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Those alpine scenes of snow-capped mountains and frolicking reindeer commonly portrayed on ugly Christmas sweaters doesn’t effectively correspond to the winter seen outside my window. Grey skies spiderwebbed with bare trees, anxious squirrels gathering provisions, is the more accurate portrayal.
Being active outdoors, with a favorite pet in a beautiful location, is a great remedy for the winter blahs.
After living in shelter-in-place, we have our own takeaways like the war-era granny who maximized the lifecycle of soap. 2020 has become the most challenged year in most people’s lifetime but there were positives from a year of adversity (without undermining the loss of life).
Skills that value resources and increase an awareness of consideration will have longterm effects that will promote good living. Please tune in to the Happy Healthy Home’s podcast on the positive home trends learned from quarantine.
Happy Health Home: Home Trends After Shelter In Place
Any holiday that conflates egg nog with beef tenderloin can be a setback to the wellness regimen, which is why ducks goose chose this time to team with Whitney Ross, Integrative Health Coach of Whit & Well, and created its premier podcast on Happy Healthy Home. Between cooler weather in the northern region to impede outdoor activity and a lot of eating, wayward wellness is a common approach till the gamble of New Year’s resolutions. As says Whitney in the Happy Healthy Holiday podcast, choose fitness, which is the cornerstone to a healthy lifestyle. If you exercise each day, ideally in the morning so not to put it off and boost your metabolism, it will translate to all areas of good living.
Once you choose healthy options, like seasonal fresh fruit, your body will crave nutritionally-dense foods.
So 2020 didn’t pan out the way you thought when blowing on those Covid-free noisemakers back in the jubilance of New Year’s Eve 2019. I have some news for you, not only will it get better, you will be better as a result. I’m going to lean on some “Studies Show” info here: Historically, when faced with adversity, it’s character building. Who knew that on the decade’s eve of Benedict Carey’s The New York Time’s article, “On Road to Recovery, Past Adversity Provides a Map” would be relevant in today’s climate. Siting various studies and experts, says Carey: “In short, the findings suggest that mental toughness is something like the physical strength: It cannot develop without exercise, and it breaks down when overworked. Some people in the study reported having had more than a dozen stressful events, and it showed.”
