Category: Managing Stress
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6 inspired ways to get more movement in your life (not just exercise, but movement)
We should all be moving more. That’s the consensus most health-focused organizations and leaders have reached. Most of us spend our time at desk jobs, or sitting at home to read or watch TV, and while many of us might work out regularly, studies show that the best recipe for physical longevity is more movement. Working…
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15 Tips for Reducing Food Packaging Waste
Let’s talk about reducing food packaging and food packaging waste. But first, let’s talk about stress and energy. I had a stressful week. One of my beautiful, lovely, (and I thought: safe) indoor cats had a fluke accident, needed surgery, experienced some complications from the surgery, and had to stay at the vet’s for several…
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The June Challenge – Reducing Food Packaging Waste
I got to thinking about food waste after perusing a copy of Meghan Telpner’s UnDiet that I had borrowed from the library. In the book, Meghan talks about how, with respect to waste, “there is no away.” It’s quite a concept, really. When we are finished with something, we usually just throw it “away.” But…
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Life is Short, Why Not… 5 tips for inspired living
It’s time for another edition of Life is Short, in which Backyard Owl provides you with 5 easy tips and practices for more inspired, energetic, and vital living. Laugh until your stomach hurts at this lip sync battle – Jimmy Fallon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Stephen Merchant. Need I say more? Just looking at Stephen Merchant’s face makes me…
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Spring is Sprung – 11 Ways to Welcome the Season
Spring is here! At least, that’s what I thought on Monday when it was a balmy 18 degrees C. Then, Tuesday, we had a snowstorm and it was -5. While discombobulating (I was like, is this NEXT winter already starting? Have spring and summer become reduced to two days?), the snow couldn’t get me down.…
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10 songs to boost your mood – now!
Music is a powerful force. It can make your mood go from Point A to Point B in under 60 seconds. Probably in under 5 seconds. Maybe even in under 2 seconds, if the song is really really good. It can make you weep (Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission, anyone?) or cheer or dance or…
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10 fabulous tips (+ 3 bonus tips) for improving health, courtesy of Brazil’s new good guide
So we all know about Canada’s food guide: the four food group boxes and the suggested servings per day per gender per age and so on and so on. Quite frankly, it’s helpful for starting a health journey, perhaps, but is also a bit tired and not all that inspiring – especially once you really…
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6 Healing and Health-Promoting Herbal Teas
for·ti·fy 1. strengthen defensively so as to protect against attack 2. strengthen or invigorate mentally or physically 3. synonyms include rejuvenate, strengthen, energize, restore, revive, refresh, invigorate, vitalize This naturally caffeine-free tea (or teas, if you take them all individually) uses organic herbs to support digestion, provide key minerals, add antioxidants, balance hormones, support clear, glowing…
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Sharp as the Proverbial Tack: Tips for a Healthy Brain
So many of us set resolutions for the new year that centre around better physical health. We vow to move more, eat better, cease destructive bad habits, and finally reach that place of peak vitality we all strive for. We often forget, though, to set resolutions for achieving optimum health for that 3 pound mass…
Eat Well, Live Vibrantly 