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What word will inspire you to keep your resolutions in 2014?

January 21, 2014 By christianscienceminnesota 1 Comment

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New year celebrations have come and gone, resolutions have been made.  Now what?  How do we turn those resolutions into an actual fresh start in our lives?

My Canadian colleague up in Ontario, Wendy Margolese, shares a really helpful way of doing it.  And she invites you to visit her blog site.  Here’s Wendy…

It’s that time of the year.  We make all kinds of promises to ourselves to be healthier – more exercise, better diet – and to spend more time with the family and be kinder to our neighbors.

I find that it helps me to choose a word that creates a theme or a framework for the year and acts as a kind of touchstone to remember my promises and resolutions.

My word for 2014 is simply focus!  Some may call that being more mindful, more focused or less scattered.

I am a hopeless ‘multi-tasker’.  Multi–tasking is when you try to do many things at once – the drawback being that not all of them is done well.   Have you ever talked on the phone while checking your email or tried to make a dinner, carry on a texting conversation and help with a school project at the same time?

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Healthy summer unplugging

June 21, 2013 By christianscienceminnesota Leave a Comment

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Here’s my colleague Bob Cummings from Michigan (which also has a few beautiful lakes) on how to unplug for health.  He provides references at the bottom, giving you a choice to plug into them…or not.

Vacations – Unplugged And Then Some – For Health and Well-being

Today marks the official start of summer, and for many, summer is vacation time.

Research has found that vacations are beneficial for health and well-being, at least in the short run.

For example, one study¹ looked at fifty-three employees and measured physical complaints and the quality of sleep and mood both 10 days before and 3 days after vacations. These measures all improved. And then, again, five weeks after vacations, the employees still reported fewer physical complaints. The study concluded that vacations may improve well-being on a short-term basis.

Perhaps not surprisingly, though, it depends on the nature of the vacation. For example, other studies² have found that:

  • Health-related vacation outcomes depend on how a vacation is organized.
  • Choosing especially pleasant vacation activities is better for health and well-being.
  • Working during a vacation negatively influences health and well-being after vacation.

Stress has adverse effects on health, which means that reducing stress is good for health. So one point of a vacation is to vacate our work and it’s responsibilities and any related stress.

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Boston marathon tragedy – what can we lean on in such troubling times?

April 25, 2013 By christianscienceminnesota Leave a Comment

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An attack at an event like a marathon – so full of good cheer, love and courage – can make us wonder if anything anywhere is ever safe.  It can make us feel as if our life is very temporary and subject to the whims of chance.

As a student at Boston University decades ago, I felt the warm vibe of Patriot’s Day, “Marathon Monday”, four times and stood on Commonwealth Avenue encouraging the runners as they came by.

It’s hard not to be shaken by the senseless evil of these bombings.  My heart aches for the families of those who died and those suffering from severe injuries.

Even if we’re not dealing with actual physical trauma from the bombs, we can feel a mental blow.  Our sense of moral and spiritual equilibrium can seem thrown off.  That uneasiness needs healing as much as any injury.

And some say this type of stress – anxiety about death and fears for our safety – can lead to negative effects on our mental and physical health.  It’s at times like this that I really try to turn my thinking in a different direction.

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Travel Anger Management

July 8, 2012 By christianscienceminnesota Leave a Comment

Here’s a more-light-less-heat type of experience from my Canadian colleague, Anna Bowness-Park.  I thought the best visual accompaniment would be her actual, soothing face.

 

A healthy way to deal with stress and anxiety

“We are unable to fix the problem with this aircraft, so we will have to disembark you and find another aircraft to take you to your destination.”

With this announcement the tension and anxiety palpably rose in the plane.  We had already been delayed by three hours in Chicago on a sweltering 100-degree heat day, and it looked like it was going to be a longer wait yet.  Despite the controlled air conditioning, there was no control about how people felt regarding this delay.  They stumbled off the plane furious and frustrated.

Many of us have found ourselves in this predicament at one point or another, and not just about travel.  It seems that we are becoming increasingly unable to handle the fluctuations and unpredictability of our daily lives.  In today’s society we have hair trigger sensitivity to discomfort and inconvenience.

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Joel Magnes Hi, I’m Joel Magnes, writing about the connection between our thinking and our health -- focusing on how spirituality and prayer can have a positive impact on our well-being.   I'm a practitioner of Christian Science, with over 25 years of expertise and experience in prayer-based healing.  And I serve as the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Minnesota; the church's media and legislative liaison. Contact Joel HERE.

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