After carrying your little bundle for nine months, and after giving birth and bringing your child into this world, so many moms hear their loved ones claim that the most challenging part is over. While on the contrary, a lifetime of raising your new family member and being a role model means you’re up for decades of ups and downs, sleepless nights, toothaches, headaches, and other love-inspired aches that every mom goes through. Now that’s a challenge, and a rewarding one, might we add.
Children are naturally curious. However, sometimes this curiosity doesn’t extend to academic skills, which, although not essential, are still very important for the child’s development. With children, just like with adults, motivation is often the precondition to success. Luckily, there are ways to understand your child’s motivation better and help them develop the desire to learn – and here are a few strategies that should help you with that.
The most common signs of an allergic reaction related to the airways are sneezing and a runny nose, but it is important to note that coughing may also occur during an allergy attack. This is particularly true for people with chronic rhinitis.
People suffering from this condition often have post-nasal drip, a symptom involving the accumulation of mucus along the back of the throat and nose that causes mucus to drip in a downward direction. In some cases, there’s no actual mucus accumulation and the sensation is only simulated, which causes coughing all the same.
We pet owners know that no matter how adorable our furry little companions are, they can leave quite a mess behind them. Most furry pets shed spreading dander and pet hair everywhere. Pets that spend time out on the yard will drag sand and soil inside, not to mention accidents inside, spilled pet food or scattered cat litter.
Pets can be quite messy, which is why you need the right equipment and a cleaning routine to keep a pet home clean and smelling fresh.
If you want that sparkling pet home, this is what you need to do:
The type of food we consume is capable of affecting both our health and the quality of life we live. People who are poorly nourished are prone to get sick more often compared to individuals who consume a healthy diet on a daily basis. Poor nutrition has been identified as a major health issue among the elderly folk. People who suffer from dementia have a lot of challenges when it comes to maintaining a healthy diet. Some of the challenges they experience in terms of maintaining a healthy diet include but are not limited to:
They may experience a loss of appetite
Yes, everyone knows that exercising is extremely beneficial to your health and overall well-being, but if you need a few more reasons to start working out, you must know that it’ll help you get stronger in the first place. It’ll help you lose weight and gain muscle mass, too, which is why the majority of people decide to start working out. Of course, the struggle to get in shape is real, but once you get there, you’ll see that it was totally worth it. Regular exercise can also reduce your stress levels and relieve anxiety, build your confidence, help you have more energy and be more productive throughout the day, which are the benefits that mustn’t be overlooked. So, if you want to learn more about the two main types of workouts, their advantages, and other important things you should know about, just keep on reading and enjoy!
The workforce dynamics are changing along with the times. Today’s employees not only have job-specific competencies but they also have a natural ability to familiarize themselves with new technologies around them. They have no problems learning how a particular system works as long as they have the proper training on how to use such specialized tools. For them, technology is something that they need be more productive and efficient at work.
When you want to reduce your stress, just breathe. Taking deep, meditative breaths has been a timeless way to fill your body with energy or help you unwind after an eventful day. However, there are so many breathing techniques that you find yourself a bit intimidated, and some of them are complex. Here is one that is simple, powerful, and perfect for unwinding after a long day. Meet the 4-7-8 breathing technique.
What is the 4-7-8 Technique?
Everyone has a dream. For children, that might be becoming an astronaut or a fireman. For professionals, that dream might be getting the high paying leadership role in the company.
Maybe, you’re starting a business for the first time, and you envision thousands of customers buying your products. Perhaps, you dream of getting a third level qualification and becoming a certified professional. Maybe you want to shed a pound and achieve that attractive physique that you’ve always wanted.
But reaching those dreams does not happen overnight. It takes time, and it is a long process. It requires certain qualities such as patience, persistence, passion, positivity, and focus.
Monthly subscriptions add up. Now more than ever people are looking for ways to tighten their monthly outgoings.
It can be an eye-opening exercise to sit down and calculate the amount you spend each month on subscriptions, whether that be for your business or pleasure.
There are many ways to get excellent results for your business using free tools. Here are a few of my favourites that I use (no affiliate links, just recommendations).
Read MoreWhen home-schooling became something that was forced upon us and not something I ever expected to do, I scrambled to find resources that would support my efforts.
Whilst the online world can fill a parent with dread of what their child may stumble upon it also has the advantage of opening them up to a multitude of adventure which can benefit them in many ways.
And home schooling forced those of us, who may have described ourselves as tech dinosaurs, to explore teams, zoom and lots of other apps.
Read MoreThere’s no question that all parents want what is best for their children. Since before they are born, we imagine them as star athletes, doctors, scientists and people who will shape tomorrow. But just wishing that for your child isn’t enough, and neither is pushing them towards it. There is a lot that goes into how a child develops over time, and it’s important that you, as a parent, know how to allow them to reach their full potential from day one.
Read MoreOne in Five
According to Women’s Aid statistics, one in five women in Ireland are experiencing or have experienced domestic violence.
One in five is a frightening statistic, that means that at least one person you know is experiencing domestic violence right now. In this very moment…..
Why don’t they leave, you say? True, most will try to fix it for a time. Many will blame themselves, believing if they only could be nicer, hotter, slimmer, more fun or just different, in other words, anyone other than what they are or have become, their partner will be once again behave like the guy they fell in love with.
Read MoreI have been working as an Energy, EFT & Emotional Intelligence Therapist for many years now. I see a pattern for people, including myself, how our core emotional wounds get triggered by similar types of situations. For example, we may have issues with our personal power. We will find though that, the story doesn't have to be the same story that comes up each time, it is really ANY time our power is challenged or at least we perceive it as being challenged.
Read MoreWhen it comes to maintaining emotional balance in our work place we are dealing with two different levels; external factors and internal factors.
Some aspects of our actual work environment may be stressful for us, maybe there is not enough light in the room we work in, possibly there is no air and we find it stuffy or maybe the air conditioning unit is straight over our head.
Read MoreThe idea around being emotionally tired came to me while chatting to some friends recently. I believe it's possible to feel this way and that it is OK to feel this way!
We know from Antonia Damasio that emotions are "action requiring neurological problems" so their job is to let us know something important.
So there are two ways to look at this, in my humble opinion.
Read MoreEnjoy this pod cast on how to become grounded with our emotions.
Our first and second chakras, our own personal energy centres, are very inter-related to each other. When we can learn to be just be with our stories and related emotions and to not let them consume us, we are better able to step into our personal power in all aspects of our life.
We are more in control. When stories come up for us in the future, which they will, we will have more of an ability to take the story for what it is and deal with it in a more emotionally mindful way that will give us a better result.
Read MoreEmotional abuse is, in my opinion, an overlooked problem that many people suffer with in silence. There is of course no blame in this as oftentimes emotional abuse is done in such subtle ways that the victim cannot find the words to describe it. There are no visible scars to show, just those of a deep emotional kind.
Read MoreWe can all have off days where we feel like we wished the ground would just swallow us up. However, we do not want to stay in this energy too long. Some people find it easier than others to snap out of more darker times in their lives. Judgements from well meaning people telling us to snap out of it are not helpful and, at times can add another layer of anxiety or shame.
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Intimacy is a crucial component of any healthy relationship. Being able to show affection and share intimate moments with your significant other are signs that you and your partner are content with the way things are going and that you’re in a happy relationship. However, come stress, children, and pressures of daily life and many couples find themselves in unhappy relationships and marriages, and that’s when intimacy, as well as the relationship, are put on a back burner.