Most of us have new year’s resolutions or goals to improve our eating. For some of us, it’s about improving our health. For others, it is about losing those pounds we gained over the holidays or during the pandemic. Research shows that a non-dieting approach known as “Mindful Eating”, can help us achieve whatever our goal is around eating. Here’s more…
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Make Joy a Habit
Consequences of Our Stay-at-Home Lifestyle
If you have found yourself with a bit of extra weight during the pandemic, you aren't alone. Research shows that approximately 22% of adults reported that they have gained between 5-10 pounds (Zachary et al., 2020). Unfortunately, most of us will give up on our goal to lose these extra pounds in about a month. Here is how we form unhealthy habits during our stay-at-home lifestyle, and what to do about it.
Making Mindfulness a Habit
From the beginning, the Levelhead approach to developing a mindfulness practice was based on the assumption that people have busy lives and need to be able to practice whenever, wherever it fits their lifestyle. We realize that people are time-starved and have a limited desire for practices that require more than 5 minutes. Take a look at what recent research says about what is needed to develop a mindfulness practice…
Boredom and Our Eating Patterns
COVID Brain?
I have had more than one person jokingly say to me, "Please excuse me, I have COVID brain." It seems that they may be right. Recent research in neuroscience seems to indicate that there just may be a "COVID Brain". This study describes how the pandemic changes our brain, both for those who have been infected and those who have not.
Want to Boost Your Immune System?
Before a vaccine, the two most promising strategies to reduce the risk of Covid-19 are: 1) practicing mitigation strategies of social distancing, hand washing, and wearing a mask, and 2) adopting lifestyle practices aligned to good immune health (Simpson et al., 2020). Let’s take a look at how moderate physical activity can help boost your immune system.