Being in a long term relationship is great. The feeling of closeness and acceptance you get from sharing your life with someone is hard to beat. However, when you have been together for a long time it is easy to fall into an inactive funk that is bad for your [...]
There's nothing like stepping into a warm shower or bath, where we can just relax and spend time deep in thought after a long and stressful day. But if your crazy enough, you might just want to give it up and try cold therapy. I know the idea of showering cold sounds... well... [...]
Healthy relationships don’t just happen. They are built deliberately by two committed people or parties over time and with patience. If you want to improve your friendship, marriage or dating relationship and keep it meaningful and satisfying, you not only need patience, commitment and time, but also inner emotional strength [...]
If you struggle with a form of addiction, distraction or procrastination, you know that it can be hard to find the willpower to succeed. Most people feel like they have no willpower - in control one moment but overwhelmed and out of control the next. Many feel guilty about letting [...]
In a lot of ways evolution has stacked the deck against those of us living in western society in the 21st century. Whereas a prehistoric forbearers benefited from a strong desire to eat as much fat and salt as they could get their hands on (because they frequently couldn’t get [...]
There is a lot of false information floating around out there. Buying into to workout myths will not only render your workouts less effective -- some can lead to injury! So before you start another workout, check out these 6 workout myths and make sure you're not doing something you [...]
Nobody enters the world with a manual on how to survive. It was down to our parents to take care of us and pass down the survival basics. Through the course of our lives we find ourselves under the influence of many people - teachers, friends and public figures - who openly [...]
Running is a fickle mistress. One day you might go out an crush your favourite 5K route, and the next it can leave you a shell of a person gasping for breath at the side of the road. Nothing is more frustrating than seeing dips in your performance and not [...]
When you're so committed to a routine, it can be easy to be rough on yourself if you deviate from it. After all, you didn't get to where you are today by doing fill-in-the-blank thing, did you? No! Well...maybe a little. Though discipline and focus are good in all aspects [...]
Everyone will experience negative events at some point in their lives. Perhaps you will endure a break-up of a long-term relationship, contract and illness, discover a close friend has been spreading lies about you. Understandably, such events usually cause people to feel anxious, upset and down. Sometimes we can feel [...]
Many frequent exercisers have heard plenty about the importance of a rest day. It gives your muscles a break and helps ensure that you don't hurt yourself and that your workouts for the remaining days of the week are as beneficial as possible. However, including a rest day into many [...]
Are you a good parent? My guess is you are or want to be, otherwise you wouldn’t be interested in this article. As good parents, we all want the best for our kids. We want to raise them right, but the abundance of parenting information out there can sometimes seem [...]
