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Exercise

• 28 Mental Reasons To Exercise
  You know exercise is good for your body but did you know it's also good for you mentally? I challenged Jason Squires from Squires Fitness to come up with 20 reasons why exercise is so good for you from a mental perspective. He surpassed my challenge and came up with 29 mental reasons to exercise.

Feeling Tired

• Why am I so tired? My personal experience with SAD
  SAD is also sometimes known as the Winter Blues because it’s usually triggered by the shortened hours of light during the winter. It’s estimated to affect 6 out of 100 people in North America. If you feel tired and are craving carbohydrates, you might be interested in reading my personal story of Life With SAD. It started out with me feeling unbelievably tired all the time.
  
• I'm So Tired. What Your Brain Might be Trying to Tell You.
  If you feel tired all the time, it can be tough to develop self confidence. Being tired doesn’t always just mean you haven’t had enough sleep. Here’s a few other reasons why you might be feeling tired.
• Another Reason For Feeling Tired All The Time - Dehydration
  I tried out the experiment of drinking more water and I was absolutely amazed at what a difference this simple change made.
• 11 Tips To Beat Those Low Energy Days 
• Raising Your Energy Levels
  What's your energy level? Your answer may be the reason why you're not accomplishing as much as you'd like. Here are some tips on how to raise your energy levels.
  
• Also, check out The Schwarzbein Principle in the "Nutrition" section below. I had no idea that what I was eating, which I thought was really healthy, was actually making me extremely tired all the time.

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Goals

• How To Make New Goals And Habits Stick - Do you find that you start out strong with your plans for changing your life like starting a new exercise routine and then end up sliding back into your old habits after only a few weeks? Well, ask yourself these 6 questions first and you'll be well on your way to making any new goal stick.

Nutrition

• Our Daily Dose - some basic Fluoride facts that are important to be aware of. For example, "In the 1950’s fluoride was used as a medication to suppress an overactive thyroid gland... Currently in the U.S. we have an epidemic of thyroid disease, with one in eight women developing thyroid disease in her lifetime. Synthroid, the drug used to treat an underactive thyroid gland, is the most commonly prescribed drug in our country. "
  You can also watch a short film on the dangers of drinking fluoridated water.
  

- More info also at: "The Dangers of Water Fluoridation"
You owe it to yourself to learn the facts so you can choose whether to drink fluoridated water or not.

• Allergies & Intolerance
  I have a huge number of food and environmental intolerances and it's shocking how intolerances can affect your body. It's not just the common ones like migraines or skin rashes or a runny nose. Intolerances can cause breathing problems, IBS, anxiety, body pains, fatigue, poor concentration, aggressive behaviour and the list goes on. This booklet provides a lot of information on what allergies and intolerances are and explains the different tests that can be done. Allergy and Intolerances 101.
  
  
• The Schwarzbein Principle
  Ever wonder if something is wrong with you that you feel so drained all the time? Maybe it’s what you're eating. I found this to be a really helpful resource in figuring out what a good diet really involves. There's so much conflicting information out there and I found that this one made a lot of sense. It also explained to me that it wasn't just a matter of me not having enough willpower to give up foods that I knew were bad for me. There are hormonal factors involved when trying to get off sugar and caffeine. It helped me to understand what my body was going through and how I needed to be healthy first before I could lose weight.
  

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Pain

• Body Pains or Simply Emotions Not Acknowledged?
  I had a back ache that just wouldn’t go away. Well, not until I read a book on releasing emotions to heal pain. It was a fascinating new way of regarding the power of our emotions especially when we don’t acknowledge them. 
• Why Emotional Stress and Pain Isn't Always Such a Bad Thing
  

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Panic Attacks / Anxiety Attacks

• Do you suffer from panic or anxiety attacks?

The web site, No More Panic, was recommended to me from a friend who has dealt with panic attacks most of her life. She found it to be a great help in realizing you're not going crazy and there are things you can do. This site has good suggestions on how to manage panic and anxiety attacks while they're happening and even some suggestions on how to reduce the number of attacks you may have. It gives you that extra bit of confidence to just know that you can handle them when they happen.

Other reasons for anxiety attacks
Anxiety also isn't necessarily all in your mind. There can be health reasons for anxiety. For example, if your thyroid isn't functioning properly or even some medications can cause anxiety. Another common reason for anxiety attacks that people often don't realize is a Vitamin B deficiency. The following article lists a number of conditions which occur due to B12 deficiency which might surprise you: http://chriskresser.com/b12-deficiency-a-silent-epidemic-with-serious-consequences

Changing your diet can also help with reducing anxiety attacks as explained in the following article: Dr. Mercola - Social Anxiety Disorder  (opens in new window, bottom of article for recommended diet)

I've personally found that chocolate, even cocoa, and too much sugar cause me to have anxiety attacks. Fermented food also gives me terrible anxiety. So, you may also want to determine if you have any reactions like that going on.

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Seasonal Affective Disorder & Review of SAD Lights

• Why am I so tired? My personal experience with SAD
  SAD is also sometimes known as the Winter Blues because it’s usually triggered by the shortened hours of light during the winter. It’s estimated to affect 6 out of 100 people in North America. If you feel tired and are craving carbohydrates, you might be interested in reading my personal story of Life With SAD.
• How to Deal With SAD
  Here are the 4 things I find make the biggest difference when dealing with SAD.
• SAD Light Comparison
  If you're thinking of getting a SAD light, here's my review of the two SAD lights I have; the Sadelite and the Litebook which might help you in your decision making.
• SAD FAQ's
  Some Frequently Asked Questions I've received about dealing with SAD.
• Benefit of Vitamin D with SAD

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Stress

• Feeling Overwhelmed? - Are you feeling overwhelmed? It could be because you're reacting instead of choosing.
• How To Deal With Stress - What Are You Afraid Of?
• An Easier Way To Handle Stress
• Feeling Pressured?
  The following story may reveal to you a simple technique to relieve some of your feelings of being pressured.
• Don't Just Do Something, Sit There
  4 tips on how to learn to enjoy every moment.

Additional Resources for Stress Relief

This is a link to the Psychic Junkie web site and on this page it tells you how to calm yourself down and get into the alpha state of mind. There's also an MP3 file you can download for free which is quite relaxing to hear.

Additional Resources from Other Sites

• Your-Bulimia-Recovery.com - Do you have bulimia or suspect that a family member or close friend is struggling with this illness? Your Bulimia Recovery is a fantastic resource on how to recover from this illness.

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