by Becky Stevens | Aug 31, 2024 | Mental Wellness, Prepare for Surgery
Nine weeks ago I had surgery on my right knee. Since helping folks prepare for surgery is what I do, I wanted to share this experience with you. Spoiler alert: It hasn’t been as easy as I thought it would be! I had arthroscopic surgery on my right knee to repair...
by Becky Stevens | Jul 21, 2024 | Mental Wellness, Physical Wellness, Spiritual Wellness
It’s well understood that breathing is essential to life. While it’s important to understand the basics of respiratory physiology, there’s much more that we can know and understand about breathing and how the way we breathe affects our physical, mental, and emotional...
by Becky Stevens | Jan 6, 2024 | Mental Wellness, Physical Wellness, Social Wellness, Spiritual Wellness
Wellness is a term that’s becoming more common and more popular lately. It seems like everywhere you go now something is being promoted as a “wellness” product. Companies and people are using the word “wellness” to sell all sorts of products and services. You can buy...
by Becky Stevens | Apr 29, 2023 | Mental Wellness, Social Wellness
If So, You’re Not Alone “We feel alone, and in this we are connected.” — Leo Babauta The statistics vary, but recent studies and surveys peg the number of Americans struggling with loneliness as anywhere from 22 to as much as 50 percent. We all feel lonely at one time...
by Becky Stevens | Jan 29, 2023 | Mental Wellness
It’s the Lowest Common Denominator of All Mind-Body Practices Mindful breathing is a great place to start if you’re interested in learning mind-body practice. When you breathe in, and you are aware of your in-breath, you touch the miracle of being alive....
by Becky Stevens | Dec 19, 2022 | Mental Wellness, Physical Wellness
For lasting health, focus on habit formation The siren draw of miracle cures and magic bullets has long been a fixture of medicine and public attention. Angie Wan and Amy Zhang, from Harvard Medical Student Review Ever since German scientist Paul Erlich discovered the...
