Stress Relief, Health and Wellness Blog

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Stress: Alabama goes to bat against staff obesity, ties insurance costs to Body Mass Index

One in three American adults is obese. Medical costs for obesity-related illnesses (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma, some cancers) eat up one out of every six health care dollars. Should obese people pay more for health insurance than those of normal [...]

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How Michelle Obama fights stress
Michelle Obama’s health tips

“I’m a big believer in sleep. I go to bed early, shortly after I put the girls to bed so that I am rested for the next day. For me, getting enough sleep, eating right and exercising reduce my stress levels. And a really good workout is [...]

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High Heels Injury
http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/executive-women/unionists-put-feet-down-over-high-heels-20090916-fru9.html

Where these show the wearing of high heels is hazardous the high heels should be replaced with sensible and comfortable shoes.

Some workers are required to wear high heels as part of their job every day. [Okay, get the out all your stripper jokes here.] But seriously while high heel [...]

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No NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
You know how powerful this word is if you ever were around a 2 year old. They relish this word and say it over and over and louder. It is a word of power and has great meaning.
This blog posting was inspired by Linda Fladung Hofstad. Linda shared, “Say NO sometimes, instead [...]

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Helpful ways to boost your memory

Can’t find your keys … again? Whether your momentary memory loss is linked to doing too many things at once or just a bad case of menopausal brain fog, you don’t have to put up with it.
In fact, experts say you can instantly boost your chances of remembering where [...]

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Does Stress Make You Fat? (Does Fat Make You Stressed?)

So maybe it’s that activities like yoga, meditation, running — anything that focuses your mind and alters your breathing to a deeper, more regular pattern — cause a domino effect throughout the body that includes throwing a wrench in that fat-cell-receptor response that caused [...]

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Company wellness programs improve health, cut costs

Employee wellness programs just may be the cure for companies struggling to keep up with rapidly rising health care costs.
And proponents say that in addition to saving companies money, the programs are an effective way to help employees live healthier lives.
Jeff and Linda Pond of Virginia even suggest [...]