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BODY IMAGE: HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF?
BODY IMAGE: ARE WE RAISING A GENERATION OF INSECURE PEOPLE? I was sent a picture by my husband recently. While we always share photos and links with eachother, this particular picture was a bit disturbing. It was a side-by-side picture of an influential young lady in her bikini. The picture on the left was a photoshopped picture which looked like the well worshipped body type that the media portrays as perfect. The so-called “instagram baddie”, slim-thick body type as it is called on social media. And on the right side was the girl in real life; completely different from the person she portrays herself to be online. She was not…
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DEHYDRATION HEADACHES. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PREVENT HEADACHE EPISODES
EVER HEARD OF DEHYDRATION HEADACHES? WHAT IS IT? A week or so ago, I had a terrible headache. That morning,I woke up with a dull pain in my head. But typical me, I thought I could push through it. I had a friend coming over that weekend and with all the mishaps going on in my life, I had not any time to fix the guest room. This was my chance. So here I was getting all that done and ignoring the headache. About 50 minutes later, I could not open my eyes anymore. It was a migraine. My head was throbbing. It felt like my temporal artery would beat…
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SIMPLE WAYS TO DESTRESS YOUR MIND AND BODY
THESE SIMPLE WAYS TO DESTRESS WILL IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH Recently, I missed a flight. Anyone who knows me would never expect that these words could come out of Cheryl’s mouth. I may be late to a birthday party just because… But when it truly matters, I am always there on time and very ready. On this day, I arrived at Eindhoven airport in good time. In fact, I was earlier than usual. I stood in front of the check-in desk, looked into my bag and to my greatest surprise, my passport was nowhere in there. I could visualize clearly the exact moment the night before when I…
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FASHION ANXIETY + HOW I DEVELOPED MY PERSONAL STYLE
HAVING YOUR OWN PERSONAL STYLE MAY HELP YOU DEAL WITH FASHION ANXIETY Anxiety is a term used to describe a feeling of worry, tension and nervousness. This feeling is not unusual to you and I. In fact, anxiety is a perfectly normal response to threat. Sometimes it prepares us for action. During exams or going for a job interview, anxiety may improve our performance. Abnormal anxiety is when experiences of nervousness and worry start to take over our daily life. This is when we find ourselves worried about ordinary things. Anxiety in fashion? Nervousness in fashion may be easily controllable by lots of people. However, for those who already suffer…
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CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE JOYFUL – Managing anxiety and depression
HOLIDAY ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION? I THOUGHT IT WAS “THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR”. Who does not love Christmas? The time of the year when we share and love and care for those around us. A time that is supposedly the most joyful time of the year. While this seems evident on the streets; with Christmas decorations hung up and beautifully decorated trees and houses lit up with so many beautiful lights looking like an amusement park. Christmas time is also a time when a lot of people struggle and are so stressed. Why is this so and how can we manage holiday anxiety and depression? Christmas is a…
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DEALING WITH TRICHOTILLOMANIA – Stop pulling your hair out
What is Trichotillomania (TTM)? Trichotillomania is an impulse control disorder in which individuals fail to resist urges to pull out their own hair. In simpler terms, trichotillomania is a disorder that involves an irresistible urge to pull out hair from your scalp, eyebrows and other areas of ones body, despite trying to stop. What are some ways to manage this disorder? The term trichotillomania might be new to some of you. That is okay. I only discovered the word few years ago while watching a youtuber. She described a habit she had; one she was very ashamed of and she called it trichotillomania (TTM). Her story sounded very similar to…
