holistic
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Shift the Care Back to You: Nurse Wellness Package 🩺
You spend your entire shift advocating for patients, tracking vitals, and running on pure adrenaline and caffeine. But who is looking out for your health? Between flipping schedules, high-stress environments, and skipped meals, your body takes a heavy hit. It’s time to investigate what’s happening under the hood. Designed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals,…
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Regulating Cortisol
To improve cortisol rhythms and HPA axis function, prioritize consistent sleep-wake timing with morning light exposure to entrain the SCN (suprachiasmatic nucleus) and support a robust morning cortisol peak . Use mindfulness, CBT, walks in nature, reflexology, and yoga to reduce stress and improve HPA feedback , and add regular aerobic exercise to enhance circadian…
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What’s one thing that affects all aspects of health?
Poor sleep harms health by increasing all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic disorders. It impairs immune function, raises inflammation, and elevates accident risk. Cognitive and emotional effects include memory loss, slower reaction time, and higher depression/anxiety. Poor sleep also accelerates skin aging and reduces quality of life. See our prior post for tips on improving…
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Brain Power
Refocusing your attention and developing the ability to stay focused is great for your brain power. These practices are generally referred to as mindfulness practices. One of the most basic forms of meditation is simply sitting (or laying) and paying attention to your breath. When you notice that your thoughts are wandering, simply refocus on…
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Chronic Pain
Neck pain • Back Pain • IBS pain • shoulder pain Factors contributing to pain and pain perception SittingSitting too long is one of the worst culprits. We often don’t notice until we try to get up and feel all those aches and pains. Ideally the longest anyone should be sitting is one hour. MovingMoving…
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Shifting energy
Seasons changethe winds shiftthe temperature drops Fall begins the transition from Pitta to Vata. With fall breeze, comes the airy energy of Vata. Vata season is dry, changing, cool, and full of creative energy. We may find that this is a good opportunity to shift our mindset, and focus. Vata season can inspire us, and…
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Ayurveda
Ayurveda is literally translated to mean the science of life. This knowledge of life is more than 5,000 years old and describes ways to stay well emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Practices such as yoga, meditation, herbs, nutrition, and aromatherapy are all incorporated into a persons customized recommendation for health. Yoga is considered to be a…
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Foot Reflexology… that’s the foot massage, right?
“As an autoimmune disease person with anxiety issues, I found this profoundly helpful. I also started noticing that my bowels were functioning better and my sinuses drained… getting rid of that constant head pressure and groggy feeling. Can you say…. Ahhhh”
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The Power of Touch
Stress is a factor The American Medical Association reported that stress is a factor in 75 percent of all diseases. A study conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Center linked the effects of stress to the weakening of the heart muscle. Touch Therapy Helps Therapeutic touch promotes relaxation, while affecting emotional, physical, and…