Tag: mood

Kava – Plant based anxiety relief

Kava – Plant based anxiety relief

Stress and anxiety riddle many people and medications, or let’s face it, self-medicating, are used to subside these emotions. There actually exists a natural alternative possibly worth the try to help reduce anxiety and to even improve sleep. Kava has… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle
Serotonin: The Smile-Frown Chemical

Serotonin: The Smile-Frown Chemical

Serotonin is a chemical found in the brain, blood platelets, and mainly in the digestive system (up to 90%). Its scientific name is 5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT. This chemical is a neurotransmitter that delivers messages between our nerve cells. Most of… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Personal Care
Boost your mood with Saffron – Mother Nature’s Prozac

Boost your mood with Saffron – Mother Nature’s Prozac

More and more people suffer from depression today than ever before. Reports reveal that 1 in 10 US adults say they are suffering from depression and by 2020, depression is anticipated to be the world’s second-leading cause of disability. Negative… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals
How You Can Improve Your Hormones, Sleep, Heart and Brain Health

How You Can Improve Your Hormones, Sleep, Heart and Brain Health

Benefits of Exercise on Hormones   One of the most overlooked benefits of exercise is the impact on your hormones and subsequently on your overall vitality.  When you exercise, the movement directly impacts a variety of hormones like irisin, testosterone, peptide… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Mental Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Strength Training, Weight Loss
Change your mood by changing your attention

Change your mood by changing your attention

If you find yourself in a lousy mood, did you know you can change it in virtually an instant? Not to downplay the slings and arrows of modern life, but it is absolutely true that where your attention goes, there… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Mental Health
10 Foods that Improve Your Mood

10 Foods that Improve Your Mood

In winter time when the days are short, many people (mostly women) suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). What was once thought of as a ‘silly mood’ that you should be shaking off by a bit of positive thinking and… 0 Shares | | Posted in Aquaponics, Farming, Fitness, Food, Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, News, Nutrition, Personal Care, Recipes, Strength Training, Weight Loss, Yoga
How to stay serene all day: an hour by hour guide

How to stay serene all day: an hour by hour guide

No one wakes up thinking, “I sure hope I have a meltdown in the middle Kmart today,” But these things happen despite our best intentions to living a sane and serene life. Stress, worry and anxiety build up as we… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Health, Home, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Personal Care
Anger is an Important tool if we learn how to use it

Anger is an Important tool if we learn how to use it

There is an inherent pressure for us to forgive.  It is considered an ideal. However, the greatest fallacy of ideals comes about when we push a process based on its ideal rather than its merit or legitimacy.  The fact is,… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
The 7 Most Effective Supplements to Lift Your Mood

The 7 Most Effective Supplements to Lift Your Mood

Feeling down, especially for a prolonged period of time, can affect everything we do, from work, to relationships, to our productivity.  While there a host of antidepressant and antianxiety prescription drugs available, all these carry serious side effects, and create… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Home, Lifestyle, Medicine, Mental Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals
Introducing Psycho-biotics! Probiotics Considered an Alternative Treatment for Depression

Introducing Psycho-biotics! Probiotics Considered an Alternative Treatment for Depression

Probiotics are anything but new. In fact, it was in 1908 that Russian scientist Élie Metchnikoff first noted that rural Europeans who consistently drank fermented milk lived longer. Most people have now seen the word so many times in ads… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Holistic Medicine, Mental Health, Nutrition