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Manage Stress: Healthy Actions
You can breathe easier knowing you have the tools to manage your stress with simple, quick-relief actions. You may notice the sam...
By Melodie Krecisz | April 18, 2023 | Staff
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Tax Season Doesn’t Have to Be Taxing
Tax day is upon us, and with that can come an added amount of stress. Chronic stress can lead to unwanted health conditions, s...
By: Mary Arguelles | March 31, 2023
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Foods That Can Help Lower Stress
Some stress in our daily lives is normal, and in some cases unavoidable. However, too much stress can have some undesirable conseq...
By: Jessica Ball, M.S., RD | June 09, 2021 | EatingWell
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10 Simple Ways to Relieve Stress
Tips to manage stressful situations It might surprise you to learn that biological stress is a fairly recent discovery. It wasn’t...
By: Nathan Reese | July 03, 2019 | Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD
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Manage Stress: Healthy Thoughts, Healthy Life
How you live your life, your thoughts, and your feelings have a significant effect on your stress. Reflect: How do your life and ...
By: Mary Arguelles | May 02, 2023
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The Signs and Symptoms of Too Much Stress
What is stress? Stress can be defined as the feeling of being overwhelmed or unable to cope with mental or emotional pressure. It...
By: Rachael Ajmera, MS, RD | December 14, 2021 | Cydney Ortiz, PsyD
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18 Terrific Foods to Help Relieve Stress
If you’re feeling stressed, it’s only natural to seek relief. While occasional bouts of stress are difficult to avoid, chronic st...
By: Jillian Kubala, MS, RD | June 08, 2020 | Kathy W. Warwick, R.D., CDE, Nutrition
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The Signs and Symptoms of Too Much Stress
What is stress? Stress can be defined as the feeling of being overwhelmed or unable to cope with mental or emotional pressure. It...
By: Rachael Link, MS, RD | December 14, 2021 | Cydney Ortiz, PsyD
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Eat These Foods to Reduce Stress and Anxiety
If you’re trying to lower your stress levels, you probably already know to start with the basics: self-care, sleep management, and...
By: Staff | October 06, 2021 | Cleveland Clinic
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6 Stress-Busting Secrets From Real Appeal Coaches
Stress can feel like kryptonite for your weight loss goals, making it harder to stick to your healthy eating habits and activity g...
By: Caroline Roberts | May 21, 2021
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5 Strategies to Help You Stop Emotional Eating
You stand at the freezer, steaming over a fight with your spouse and searching for some ice cream to cool your emotions. You sit o...
By: Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD | February 17, 2021 | Cleveland Clinic
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5 Foods to Avoid for a Better Mood
Turns out, certain foods can affect your mood. Here's what to eat—and avoid—to feel a little better. Much has been sa...
By: Katy Spratte Joyce | October 06, 2021 | EatingWell
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3 Guided Meditations To Practice
Practice these guided meditations regularly to reduce stress and increase mindfulness: ...
By Melodie Krecisz | April 11, 2023 | Staff
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10 Holiday Tips From Real Appeal Coaches
The added stress of the holidays is real, and it can make it that much more difficult to stay on track with your goals. Our Real A...
By: Mary Arguelles | November 09, 2022
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Your Relationship with Money Is Affecting Your Health
Chances are, stress and anxiety about money are a part of your daily life. From rent and mortgage payments to health expenses and ...
By: Cathy Cassata | July 18, 2017
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Stick to Their Routines
During times of stress, we can get stuck in zombie mode, but if our routine includes healthy habits, we’re less likely to jump int...
By: Brian Krans | May 28, 2013
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How to Outsmart Your Hunger Hormones
We tend to think of weight as a matter of simple math: Eat fewer calories than your body burns in a day, and the scale will slide ...
By: Brigid Sweeney | September 02, 2021 | Real Appeal
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Create a Healthy Workplace
Your work environment may be in an office, a hospital, at home, or even in your car. It’s where you spend a significant part of yo...
By: Mary Arguelles | April 11, 2023
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Boost Your Flexibility with These 8 Yoga Poses
Flexibility is one of the key elements of good physical health. Over time, though, your body may lose flexibility due to aging, a ...
By: Emily Cronkleton | October 23, 2019 | Daniel Bubnis, M.S., NASM-CPT, NASE Level II-CSS
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9 Natural Ways to Boost Your Energy Levels
If you find yourself feeling sluggish, having difficulty staying awake, or chugging multiple cups of coffee just to make it to lun...
By: Rachael Link, MS, RD | November 25, 2022 | Kim Rose-Francis RDN, CDCES, CNSC, LD
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10 Workout "Rules" You Should Be Breaking
Exercise has so many benefits—from reducing stress and boosting your mood to improving your heart health and helping you get...
By: Jessica Ball, M.S., R.D. | September 08, 2021 | EatingWell
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How to Gain Control of Emotional Eating
Sometimes the strongest food cravings hit when you're at your weakest point emotionally. You may turn to food for comfort - consci...
