Cool down the bedroom Consider keeping your bedroom between 65° and 70°. A cool bedroom helps stimulate the drop in your body temperature necessary to promote a restful, uninterrupted sleep.   Continue reading Wellness Wednesday!

Resist the urge to suppress that big afternoon yawn. According to research from University of Vienna in Austria, yawning helps cool your brain, which in turn improves alertness and performance. Let’s yawn! Continue reading Wellness Wednesday!

Daily Goodbye Each morning, regardless of who has to get out first, my husband and I always says I love you and kisses good-bye (even when the other is asleep!). Then on our rides to work, we take a moment … Continue reading Wellness Wednesday!

Remove your shoes at your front door. Think about all the places you step prior to getting back into your home. This keeps all kinds of gross items out of your home. When researchers tested shoes for germs, they found … Continue reading Wellness Wednesday!

Smile, even if you’d rather not. According to a University of Kansa study, even a fake smile can lower heart rate after a stressful event. So get to smiling! Continue reading Wellness Wednesday!

Sit up straight! It has been shown that when you move from poor posture to good posture, you increase levels of energizing hormones, as well as feel-good serotonin, plus you decrease the stress hormone cortisol. To make it plain you … Continue reading Wellness Wednesday!