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Self-Care Tools For the Mind, Body and Soul

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  My favorite part after work (after seeing my husband of course 😉) is coming home and plopping down on the couch! It feels soooo good to sit down and rest my body and brain after a busy day.  Taking a moment for ourselves is is not selfish, it's necessary . Just as we are educated to incorporate daily, physical exercise and practice good eating habits, we should also be educated to incorporate daily, mental rest!  Our minds work 24/7. Think about it... are you ever not thinking about something? (No pun intended 😜) Our stress directly affects our immune system and our ability to heal  1 Below are some tools I have found that can help provide stress relief for your mind, body and soul Massage Stones The first time I saw massage stones was in a nail salon getting a pedicure! Most pedicure places now have an option within their menus for a hot stone massage on the calves and feet. Not only do they have these stones for pedicures in nail salons, but also for places that offer full-b

Internet Misconceptions About Vaccines

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Here Are the Real Facts How many times have you browsed the internet for answers involving your health? The truth is... most of us are guilty Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, said something relating the matter: "After a recent medical procedure, my very capable doctors explained what I needed to do to heal properly. But first I had to relearn something about myself I should have known for a long time: as a patient, I'm not very patient. Consequently I decided to expedite the healing process by undertaking my own Internet search. I suppose I expected to discover truth of which my doctors were unaware or had tried to keep from me. It took me a little while before I realized the irony of what I was doing. Of course, researching things for ourselves is not a bad idea. But I was disregarding truth I could rely on and instead found myself being drawn to the often-outlandish claims of Internet lore. S