By: Staff | February 17, 2021 | Mayo Clinic
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5 Excellent Reasons to Take a Walk Today
People who walk regularly swear by the health and psychological benefits of their daily jaunt. Here, wellness expert Michael Roize...
By: Staff | March 10, 2021 | Cleveland Clinic
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Quick Chicken Noodle Soup
This easy chicken noodle soup recipe is a great no-stress weeknight dinner or make-and-freeze meal. Once you’ve got this down, pla...
By Staff | September 12, 2017 | Real Appeal
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5 Ways Real Appeal Coaches Stay Active During the Pandemic
Staying active can sometimes be tough, even during normal times. And the pandemic -- and the gym closures and fewer outings that g...
By: Caroline Roberts | April 23, 2021
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What Experts Say to Do After Overeating
Step away from the juice cleanse... Whether you ate one (or several) more hot dogs than you had originally planned at that weeken...
By: Karla Walsh | November 18, 2021 | EatingWell
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12 Yoga Poses You Can Do Wherever
Afternoon slump? Stressed over your workload? Need ways to de-stress or refocus after juggling work or online learning assistance ...
By: Staff | March 10, 2021 | Cleveland Clinic
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5 Sneaky Reasons You're Hitting a Weight Loss Plateau
You've lost 10 pounds! Then the dreaded scale stops and nothing you do seems to move that number down, ugh. It's not you; it's you...
By: Lainey Younkin RD, MS, LDN | August 06, 2021 | EatingWell
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How to Be Happy: 27 Habits to Add to Your Routine
Regardless of your version of true happiness, living a happier, more satisfied life is within reach. A few tweaks to your regular ...
By: Ann Pietrangelo | July 13, 2022 | Medically Reviewed by Lori Lawrenz, PsyD
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How to Make a Self-Care Checklist That Actually Works for You
Life doesn’t always proceed smoothly, to put it mildly. When challenges you face prove difficult to handle, it can tax your emotio...
By: Crystal Raypole | July 13, 2020 | Janet Brito, Ph.D., LCSW, CST
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Experience Gift Ideas
Looking for that perfect gift for someone who is focused on building healthy habits? Consider giving the gift of an experience tha...
By Staff | November 21, 2017 | Real Appeal
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How America’s “No Vacation” Culture Is Harming Our Health
While many countries celebrate the health benefits of generous vacation policies, American workers are stuck with less paid time o...
By: David Mills | August 09, 2018
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23 Ways to Revamp Your Nighttime Routine
Trouble sleeping? You’re not alone. About 1 in 3 adults in the United States get less sleep than they should. In the mi...
By: Crystal Raypole | September 23, 2020
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5 Grab-and-Go Foods to Fuel Your Workout
Getting a little tired of your pre- and post-workout snacks? Switch things up with these five nutritious foods. In addition to bei...
By: Joyce Hendley | July 30, 2019 | EatingWell
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14 Mindfulness Tricks to Reduce Anxiety
Anxiety can mentally exhaust you and have real impacts on your body. But before you get anxious about being anxious, know tha...
By: Mandy Ferreira | February 11, 2020
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Love Your Heart
February isn’t only about celebrating Valentine’s Day, it’s also National heart month. According to the Centers for Disease...
By: Mary Arguelles | February 09, 2023
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Why You Don’t Need a Lot of Time or Money to Make Self-Care a Priority
What is self-care? Research shows many people misunderstand what effective self-care is and how they can best benefit from it. A...
By: Cathy Cassata | September 03, 2019
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Winter Blues? Try These 10 Food Tips to Help Ease Symptoms
Alter your diet, improve your mood Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that’s believed to be caused by the ...
By: Brian Krans | September 17, 2018 | Natalie Olsen, R.D., L.D., ACSM EP-C
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How to Use Food to Help Your Body Fight Inflammation
The term "anti-inflammatory diet" gets thrown around in nutrition conversations a lot these days. But why is inflammation bad for ...
By: Staff | February 19, 2020 | Mayo Clinic Health Information Library
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Explore Your Support
Do the people around you give you the support you need? Keep reading to take a look at your current network and see what kind of s...
By: Melodie Krecisz | April 11, 2023
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Yes, You Can (and Should) Give Yourself a Hug
Hugs can provide a lot of comfort. They can help you feel closer to someone you care about, whether that’s a partner, friend...
By: Crystal Raypole | June 16, 2020 | Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD
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10 Ways to Naturally Reduce Anxiety
Some anxiety is a typical part of life. It’s a byproduct of living in a busy world. Anxiety isn’t all bad, though. It makes you a...
By: Annette McDermott | February 28, 2023 | Edited By Melissa Lee and Julia Stevenson. Medically reviewed by Bethany Juby, PsyD. Copy edited by Jen Anderson.
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How to Restart Healthy Eating Habits
Midway through cleaning out your car after another on-the-go week, a growing pile of crumpled fast food wrappers reveals a harsh r...
By: Staff | June 08, 2021 | Cleveland Clinic
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How Long Does it Take to Digest Food?
“Digestion is the process of breaking food down into the nutrients your body can use. It starts at your mouth and finishes at the ...
