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How to Focus on the Positives When Dealing With Trauma

How do you focus on the positives when you’re constantly exposed to negativity? How can a positive outlook on life help you cope with trauma? It may feel hard to get rid of negative thoughts when you’ve been exposed to secondary trauma as a caretaker. With the help of Trauma Stewardship by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, you can shift your focus to the positive things in life, even if they’re small. Find out how to focus on the positive and get rid of the negativity that’s dampening your mood.

What Is the Nocebo Effect and How Can You Avoid It?

What is the nocebo effect? How can innocent expectations increase your risk of death? Whereas the placebo effect might make you feel better, the nocebo effect does the opposite. The Expectation Effect by David Robson warns that thinking too much about a potential side effect or never-ending pain can manifest in real life. Find out how to prevent the nocebo effect from taking over your mind.

The 3 Ways to Overcome Barriers to a Healthy Lifestyle

Do you have trouble sticking to a workout routine? Do you struggle to maintain a healthy diet? What are common barriers to a healthy lifestyle? Working out every day isn’t easy, but The Expectation Effect by David Robson contends that the reason is more psychological than physical. If you convince yourself that you’re not able to get the workout done, then you’ll never be motivated to finish it. Here are the psychological barriers to a healthy lifestyle that many people face and how to overcome them.

Improve Your Food Attitude With These 3 Healthy Tips

What is your relationship like with food? Do you have a healthy food attitude? Food is essential for your health and often plays a significant cultural role as well. There’s no reason that you should have a negative attitude about it. Below we’ll look at ways you can improve your relationship with food, according to The Expectation Effect by David Robson.

Michael Easter’s The Comfort Crisis: Book Overview

Are the comforts of modern life keeping you from living up to your full potential? How might you embrace discomfort and grow as a result? Michael Easter’s The Comfort Crisis argues that the abundance of comforts we live with in the modern, Western world counterintuitively hurts our health and happiness. He urges us to get back to our roots, embrace primitive discomforts, and improve our well-being by doing so. Continue reading for an overview of this book that encourages you to get out of your “comfortable” zone.

Reframe Your Attitude Toward Aging With These 3 Strategies

What’s your general attitude toward aging? Are you scared of getting older? Do you assume your body will fall apart? Many people are afraid of the side effects of getting older, such as developing health issues. But the more you think about it, the more likely these things will happen. Continue reading to learn how your attitude toward aging affects your health in the future.

The Comfort Crisis: Quotes That Might Make You Uncomfortable

When was boredom pronounced dead? What might be causing you to put off things you really want to do? Has modern society made you too comfortable? In The Comfort Crisis, Michael Easter argues that crucial discomforts are becoming increasingly obsolete in the modern Western world. He asserts that our cozy conveniences harm our health and happiness by depriving us of challenges that our ancestors regularly faced. Keep reading for six The Comfort Crisis quotes that will make you think again about the modern comforts you enjoy.

How to Improve Your Well-Being in 4 Areas of Your Life

Have you been feeling unlike yourself? How can you improve your well-being? According to The Expectation Effect by David Robson, expectation effects influence your mental and emotional health. It can get so bad that sleep, self-control, and the way you respond to stress are negatively affected. Learn how to improve your well-being and change your lifestyle for the better.

Forever Chemicals in Water: The EPA’s Plan for Regulation

How are “forever chemicals” in water hazardous to your health? What’s behind the EPA’s new plan to regulate them? A new Environmental Protection Agency plan to rid US drinking water of “forever chemicals” (PFAS) could cost local utilities millions of dollars and send the financial pain downstream to customers. The agency says the proposal will prevent thousands of deaths related to the chemicals. Read on to learn about the dangers of forever chemicals and the EPA’s plan to reduce them in our water.

Fitness Breathing: Benefits and Exercises for Athletes

Why is proper breathing important for athletes? Why should people in fitness breathe less? In the book The Oxygen Advantage, Patrick McKeown puts particular emphasis on the benefits of breathing less for athletes. He also outlines two advanced breathing exercises that athletes can use to enhance their performance. Let’s look at how fitness breathing helps athletes during their workouts and on the field.