Stories about: Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality

A Blue Christmas: Dealing with Sadness and Loneliness during the Holidays

Posted about 5 hours ago by Amy H

Posted in Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with Anxiety, coping, depression, holidays, interpersonal relations, Loneliness, meditation, mindfullness, psychology, Sadness, self-acceptance, self-esteem, stress and stress management

Holidays can bring a lot of anxiety and even sadness into many people's lives. Here are some resources that can help. Topics include coping strategies, mindfulness, stress management, self-acceptance, meditation and more.

Make Your Own Natural Homemade Gifts

Posted about 13 days ago by Amy H

Posted in Arts, Crafts and Hobbies, eBooks and Audiobooks, New: Books and Movies, Nonfiction and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with beeswax, candles, crafts, DIY, essential oils, handmade gifts, Healthy, homemade soaps, natural, Natural Beauty Products and natural cleaners

Make your own natural, homemade beauty products and cleansers - they make great gifts too!

5 Reasons to Read Everyday

Posted 3 months ago by April S

Posted in Fiction, Graphic Novels and Poetry and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with events, Great American Read, longevity, PBS, reading, stress management and WGTE

Reading everyday can improve your overall quality of life.

You Do You

Posted 5 months ago by Amy H

Posted in Outdoors, Sports and Travel and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with exercise, health, meditation, mind and body, physical fitness, pilates, weight-loss, wellness, workout and Yoga

It's never too early or late to take better care of ourselves.

Singing Voicemails

Posted 6 months ago by Jennifer D

Posted in eBooks and Audiobooks and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with bereavement, death and dying, family relationships, grief and Loss - psychology

Have you ever saved a voicemail for eight years? I have, and I think it's possible that many of us have a saved voicemail or two, it's just not something we talk about. Before my mom passed away, she would call me every morning around 8:15 and we would talk before I left for work. Then, that tradition ended. One of her voicemails lived on...a long time.

Storytelling and Our Communities: Part II: Alzheimers

Posted 7 months ago by Heidi Y.

Posted in Education, Research and Resources, Science Fiction and Fantasy and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with Alzheimer's disease, caregivers and storytelling

Storytelling is the way I connect with other human beings, every day. One of the most amazing audiences to engage and connect with are adults with Alzheimer’s Disease.