by joyna | Aug 6, 2024 | Habits & Goals, Life Skills, Overcoming Challenges, Self Care, Stress Tips
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Before each meal she takes a moment to say hara hachi bu, and that keeps her from eating too much.” “Hara hachi bu?” I repeated. “It’s a Confucian-inspired adage,” Craig chimed in. “All of the old folks say it before they eat. It means ‘Eat until you...
by joyna | Jul 30, 2024 | Anxiety Reduction, Habits & Goals, Life Skills, Overcoming Challenges, Self Care, Stress Tips
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Begin by answering this question in a single, memorable sentence: Why do you get up in the morning?”― Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest IDEA OF THE DAY Last week, we introduced...
by joyna | Jul 23, 2024 | Anxiety Reduction, Habits & Goals, Life Skills, Overcoming Challenges, Self Care, Slowing down, Stress Tips
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Scientific studies suggest that only about 25 percent of how long we live is dictated by genes, according to famous studies of Danish twins. The other 75 percent is determined by our lifestyles and the everyday choices we make.”― Dan Buettner, The...
by joyna | Jul 16, 2024 | Anxiety Reduction, Habits & Goals, Life Skills, Self Care, Slowing down, Stress Tips
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”Anne Lamott IDEA OF THE DAY What was your summer like as a kid? I remember being so carefree, running around outside all day with my siblings and friends, building...
by joyna | Jul 9, 2024 | Anxiety Reduction, Habits & Goals, Life Skills, Overcoming Challenges, Self Care, Stress Tips
QUOTE OF THE DAY “When you think from your past memories, you can only create past experiences.” “If we want to change some aspect of our reality, we have to think, feel, and act in new ways; we have to ‘be’ different in terms of our responses to...
by joyna | Jul 2, 2024 | Habits & Goals, Life Skills, Self Care, Slowing down, Stress Tips
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Don’t forget to drink water and get some sun. You’re basically a houseplant with more complicated emotions.”Unknown IDEA OF THE DAY Isn’t it amazing how sometimes the easiest solution to a problem is simply to drink...
