Health & Travel Vibes

Be your best happy & healthy.

Physical & mental health are directly proportional - if one improves, so does the other. The opposite is also true - if one gets worse, so does the other.

• If your primary struggle is with physical health, possibly from a sedentary lifestyle or recovering from a long injury - prioritize physical health first. See my blog: What is Always With You.

• If your primary struggle is with mental health, like the destructive nature of stress - prioritize mental health first. See: Learn to Combat Stress and Learn to Relax Your Mind.

• Heal from the inside-out: whenever possible use natural remedies for mind & body health. Also heal from the outside-in: dive into life like a child, indulge once in awhile, and spend time outdoors. See my blog: Walk to Live.

• Turn your inabilities into possibilities.

Vacation Travel

You need to get away from the everyday blahs & stress. Take lots of mini-retreats as often as possible, plus take one long vacation every year. Mini-retreats can be your own creation lasting from 1 hour up to a long 4 day weekend. Mini-retreats & vacations help heal the mind, body, and soul.

For example: use your lunch hour & take an hour in the evening for yourself. On your days off, drive somewhere in your city for an afternoon or within a few hours away. We all need daily booster shots of health infusing activity - a combination of physical & relaxing.

Healthier Living

Next, incorporate these practices: activity for the body, calming for the mind, take mini-retreats as often as possible, and long vacations to keep yourself on the healthier track.

Next, you've got to include laughter - like every day. Have fun with whatever you're doing even if it's not your favorite - like mopping floors. Include family & friends for an added boost of health, laughter, and fun.

Finally, incorporate these last 3 practices to round out a healthier life. Get at least 20 minutes of sun daily, or take liquid Vitamin D. Bet you didn't know that vitamin D deficient is a very common deficiency which causes muscle pain and weakness, weak bones, fatigue, heart disease, autoimmune disease, poor sleep, hair loss, depression, etc.

Choose natural remedies like herbs, essential oils, and foods to heal your body. Medication is full of more chemicals - many of which are toxic and harmful. Most medication is a band-aid, not a cure. And last - read the ingredient label on foods, beverages, cosmetics, and body care products. If a product doesn't have an ingredient label - that's a big "Red Flag". Eat more whole foods, not processed or junk foods.

You don't have to be strict and suck all the fun out of life. And you don't have to be a crazed health nut. But could you shoot for being healthier? And when you start to feel GREAT because of your efforts.... then maybe get a teensy bit more healthy! And WOW - you look FANTASTIC and you feel AWESOME.

The status of USA health has seriously declined in the past couple decades. USA National Institutes of Health's nationwide surveys of adults ages 20-74 years, show that obesity has tripled over the last 60 years, while severe/morbid obesity has increased by 10 times.

• 1960-1962 = 13% obesity in adults 20-74.

• 2017-2018 = 43% obesity.

• 1960-1962 = no data for children 2-19 years.

• 2017-2018 = 16% overweight, 19% obese, 6% severely obese.

• 1980 = 7% obesity ages 6-11. 5% ages 12-19.

• 2012 = 18% obesity ages 6-11. 21% ages 12-19.

Adults

Children

Here's an interesting fact: people in western states have lower obesity rates. People in the mid-west & southern states have higher obesity rates. Almost 70% of adults in the USA are classified as overweight or obese. Here's what the Centers for Disease Control CDC says about child obesity:

Children

Daily Inspiration

• If you never dare to adventure, you could miss the most life changing & wonderful experience.

• Jobs fill your pockets, adventures fill your soul.

• Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.

• Remember to smile - it will brighten somebody's day.

Wait.....What?

I just did a week's worth of cardio right after walking into a spider web!

Hmmm, should I stretch now?

Food manufactures & restaurants and NOT pro-health. Did you know that restaurants have increased the portion sizes by 4 times since the 1950's. And as technology improves, equipment has replaced outdoor labor so more people are sitting in offices. Less exercise doesn't burn off more food. Even our dinner plates have increased from 9.6 inches to 11.8 inches.

What about the decrease in whole foods and the increase in quick, processed meals - filled with sugars, junky fillers, chemicals and preservatives. It's the sugars & fillers that keep you addicted & craving more. Let's not forget the products & fillers that are pumped with all kinds of chemicals, pesticides, and growth hormones. In fact, some products aren't even the "real" thing anymore. Some products are manufactured by chemical companies.... How is that healthy?

Don't forget about the advances in technology and our "Smart" devices, like cell phones. But are they really smart? They keep children & adults addicted to social media, games, and other online attractions for HOURS..... EVERY day. That means the body is in slug mode. It's NOT healthy.... and totally NOT smart. Not to mention that blue light emissions are detrimental to health & quality of sleep.

Healthier is Sometimes Harder, but Worth It