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Sleep Better: Three Simple Tips to Less Stress and a Better Mood

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Good sleep is a crucial component of heart health. Our previous article, “Sleep Smarts | Sleeping Your Way to Good Health,” highlighted how sleep affects blood pressure, inflammation, atherosclerosis, and cortisol levels, emphasizing the importance of getting at least 7 hours of sleep each night. Like many, my sleep quality fluctuates with my stress levels […]

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Improve Mind and Heart Health With Insight Timer

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In his insightful New York Times best-selling book From Strength to Strength, Harvard professor Arthur Brooks discusses how, as we age, our focus naturally shifts from pursuing external achievements to seeking inner peace, fulfillment, and happiness. He highlights the transition into the later stages of life when cultivating spiritual and emotional well-being becomes paramount.  Brooks

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MENTAL WELLNESS | The Connection Between Mindfulness and Heart Health

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In the quest for better health and wellness, we often focus on tangible actions: more exercise, healthier eating, and adequate sleep. Yet, there’s a less tangible but equally important component to our well-being: mindfulness.    To me, mindfulness and its contribution to overall mental and emotional well-being is the secret sauce, the foundation of the pillars

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THE BUSINESS OF HEALTH| How and Why to Treat Your Body Like a Business

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When you think of the most successful businesses, what names come to mind?  Success in our capitalistic American society is usually measured by market capitalization and companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, and Nvidia rank highest in terms of market cap.  Whether or not that is the best measure of success is a topic for

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LET’S TALK ABOUT STRESS | How Stress Impacts Heart Health

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We all experience stress at different times of our lives.  Work, relationships, finances, or events happening in the world are among the many sources of stress.  But what is stress?  Stress is our body’s physical and psychological response to events that are perceived as taxing or outside our ability to cope.  Stress can be temporary

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