Healthy Woman is Healthy Family

So, today I posted this pic that stated the importance of rest and relaxation and then Anju and Neha came with some excellent question. While I was trying to answer the question, the text became so long that I has to write it as a blog :). The Post I had shared said this "  Eat when you are Hungry,     Rest when you are Tired,     Relax when you are stressed     Step back when you are overwhelmed     Listen to your body    " So, to give you an overview, they had a point that its not always possible to rest and relax when sometimes we cannot afford it for some reason. Here is my viewpoint on this as I can exactly relate to what they mean. I have been through it as well. Its all about 2 things 1) Your priorities ( remember this comes from how important it is for you ) 2) How you manage them When we plan our daily tasks, we give more priorities to other tasks than our rest or relaxation. This is visible from the fact that we don't keep time for it. Do yo

I am so tired of seeing so many people’s lives being ruined by the so called life time commitment called marriage. Can we please stop this concept of marriage if you do not actually know what it is and what it is meant for? Marriage is meant to be for 2 people to live together happily without any limitations. It is meant to be for the benefit of each other and not to ruin each other’s life. Marriage is meant to get the best out of each other helping each other grow while loving each other. These days it’s become like a licence to freely cause harm to a person and get away with it without any punishment. What worse can you think when the person thinks he/she owns the other person once married. The problem exists with both arranged and love marriages as well. And do you know some really ridiculous reasons people use to get married?       1)      You need a partner to live life and difficult to live alone and without even realising if the person you are marrying is your bes

PMS (  Premenstrual  syndrome ) We recently had a friend asking how we manage PMS and I see many and in fact most girls dealing with it these days. I am glad she brought this topic up and I decided to pen down. I don't think anyone doesn't know what PMS is, but we might not have all the knowledge as different girls/women face different symptoms.  Here are a few symptoms. Common physical symptoms Bloating, weight gain Fatigue, lack of energy Headaches Cramps, aching muscles and joints, low back pain Breast swelling and tenderness Food cravings, especially for sweet or salty foods Sleeping too much or too little Low sex drive Constipation or diarrhoea Mood and behaviour symptoms Sad or depressed mood Anger, irritability, aggression Anxiety Mood swings Decreased alertness, trouble concentrating Withdrawal from family and frie nds Now what are the reasons of PMS.  The  endo

Eating Mindfully Eating mindfully is another key to  staying healthy. What does it mean to be mindful? Being mindful means being aware of  what  you are doing ,  why  you are doing and  what  would be the results of doing it. Here are the key points to take care when eating your meals. When you are about to eat your meal, make sure you sit with a calm mind . There should be no negative emotions going on inside.  If you are going through negative emotions, take a deep breathe, calm down first.  Next, look at your meal. What does it consist of? What are the items that you will eat,?  What are they made of, which nutrients they have or at least how full of nutrients it is.  How was it prepared How you should eat it ( Chew your bite completely to make it liquid in your mouth and pay attention to its taste. You will see focusing on your taste buds will make you eat less. Wait for the bite in mouth to finish before getting that next bite ready)  How much you need it (  When yo

Being Mindful Doing things mindfully is another key to  staying healthy. Mindfulness is  equal to meditation and I am sure none of us can defy the benefits of meditation.  What does it mean to be mindful? Being mindful means being aware of what you are doing , why you are doing,  what would be the results of doing it and how you are doing it. I am sure everyone would agree that every action we do has its results. In today's world, we just aim at finishing things and striking out the list of tasks and feel happy or content about it. Every morning we wake up, hurry up and want to finish up house chores, get ready, leave for office. At office as well our priority is to finish up tasks may not necessarily focus on the creativity or quality of work we do. Do you? Again rushing back home, finish this, finish that and then go to bed.  Have you ever thought how nice you would feel if you had to start day peacefully and calm without rushing? I am sure you know what I mean :). A

Help yourself! [ This article is on behalf of a very dear friend of mine who wants to keep it anonymous. She  chose to be anonymous because she doesn't want people to focus on her (positively or negatively). Motive is to help people get help. ] I stopped going out. It used to be one of my favorite things to do. But now I had no strength or will to get up, get ready and go out. I used to enjoy talking to people. Now I avoid talking to anyone because it meant I had to pretend to be fine and happy. It felt like a huge effort which my body and mind would be unable to make. I had no desire, no will to do anything. I was feeling numb, absolutely numb! It took me while to realize I was going through depression. I didn't let anyone know even after I recognized it. One, I didn't want my family to suffer because of my suffering. Two, I didn't know if there was any other person who would understand it. I decided to fight it. I had to, for my family because they deserved no