College Students and Sleep
This article was orginally written for The Bedtime Network. College is a time of freedom, exploration and learning to become an independent adult. For those who attend college away from home, you are now master of your own decisions. You get to decide what you are going to do and when Most students soon realize that the academic rigor of college is exponentially greater than high school. There is so much to learn and too little time. So how do you to accommodate all of your new responsibilities? Naturally you sleep less. When you have competing demands like two projects due on one day and...
read moreHow to Get Impulse Eating Under Control
Even if you stick to your diet most of the time, impulse eating can interfere with reaching your weight loss goals. Try these simple techniques at home and when you’re dining out to help you outsmart common obstacles. What to do at home 1. Keep a journal. Studies show that there may be just a few minutes a day when we’re most vulnerable to giving in to impulse eating. Write down what you eat and when. It will help you spot those situations when you need to take extra precautions. 2. Manage stress. Reinforce your will power by lowering your stress levels. Get plenty of good quality...
read more8 Strategies to Achieve a Healthy Lifestyle
Although you must follow through with certain behaviors when you’re seeking to live a healthier life style, many experts believe that healthy behaviors have their roots in your mind. What you think and believe will determine how well you’ll follow through and apply the paradigm of a healthy lifestyle in your daily existence. Consider these mind strategies to galvanize your efforts for a healthy lifestyle: 1. Recognize your prior life successes. Take some time to reflect on what you’ve been successful at in the past. Then, use those prior life successes as evidence that you can be...
read moreWant Orderliness? 10 Steps to Organization and Structure
Have you considered the benefits of structure in your life? Think of the structure of your life as much like the base of a building. Organization provides a strong foundation so you can function safely and efficiently each day. Of course, you’ll experience times that require you to be flexible, but can you depend on your internal structure and orderliness to help you get through anything? Recognize how orderliness can make your life better: 1. Structure makes your life predictable. You think, “I know how this is going to go so I don’t have to worry about it.” And that’s kind of...
read moreBeat the Overwhelm – 7 Ways to Balance Work and Home
Most of our lives are filled with so much to do — family, work, home, and “me time.” When you’re at work, you find you’re thinking about what tasks need to get done at home. When you’re at home, you just can’t get that new work project off your mind. Occasionally, you might even think you’re not capable of living the kind of life you want because there’s just so much to do. How can you manage it all? Try these tips to balance work and home so you can experience the good life you deserve: 1. Admit you’re feeling at wits ends. When you can acknowledge there’s an issue,...
read moreDevelop Your Life Vision
January often brings about a time of self-reflection and a desire to make changes. Do you struggle to design and carry out a vision for your life? Do you find yourself living day to day without a plan and feeling like you’ve lost your focus? Here are some tips on how to develop a vision for your future: 1. Allow some time in your schedule to do nothing but reflect on your life. Having time to ponder how far you’ve come and where you’re headed is integral to proceeding to develop your life vision. 2. Open your mind. Surveying your life so far might be a rather daunting process. You...
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