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How to Avoid 5 Thoughts That Can Lead to Depression

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Depression is a very common mental illness in today’s reality. An estimated 21 million adults in the U.S. had at least one episode of depression in their lives. That represents 8.4% of all U.S. adults. Among women, that number was rising to 10.5%, and the age range of 18-25 years had a 17% prevalence of […]

7 Top Tips To Reduce Stress at Home

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Are you feeling the pressure at home? Do you find it hard to unwind? Stress affects us all in very different ways, but either way it can be damaging to our health. Fortunately, there are several steps we can take to manage stress, especially in the home. This is important as we spend a vast […]

Changing Bad Habits — for Good!

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Habits — we all have them.  American author Elbert Hubbard said: “Habit is the great economizer of energy.” He was exactly right.  Habits are our friends — when they’re good ones. Habits are routines that help us repeat safe and effective behaviors and build consistency and security into our lives.  But bad habits can become […]

A Secret for Boosting Your Self Esteem

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Do you like yourself? Is it possible to like ourselves, even if we have character defects, as we all do? Is there any difference between how society conceptualizes self-esteem and how God our creator defines it? I came across a good article by the journalist Emanuelle Sales, entitled: The Different Way God Treats Self-Esteem. In […]

7 Ways to Reduce Stress in Your Relationships

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Relationships can be a wonderful thing. They’re a chance to connect with someone on a deeper, more emotional level, and even discover new things about yourself. However, when you’re sharing your life with someone else, things can sometimes be stressful too. The unfortunate truth is that everyone will feel stress connected to their relationship at […]

Exercise: It Goes to Your Head

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Hulda was depressed, overweight, sickly, and constantly fatigued. In her 60’s and suffering from the loss of her husband, her poor health aggravated her depression. Born in 1896 and reared on a Canadian farm, her diet was rich in meat, milk, cream, butter, eggs, and candy. She began walking to relieve her sadness — and […]