Articles on Relaxation

Cortisol and Type 1 Diabetes

Do you ever feel completely drained, even after a full night’s sleep? Maybe you’ve noticed extra weight around your belly, a rounder face, or mood swings that seem to appear out of nowhere. If this sounds familiar, your body might be signalling something about cortisol — the hormone we often think of as “stress,” but that is really far more nuanced.

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Cortisol 101

Do you ever feel completely drained, even after a full night’s sleep? Maybe you’ve noticed extra weight around your belly, a rounder face, or mood swings that seem to appear out of nowhere. If this sounds familiar, your body might be signalling something about cortisol — the hormone we often think of as “stress,” but that is really far more nuanced.

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Self-Compassion

Self-compassion. Urgh. A topic like this is one that I steered away from for many years. I had the attitude that self-compassion was the route to self-destruction because, after all, if I’m being kind to myself, I’ll

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Reflection and Gratitude

I’m taking a moment just now to be reflective, be still and at peace. I am pausing to take notice of where I am now. To notice just how far I’ve come. I think it becomes really easy on a healing

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The Beauty of Rest

I’m calling myself out! You see, when I wrote my post on ‘High Blood Pressure’, I said that I was going to start resting properly. I promise I did start doing that. I was doing my good solid 30 minutes of re-lax-ation.

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