How to Be More Validating

How to Be More Validating

Validation starts with the self. To address this, you must understand your internal experience as well as your actions and behaviors. People often fight how they feel, judging themselves about how they experience situations and events. Sometimes a person prefers...
Why is Money Such a Powerful Stressor?

Why is Money Such a Powerful Stressor?

It’s no secret that financial wellbeing can take a toll on our stress levels, and that money is a considerable source of worry for many US adults. In fact, in one survey from the American Psychological Association (APA), nearly three-quarters of participants...
Healthy Holiday Travel Tips

Healthy Holiday Travel Tips

Traveling over the hill to grandma’s house (or where ever you’re going for the winter holidays) can take its toll on your health. At the least, it can throw a wrench in your normal fitness routine and, at the worst, it can make you sick. There’s nothing worse that...
Type 1 Overview – Diabetes Symptoms

Type 1 Overview – Diabetes Symptoms

The following symptoms of diabetes are typical. However, some people with diabetes have symptoms so mild that they go unnoticed. Common symptoms of diabetes: Urinating oftenFeeling very thirstyFeeling very hungry – even though you are eatingExtreme fatigueBlurry...
Understanding Prediabetes

Understanding Prediabetes

When it comes to prediabetes, there are no clear symptoms – so you may have it and not know it. Here’s why that’s important: before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have prediabetes – blood sugar levels that are higher than normal but not yet high...