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Learn to Relax from Celebs Emma Watson, Hilary Swank and Christina Aguilera

We all know that relaxation is important for a balanced life. You can’t just keep working all the time or you’re going to get burnt out. Unfortunately, while we’re working, we tend to ignore this piece of wisdom. We get so caught up in being productive, making money and building a reputation for reliability that we…

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What Effect Does Relaxation Have on Serious Illnesses? You’d be Surprised

The 20th century was remarkable for discovering how preventive measures in agriculture, medicine, industry and a lot more caused serious illness in the body. At the same time, curative measures were discovered for formerly “big” illnesses like polio and epilepsy. The 20th century was also notable for the “discovery” of the mind-body-spirit connection.  The medical…

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How to Use the Right Relaxation Techniques for a Good Night’s Sleep

Relaxation is a challenge for many people. Lying in bed, wide awake, thinking about life’s little nuances leads to exhaustion and reduced production the next day. Many people find themselves lying awake at night, worried over family, work, money, relationships, or health. It’s difficult to get to sleep when these worries take over the brain, however, nearly…

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5 Key Relaxation Techniques to De-Stress

Our lives seem constantly stressed and difficult these days. No matter your profession, financial status, or relationships, it seems as though there is a constant pressure and frustration that accompanies each. True relaxation seems like an illusive dream, but it really isn’t. Relaxation involves some planning on our part, but mostly it is a controlled…

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And Now, Here’s the Rest of the Story

If you heard Paul Harvey’s voice as you read the title to this piece, then you’re in good company. To our knowledge, he didn’t report about beds or resting or anyone who was the subject of a great story using either. Unfortunately, too many people know less than nothing about resting, its benefits or how…

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Managing Time for a Better Life, Part 2

Last week we suggested that it might be more useful to think of managing energy instead of managing time in this jam-packed age of doing-more-with-every-minute. The key to human performance is energy, not time. We all have the same number of hours in each day, but we achieve very different things in those hours. We can’t…

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How to Travel Restfully

This is the time of year when many of us peel ourselves away from work and head out on vacation, that blissful week or so of relaxation, new experiences and “getting-away-from-it-all.” But oftentimes, traveling is anything but restful. (Especially if you’re traveling with young children!) There’s packing and driving and flying and waiting for your…

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