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Trauma & Connection: the Healing affect of Authenticity. | elephant journal

Trauma & Connection: the Healing affect of Authenticity. | elephant journal

I know firsthand as I have experienced this through rape, PTSD, and losing a child. What people often don’t realise, though, is that trauma isn’t reserved for the most life...

A New Philosophy for Personal Growth Amid Change

A New Philosophy for Personal Growth Amid Change

The world around us is constantly changing. And as the coronavirus pandemic has shown, much of this change is outside of our control. In an average adult life, a person...

What Is Ashwagandha?

What Is Ashwagandha?

If you’re the nervous or stressed-out type, someone has probably given you a mini-sermon about the wonders of ashwagandha. They’ve probably told you that it can do just about...

Embracing a Plant-Based Diet | Stanford BeWell

Embracing a Plant-Based Diet | Stanford BeWell

Embracing a Plant-Based Diet   Your diet is one of the first places to start if you’re looking to manage your health and weight. Focusing on whole foods from plant sources can...

The Smart Girl's Guide To Intuitive Eating: 10 Basic Principles To Start With

The Smart Girl's Guide To Intuitive Eating: 10 Basic Principles To Start With

Intuitive eating is a compassionate, self-care eating framework that treats all bodies with dignity and respect. It is a dynamic interplay of thought, emotion, and instinct...

Less sugar, please! New studies show low glucose levels might assist muscle repair

Less sugar, please! New studies show low glucose levels might assist muscle repair

Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that skeletal muscle satellite cells, key players in muscle repair, proliferate better in low glucose...

How a Mindset Shift Helped With My Anxiety

How a Mindset Shift Helped With My Anxiety

2020 was not a kind year for those of us who struggle with anxiety. The uncertainty that continues to fly around has our nervous system all a mess. However, training my brain...

Why Seeking Validation Is Destroying Your Self-Worth

Why Seeking Validation Is Destroying Your Self-Worth

Making assumptions is one of the fastest ways that negative beliefs ruin your life.  There’s also another culprit at play. It’s one of the leading causes of failure: the need...

19 Lessons I’ve Learned from Travelling Solo. | elephant journal|

19 Lessons I’ve Learned from Travelling Solo. | elephant journal|

I had been suffering with an illness for about four years, and after continuous negative news from doctors, exhaustion got the better of me. So, I quit my job, bought a one way...

5 critical steps to help prevent a stroke

5 critical steps to help prevent a stroke

If there's one good thing that can be said of strokes, it's this: The vast majority of them don't need to happen. Up to 80% of strokes can be prevented through healthy...

Exercise and metabolic health: beyond skeletal muscle

Exercise and metabolic health: beyond skeletal muscle

Exercise and metabolic health: beyond skeletal muscle Diabetologia volume 63, pages1464–1474(2020) Cite this article 9585 Accesses Metrics details Abstract Regular exercise is a...

Four Proven Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep - Life by Daily Burn

Four Proven Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep - Life by Daily Burn

Picture this: it’s the middle of the day, you’re feeling great, and boom! Drowsiness rolls in, your eyes start closing, your concentration falls, and dreams about getting home...