk factors for financial trouble also serve as risk factors for physical health problems. It shouldn’t come as a surprise: If you’re always worried about money, it’s going to take a toll on your body, mind, and spirit.
Category: Stress management
How the Cleanliness (or Messiness) of Your Home Affects Your Mental, Spiritual, and Physical Health
In one 2010 study of 30 spousal couples, wives who described their homes as “unfinished” or “cluttered” reported more depressed moods and experienced shifts in levels of cortisol production, which have proven detrimental to long-term health.
7 Signs You’re Too Stressed
Leah Lambart has suffered from migraines for as long as she can remember. But five years ago, soon after she left her full-time job to stay home with her 2-and-a-half-year-old son and 4-month-old daughter, her headaches became debilitating, kicking off a cascade of stress-related health problems. “I wasn’t taking great care of myself,” Lambart says. […]
8 Ways to Manage Your Emotions at Work
How to Improve Your Workplace Confidence and Interactions
Use Social Media in a Healthy Way
How to keep social media positive.
You’ll Feel Better Without Clutter
Cluttered countertops, crowded cabinets, crammed closets. The excess is likely affecting you more than you know.
Ha-Ha Yourself Healthy!
The Surprising Facts About Laughter and Health
How Pets Make Us Healthier
Anyone with a beloved pet will tell you that there is a very real feeling of calm that their pets bring them after a long day—and science agrees.
Stop Procrastinating
Four great strategies that help you beat procrastination.
A Woman’s Heart Health
Chicago resident Susan Bennett was 40 years old when she gave birth to her second child, a son. One night when Ben was three weeks old, she nursed him and put him back into his bassinet. When Ben started crying a few minutes later, she tried to get up, but fell back on the bed […]