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Build a Better Back-to-School Routine
Going back to school is more than a day on a calendar. For many of us, it’s practically a season. It marks the end of laid-back family vacations, the start of returning to more serious pursuits, older teens leaving for college, and ensuring homework gets done on time. Yikes!
This fall, some kids may be returning to school for the first time in 17 months. After being isolated at home for so long, going back to school will mean big changes for many of us.
And this change can be a great opportunity to create intentional habits!
Consider what matters most to you, or what you want to strive toward, when building a back-to-school routine. Perhaps you set aside five minutes for a daily morning meditation. Maybe you make a goal to pack nutritious lunches four days a week. Perhaps you decide to listen to an informative podcast while driving or doing chores. What’s important to you to include in your daily routine?
Getting into school mode doesn’t have to be a headache. See the change ahead as an opportunity for growth. Choose to leave behind unhelpful habits and add in regular, daily practices that make you feel cared for, calm, and worthy.
The Surprising Tip for Getting Things Done
Find out how optimism makes you more accomplished
The human brain is incapable of understanding the negative, says best-selling author and optimist Simon Sinek. This means that if we tell ourselves, “Stop thinking about that cupcake,” we’ll nevertheless think about for it some time. Or if we tell our child, “Don’t play video games after 7 pm,” they might still do it—because all they hear is “play video games,” which sounds like an invitation rather than an injunction.
When you have a glass-half-full attitude, your brain can operate in things-seem-doable mode, which means you have a much higher likelihood of completing your tasks.
You can also share this outlook with your child when they go back to school.
Check out Sinek’s 2.5-minute video to learn a bit more about how negativity and positivity affect our brain and direct our actions.
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“Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.” —Lao Tzu
Friendships Are Good for Your Health
Find out how to nurture connections with friends
Since I was a little girl, I have had the blessing of many great friends. Some I am related to, some have been part of my life for decades, and others have been present for only a season.
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It’s impossible to imagine life without every person I’ve had the good fortune of sharing a friendship with. There’s been quality time, spiritual experiences, fun, secrets, adventures, listening, finding our voices, and shouldering each other’s burdens. Time has passed, but one thing is stable: my intimate, trusting relationships are as precious as ever!
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Interestingly, research suggests that having these deep bonds with others means that I am more likely to be happier, healthier, and more resilient than individuals who don’t have quality friendships. Research also indicates that I may live longer too!
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To reap the many rewards of having a tight-knit social network, it’s important to nurture your relationships. Wondering what you can do to keep those bonds strong? Read my full blog post for five tangible ways you can maintain enduring friendships.
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10 Intuitive Eating Tips for a Healthier Relationship with Food
Learn how to stop binge eating and develop healthy eating habits
Intuitive eating is a simple, natural, and powerful way to relate to food. It means integrating your innate instincts, your emotions, and your rational thinking process to nourish your body intuitively, without the need for rigid ideologies that hurt instead of help you.
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Intuitive eating is a path to a more attuned lifestyle, and it’s the epitome of good self-care.
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When you rely more on your body’s natural cues, you feel good, decrease feelings of shame, and protect against pervasive cultural messages of weight-related self-judgment. That’s important because shame and guilt are associated with general eating disorder symptomatology and specifically with binge eating.
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Whether you want to give intuitive eating a try for the first time, or you’ve been on the journey for a while, read the full article to get 10 intuitive eating tips to enable you to apply intuitive eating principles and sustain healthy eating.
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