Why Using Sunscreen Is Not Enough
I look forward with anticipation to the warmer weather all year long, even more so when we have extreme seasons like we did this past winter. In the summertime I feel freer, happier and more at peace. While many will disagree that 80 degrees Fahrenheit is a comfortable temperature, it’s the perfect one for me. […]
Negative Health Effects Of Second Hand Smoking Infographic
What is Secondhand Smoke? Secondhand smoke is the combination of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke exhaled by smokers. You can be exposed to secondhand smoke in homes, cars, the workplace, and public places, such as bars, restaurants, and recreational settings. In the United States, the source of most secondhand […]
10 Simple Steps to Better Health
10 Simple Steps to Better Health by Karen Giles-Smith Staying healthy doesn’t have to be complicated. These 10 health habits are easy to incorporate into a busy lifestyle. The key to keeping it real: Just choose one. Or, come up with your own health habit. For at least 30 days, focus on the one health […]
Three Steps To Putting Your Skin First
As the fall season begins and the weather starts to change, it is the ideal time to take a closer look at your skin. As women, we are encouraged to care for our internal organs with yearly tests, but we often neglect to take equal care of our skin. In fact, there are just a […]
Meditate for Your Health and Happiness
What is meditation? Meditation is a practice to relax and calm the mind and body. It uses the connection between a person’s physical health and her/his mind or spirit. Meditation can be done in many different ways. All of these ways focus a person’s awareness on the silence and stillness of the present moment to […]
Midlife Minute: 5 Quick And Easy Ways to Rev Up Your Healthy Habits
Do you have a favorite trick or secret to staying healthy? I think almost everyone has similar ways: exercise; watch your fat, salt and sugar intake; manage stress; get enough sleep. These are all good, effective habits, but sometimes we need to mix things up a bit, don’t you think? After all, staying healthy is […]
Catching Up on Your Health: Three Important Stories
My inbox is constantly full of all sorts of breaking and unique news on health, fitness, nutrition and other matters of the body. I used to feel compelled to read each one, feverishly running through e-mails at night, after my work was done. (But that is still work, isn’t it?) But it’s impossible to get […]
Lonely? 5 Ways to Feel More Connected
At SHEROES we speak to a lot of new moms that feel the loss of their old life and connectivity. Loneliness sits in when they get disconnected from their identity as working women to new mothers solely focused on a baby. One of the most common questions I get as a LoveDoctor involves how to beat loneliness. […]
Is E-mail Bad for Your Health?
If you find yourself obsessed with monitoring the near-constant flood of emails arriving in your inbox, you could be harming your health. Researchers from the Future Work Centre in England surveyed nearly 2,000 employees from a variety of industries about their experience with email and found high levels of stress among those who practiced particular habits, such […]
Talk to Your Children About Healthy Relationships
Not only do we at HealthyWomen believe in the importance of healthy bodies, we also like to promote healthy relationships”healthy relationships with ourselves, our partners, our friends and our families. And we believe it’s important to teach our children about healthy relationships, both through what we say and what we do. This is a perfect […]
Five Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Anyone who has had breast cancer will tell you they remember where they were when they got the news, but little else about what their doctor said immediately afterwards. I’m no exception. I was celebrating my 45th birthday—my kids were 10 and 12 and we’d recently moved from Maryland to Texas. There was no family […]
Asthma Will Never Stop Me From Doing What I Love
“I first noticed that I was getting breathless aged seven, at a primary school sports day. After that, I became breathless all the time, even when I was sleeping. It got so bad I was waking up in the middle of the night coughing and struggling to breathe, needing my inhaler. “When I was given a […]