BEAUTY IS A LIFESTYLE THING

Photo Credit: unknown Pinterest I've heard it over and over again, I feel bored, stressed, compelled to act, fearful, depressed, and even angry. According to doctors at the CDC.gov social media posts and the opinions of others can make us feel stressed, depressed (blue), and otherwise sad. You sometimes know the poster and you and this person suddenly don't align or you even feel uncomfortable with the person's post.  Sometimes you don't even need to interact/react to a post at all to be interlaced with it as it is on your scroll line. Doctors agree that with all the things that are happening in our world today, it is very easy to become affected by these things. The best suggestion from them regarding social media:  1)  limit your exposure to social media itself.  Do this by only checking in once in a while and severely limiting the length of time spent on these sites. 2) Change the people you follow. Do this by looking for learning, motivation, and meditative sites. L

Photo Credit: Irishtimes.com Holiday Loneliness The holidays bring together family, friends and a boatload of stress, the blues, and even isolation. This can be attributed to many reasons. First, we have our own personal expectations, and those people around us help to contribute to the continued pressure and less-than feelings. Everyone is different and everyone is different in different stages of their lives. Levels of Expectation Different stages of our lives bring different feelings. Happiness is gauged by feeling. Examples can be anything from becoming a new empty-nester, to suffering a loss of a loved one near to you. You are considered vulnerable during times such as these. These, however, may be brief in nature or have even varying degrees of loneliness associated with them, But interestingly most psychologists agree that another level of loneliness can be associated with your personal self-worth or self-esteem. Definitions A simple Oxford dictionar