Cell Phones Causing Stress for Teens

What age is too young for a child to have a cell phone? In today’s technology driven age, this is a very popular question among parents and the answers vary. My 14 year old niece just recently got a cell phone, but I’ve known children as young as 10 who have their own phone. Now, [...]

Hands on Massage: Heaven on Earth, or Devil in Disguise?

I’m pretty sure that almost everyone will agree that getting a hands-on-massage from a friend or loved one is one of the best feelings in the world. Massage therapy has become a growing interest amongst many people within the last few years, and the business has flourished. But some people who are looking to ease [...]

5 Foods to Help You Sleep Better

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.-Charles Caleb Colton-
It is no secret that Americans don’t get nearly enough sleep. [...]

5 Tips to Better Sleep

If there is any one thing that you should spend a little money on, it’s your bedroom, specifically your bed. In this day and age where it is not uncommon to work more than 40 hours a week and still have other miscellaneous things to tend to (i.e. family, social events, etc.), it is [...]

Benefits of Massage Therapy

If you live and work in the United States, chances are pretty high that you’re going to stress yourself out at some point by overworking your mind and/or your body. Face it, we’re workaholics over here. There are deadlines to meet, meetings to attend, presentations to present and sporting events to participate in. [...]

Yoga May Help Cancer Patient’s Develop Healthier Immune Systems

Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years and has become immensely popular today. More and more people are practicing yoga all over the world because of its many health and wellness benefits.
The National Cancer Institute is funding a study to determine whether yoga can actually also help cancer patient’s develop a healthy immune system. [...]

Major Stress Relief Advice I Was So Reluctant To Take

I’ve heard people say before that one major way they eliminated stress was to limit the number of times they checked their email per day. I heard it, but I didn’t listen. I thought “no way could that work for me.”
I am an email-a-holic
I didn’t realize how much email had control of my [...]

Stress is Making Us Fat – 3 Fun Ways to De-Stress and Shed Pounds

It’s no secret that stress levels today among the general population are higher than they may have ever been before. It’s also no surprise that obesity has become a dangerous trend in America. Could the two be related? A new study by University of NSW offers scientific evidence that lends credence to [...]