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Reducing Stress: What Scientists Learned From Children Who Survived Dutch Hunger Winter.

Not only do the effects of stress and malnutrition impact us at the time they occur, they can have lingering effects on ourselves and our children for decades to come.

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Depression: Marauder Of The Mind.

I know now. I know what it is and what it feels like, for lack of a lovelier way of finding out. Sadness is not the same as emptiness. Mind over matter only works with a mind that works too. This is how it feels: One by one, like a leak, things start to fall out of the soul. Hobbies. Family and ...

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F**k Fears: The Day I Stopped Playing Small.

Though I have much to learn and far to travel, I have already discovered five essential truths that keep me moving. They are my mantras, my daily habits, and the support I turn to when I feel lost.

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Natural Happiness: The Truth About Exercise And Depression.

When it comes to beating depression over the long-term, this is what makes exercise more powerful than medication. It’s not that medication doesn’t work -- it does. But exercise does something that medication doesn’t. It proves a new identity to yourself.

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How To Start Working Out When You Don’t Know What You’re Doing.

I went to my strength and conditioning coach from college, my old teammates who had done sprint training, and a friend who ran track competitively. I asked each of them for suggestions and programs for 400m sprint training and for general sprinting tips. My hope was that by asking five ...

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I Do Have Moments Of Love, Even With My Eating Disorder.

Unlike the two-year-old who doesn't realize how important that answer is, someone with an eating disorder gets it. Gets that if she can just figure out how, maybe all the pain and fear and hatred and sorrow and guilt and shame and secrecy and torment could be gone. And that's all she wants. ...

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Women, Take Back Your Births.

Through these experiences as a woman, a few things became very clear to me. The first realization was that fear hinders birth. When a woman is scared or frightened, she isn’t going to labor or birth in an optimal way. Her labor may be prolonged, disjointed or halted entirely.

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Spices Of Life: Health Benefits Of Basil.

As any gardener will tell you, having a pot of basil near the kitchen window can make the difference between a good meal and a great meal. Once you've had fresh basil at your fingertips, you'll understand why basil is an essential addition to every container garden.

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Integrative Medicine: What if Your Doctor Prescribed Actions Instead of Medications?

I think it’s time to set a higher standard in health and medicine by integrating scientifically proven behavior changes, rather than defaulting to a prescription because 'we’re busy and it’s easier' or ordering another test to appease the patient.

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5 Ways Nursing Changed My Life.

Growing up Baptist, I've always believed in miracles. For some, it's hard to believe that Jesus walked on water, turned water into wine, and that He rose from the grave. I've never once doubted these biblical miracles... To say there is no God is crazy to me, because I've seen His work firsthand.

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