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There are two blogs on this website. The Live Smart Resiliency Blog provides tips on helpful ways to cope with everyday life stressors. Scroll below to discover resiliency and wellness strategies that will lead to more joy, success and meaning in your life.
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Research shows that pets can provide excellent social support, stress relief and numerous other health benefits. Their names are Carly and Misty. They are my source of stress at times as we train each other, and my cuddly companions when curling up on the couch at the end of the day. Pets Can Improve Your Mood: For those who love animals, it’s virtually impossible to stay in a bad mood when a furry warm head snuggles up to you, even if you are really ill. One study found that men with AIDS were less likely to suffer from depression if they owned a pet. Men with AIDS who did not own a pet were about three times more likely to...
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Family Day Today is Eat Dinner With Your Children Day or Family Day in some parts on Canada. It is the day to focus on conversation. Even though I know that this provides a great opportunity for us to connect, provide guidance and to work out any issues, it is almost impossible to get us sitting together for a true meal, especially now that my sons are young adults. But it was as equally hard when they were kids, to sit down for a meal. On hockey night – my sons would get off the bus – we would race to the table to finish their homework – we would eat as quickly as we could – and then we...
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Women’s Heart Health Have you ever looked at those websites that compare your real age to your chronological age? I did and I was pleased to see that it covered a variety of areas related to positive stress management and resiliency. It also had some interesting questions regarding heart health. Cardiovascular diseases continue to be a major threat to women’s health. According to the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care, early heart attack symptoms occur in 50 percent of all people who have heart attacks. If you’re aware of the early symptoms, you may be able get treatment quickly enough to prevent heart damage. Eighty-five percent of heart damage happens in the first two hours following a heart attack. Early symptoms of...
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Do You Have A Hobby? With many of us today riding on the roller coaster of life, it is incredibly important to have activities that help to slow the pace, regulate our rhythm in life and add a sense of fun. Hobbies Can Relieve Your Stress Hobbies can provide many hours of relief from stress and worry. A hobby can boost creativity, self esteem, passion, pleasure and accomplishments. Hobbies have no deadlines, no rules and no pressure to be successful. Beverly’s Hot Tip For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Hobby Month: Adopt a hobby that you can have fun at and that you look forward to doing. You don’t have to be great or perfect – you don’t even have to be...
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National Mentoring Month A successful mentor is someone who sees how remarkable you can be and constantly holds that image for you. We all need someone to hold that mirror for us – And we need to be able to hold that mirror for someone else. Beverly Beuermann-King Click to tweet Who can you reach out to for that boost and who around you could use that lift? Beverly’s Hot Tip For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Mentoring Month: Mentoring is a learning relationship where someone more experienced puts time and energy into a less experienced person’s development. Successful mentors know that they need to focus on nurturing the person, not just performance. Since mentees may...
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