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3 Ways to Bring Joy to Your Fitness. Fitness is a Feeling.

By Activities, Body, Mental Health, Physical Health

What does it mean to be fit? For many of us we automatically imagine particular body weight, maybe a blood pressure, or how our body responds to sugar. Lots of us go right to what we look like or how physical systems work.

But in reality how fit we really are is a feeling. Yes the physical body is an important part of tracking fitness, but how fit we feel is about a feeling.

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4 Steps to Improving Your Mental Health Through Better Sleep

By Activities, Body, Cultivating Calm, Mental Health, Mind, Physical Health

When we don’t get enough quality sleep, most of us worry primarily about how tired we’ll feel the next day. It’s only when it becomes an ongoing, chronic issue that some of us start to realize the mental impact of poor sleep. It’s not just that we feel low, stressed, or unfocused: Research has shown that sleep deprivation could be a cause of certain psychological disorders as well as a symptom of it. Luckily, a few simple changes to your sleep habits and environment can be enough to improve your quality of sleep, and in turn ensure your mental well-being. 

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No Gym? No Problem: 
You Can Do These Workouts Anywhere!

By Activities, Body, Guest Post, Physical Health

Staying fit during COVID-19 can feel almost impossible. In many places across the country, gyms are still closed. Others are open, but some people just aren’t willing to take the risk of heading back just yet. However, staying active is as important as ever — if not more. Not only does it keep us healthy and fit, but it’s also one of the best mental health tools at our disposal. Regular exercise significantly reduces the intensity of anxiety and depression. 

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