self care
For a healthy mind, body, and soul.
No, You Don’t Need To “Earn” Your Next Meal
The questions surrounding what to eat—and when—in our society are abundant: Did we exercise enough to earn our spaghetti dinner? Did we eat less before an extravagant meal so that we can feel less guilty enjoying it? Almost everyone has probably heard, or uttered, phrases like, “I deserve this meal because I went to the gym earlier.” But you don’t have to earn your food, and a meal should not just be a reward. Calories are necessary for our bodies—even without exercise—and food is a vital connection between people, their communities, and their heritage. So it’s time we started thinking about it that way. Here’s why.
By John Wilson4 years ago in Longevity
Self-care isn't just face masks and sleepy time tea
# Self-Care aka the most commonly used hashtag when it comes to justifying the fact that you're attempting to overcome and obstruct those so called obstacles in life. e.g I just dropped about a few hundred dollars on a new makeup product, a night out that I can barely remember or just anything in the means of materialistic. You know, the things that you can really show off.
By Nameeta Gaundar4 years ago in Longevity
If I don't love you, how can I criticize you
Who is the person who criticizes you the most, growing up? It's our parents. What parent doesn't want their children to be successful? Who criticized you the most at school? It's our teacher. What teacher doesn't want his students to be successful in the future? Similarly, those who criticize you today, are also for your own good, think you are still a talent!
By An angel with broken wings4 years ago in Longevity
What the Smell Happened?
What the Smell Happened? Loss of smell is a real thing. It can be temporary or long term. The first time I heard of loss of smell was years before Covid-19 struck. A friend said she had a pretty nasty cold that affected her taste and smell. Although she said it wasn't unusual for her to experience such things while sick, she was concerned when she got better but her sense of taste and smell didn't. Panicking, she went to her doctor and was told it was a condition called "anosymia" and that only time would tell whether it was temporary or long term. It took six weeks before her taste buds started registering sharp tastes such as salt and lemon. It took nine months before she was able to smell the garlic in her spaghetti.
By Pam Reeder4 years ago in Longevity
Open Letter to Women All Over
I've been in a very pensive place thinking about the state of Women's Reproductive Rights in our country. I've been thinking about all women. Especially the young women who haven't even had the chance to live or make that choice yet (now I hope you'll never have to). I have been thinking about the older women who fought for my generation and preceding generations to have the rights that are now gone. I know everyone will have an opinion. I don't want to make this about politics, but I can't help but to feel that this is an attack on women. That we've been stripped of an unequivocal right. A right to our own bodies. A right to a "freedom" in a country we call home.
By Karina Nistal4 years ago in Longevity
