You may have jokingly said, “I’ll be in my fort coloring if you need me,” but there’s an underlying truth to this joke: Sometimes you need to shut out the world to focus on you. You’re a limited resource and unless you take time to renew yourself, you will quickly get burned out. Let’s explore the fun world that awaits you in coloring. “Coloring Therapy” Coloring is a type of therapy. As such, it often gets confused with “art therapy”, which is a more involved process that depends on the relationship between a client and Continue Reading
The Stress Mess: How It Messes With Your Health
We all have some level of stress, right? It may be temporary (acute), or long-term (chronic). It can be from something good and positive in our life or it can be something not so good and negative. Acute stress usually won’t mess with your health too much. It is your body’s natural reaction to circumstances, and can even be life-saving. Then, when the “threat” (a.k.a. “stressor”) is gone, the reaction subsides, and all is well. It's the chronic stress that's a problem. You see, your body has specific Continue Reading
Tips For Working Out at the Beach
Summer is on the way so what better time than to think about how you can get in a workout than while you are at the beach. Fun and sun! There are a lot of opportunities to get in a good workout, no matter where you are. Just because you are spending the day, or more, at the beach doesn’t mean you can’t also get in your daily exercise. The following provides some different ways to workout whenever you are at the beach. Try HIIT Workouts HIIT, or high-intensity interval workouts, are great to do at the beach since they Continue Reading