With more people becoming aware of their health all the time – and more people not wanting to poison their family and friends for Christmas – gift giving can be a bit more complicated. Where once a scented candle or Bath & Body Works lotion was an easy gift to grab, knowing how toxic those items are makes it difficult to inflict them upon your loved ones.
What can you do to keep your gift giving healthy and non-toxic this year? Here are some ideas! (And remember, you can treat yourself with these, too!)
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It's a common concern I hear about. When Christians start delving into the world of more natural options regarding their health, they can run into a lot of confusing information. Some of the practices that seem like they could help are condemned as new age or occult.
When this happens, you need to take a careful look at what the practice is versus what people have made it to be.
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Do you struggle to stick with your New Year's resolutions? Do you have big plans to make the next year a healthier one but you struggle to actually make changes, or you fizzle out on your new habits after only a few months or weeks?
Have you ever tried making your New Year's health resolution a monthly or progressive goal instead? Try one of these methods and see if that helps!
Have you been feeling sluggish, more tired than usual, less ambitious, and maybe even sad or depressed?
There's actually a physiological reason.
Fall – at least the pleasant part of it – is coming to an end. Depending on where you live, you may have warm days left, but here in the upper Midwest, last week was probably the last of the temperatures above 60 degrees. We're already into freezing temperatures and snow.
If you're experiencing the same end-of-fall funk as I am, it can be helpful to know why it happens and what you can do to deal with it.
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How much faith do you put in the recommendations made by “experts”?
If you’re like I used to be, you considered the word of people connected with “three-letter” agencies to be almost law. FDA approval meant a product was safe to use. The CDC made medical recommendations with our health as the utmost priority. And so on. After all, these were the people who knew the most about their respective topics, and the entire purpose of these agencies was to keep us safe. Right?
Same with doctors. I once believed them to be the ultimate authorities on health. After all, they spent years learning about it, and that had to count for something, didn’t it?
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