Posted November 26, 2017 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Thankful

Debra’s Wellness Tips

When I did a search for “benefits of thankfulness” 820,000 results came up!

5 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Gratitude – Newsweek

7 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Gratitude – Psychology Today

The 31 Benefits of Gratitude You Didn’t Know About – Happier Human

Science finds that gratitude is good for your health – […]

Posted June 21, 2015 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Salad Smarts

As the weather warms up, most of us start thinking salads. Salads provide marvelous health benefits, but to make sure you are getting those, it is very important to be smart, especially when it comes to eating salads out, according to Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

PCRM (a group that promotes a vegetarian diet and […]

Posted May 17, 2015 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Mindfulness-Mental Benefits

Our culture has been inundated with horrific symptoms of lack of mental ease: eating disorders, substance abuse, obsessive-compulsive disorders. Even the most well-adjusted of us has less than skillful ways of soothing our ragged mental states. Mindfulness lessens the wretchedness of discursive thoughts—fixations on errors of the past or threats of the future. We become […]