By: Staff | May 12, 2021 | Cleveland Clinic
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Post-Vacation Blues: How to Avoid or Overcome Them
You’ve just returned from a vacation. Maybe it was the trip of a lifetime. Maybe it was a weekend getaway. Whether you’ve unpacke...
By: Rebecca Joy Stanborough | August 19, 2020 | Marney A. White, PhD, MS
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4 Harmful Habits That Get in the Way of Weight Loss
If you’re hoping to lose weight, don’t let problematic eating habits get in your way. Four behaviors can prevent you from mak...
By: Digestive Health Team | July 16, 2018 | Cleveland Clinic
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7 Benefits of Exercise (Other Than Weight-Loss)
In theory, most of us know that exercise is good for us. We’re aware that it can help us lose weight or maintain our current weigh...
By: Staff | February 24, 2021 | Cleveland Clinic
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Self Care and Your Waistline
Reaching a healthy weight isn’t something that happens only when you’re at the gym or watching what you eat. It’s influenced by th...
By: Kate Rockwood | September 24, 2019 | Rally Health
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How to Shake Pandemic Weight Gain
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues, the weather turns warmer and we see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, it’s a...
By: Staff | June 08, 2021 | Cleveland Clinic
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Alcohol and Health: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Internet is full of mixed messages about alcohol. On the one hand, moderate amounts have been linked to health benefits. On ...
By: Atli Arnarson BSc, Phd | February 09, 2023 | Medically reviewed by Adam Bernstein, MD, ScD
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7 Morning Stretches to Start Your Day
Including some stretching in your daily morning routine can help energize you for the day. That could mean you can skip that coffe...
By: Gretchen Stelter | August 26, 2020 | Peggy Pletcher, M.S., R.D.L.D., CDE
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How to Handle Hot Weather While Getting in Your Miles
Scorching weather awaits on the summer calendar. If you’re a runner, so do many training miles. Workouts when the temperature cli...
By: Staff | July 07, 2021 | Cleveland Clinic
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Why Spending Just Two Hours a Week in Nature Is Good for You
Recent research has found clear evidence that going for a hike can help your health. Anyone who’s watched a child run free in a f...
By: Shawn Radcliffe | June 13, 2019
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What Are the Benefits of Sunlight?
Sunlight and serotonin We’re used to hearing about how too much of the sun’s warm rays can be harmful to your skin. But did you k...
By: Rachel Nall, MSN, CRNA | April 01, 2019 | Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD
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5 Easy Houseplants That Double as Self-Care Reminders
5 Easy Houseplants to Love, Based on Your Mental Health Needs Plants are nature’s notification to give yourself more space in thi...
By: Shawna Davis | July 28, 2020
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9 Workouts That You Can Absolutely Fit Into Your Day
Most of us have plans to work out more, get healthier, and maybe even drop a pound or 10. It’s on our to-do lists, and it tops our...
By: Molly Hurford | July 03, 2018 | Rally Health
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6 Tips for Building Trust in Yourself
Trust can help bring us closer to other people. Trusting others, such as family members and friends, can reassure us that we’ll be...
By: Erica Cirino | July 19, 2018 | Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD
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8 Easy Tips to Avoid a Grumpy Gut While Traveling
Travel can be stressful for your mind and body. But following these simple tips can help you keep your gut happy and healthy while...
By: Cathy Cassata | July 09, 2019
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17 Healthy No-Prep Recipes for the Days When You Just Can’t
It’s understandable if making elaborate (and delicious! and healthy!) meals is the last thing on your mind. Whatever your situati...
By: Sarah Garone, NDTR | August 31, 2020
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Walking: Trim Your Waistline, Improve Your Health
Can you really walk your way to fitness? You bet! Get started today. Know the benefits Physical activity doesn't need to be comp...
By: Staff | August 02, 2021 | Mayo Clinic Health Information Library
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7 Tips for Building a Daily Meditation Practice
Ever tried to pick up a new habit or teach yourself a new skill? You likely realized early on that daily practice was key to succe...
By: Crystal Raypole | April 12, 2023 | Medically reviewed by Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD
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5 Myths About Cravings That Might Be Holding You Back
Imagine you’ve been on a healthy-eating kick. Everything is going great. You’re skipping the drive-thru, you’re passing up that se...
By: Kate Rockwood | January 03, 2019
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The Best Air-Purifying Plants for Your Home
Indoor air pollution Living in an energy efficient, modern building can have unintended side effects. One of these side effects i...
By: Ellen Riley | September 18, 2018 | Debra Rose Wilson, Ph.D., MSN, R.N., IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT
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Why ‘Tidying Up’ Like Marie Kondo Is Good for Your Health — and Wallet
The Netflix series that teaches people how to declutter their lives isn’t just popular entertainment, it’s helpful advice that can...
By: Cathy Cassata | February 15, 2023
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The Definitive Guide to Healthy Grocery Shopping
As a dietitian, I am well aware that grocery shopping can be an intimidating and overwhelming experience for many people. For exam...
By: Jillian Kubala, MS, RD | July 01, 2021 | Jerlyn Jones, MS MPA RDN LD CLT
