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Sometimes, all we need is a simple road map to get us started—or restarted, if it’s been some time since we practiced. Here are five essential elements to creating a mindfulness meditation practice in daily life: 1. Prepare Yourself Before even attempting to do any practice, it’s important to understand that your practice is not a performance. Each practice doesn’t need to be evaluated about whether it was a “good” meditation or a “bad” meditation....

Yet a recent paper by researchers from Stanford and Harvard suggests we better stop taking workplace stress for granted and address it head on. The researchers posit that health issues arising from job stress—like hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and poor mental health—can lead to conditions that kill more than 120,000 people per year. This would make work-related stress one of the top-five causes of death in the United States, akin to accidents, more lethal than diabetes, Alzheimer’s, or influenza....

Stress is one of the top contributors to insomnia, which impacts around 30% of US adults at any given time. If you’ve experienced a nerve-wracked night, it’s not too hard to understand why: high levels of stress makes it hard to mentally wind down, and it makes it difficult to physically relax before and during sleep as well. The relationship between stress and sleep works both ways, too. Missing out on rest compounds stress and affects physical and mental health over time, which can create a cycle that exacerbates both problems....

To illustrate below, we share some tips for those who dread a frizzy hair day, and alternatively, some tips to enhance frizzy tresses for those that love them. Best of both worlds, right? ** Ways to Prevent Frizzy Tresses 1. Apply leave-in conditioners post-wash. Use leave in conditioners to help tame frizz and prevent flyaways. A leave-in conditioner, like Love Beauty and Planet Smooth and Serene Argan Oil & Lavender Leave-in Smoothie Cream, infuses keratin and seals the hair cuticle, resulting in long-lasting frizz control....

If you are a fan of this spooky holiday and love entertaining then this list of ideas is going to be scary exciting for you! This treasure trove of spooky, kooky, Halloween party ideas for adults is full of ideas for a bewitching bash with all of your grown-up friends but beware! We have a lot of fantastic Halloween party ideas to share with you. In order to help you navigate all of these spooktacular ideas we have divided the ideas into four categories (and you can click on the links to take you right there):...