In Your Own Hands – Changing Your Belief Systems to Improve Your Happiness

Every Monday, my blog post “In Your Own Hands” is where I’ll be featuring articles I find interesting or that I think are a good resource to help you take charge of your health. What articles have you read recently that caught your attention? Leave a comment and let me know.

Healing the Mind: How to Change Belief Systems That Are Keeping You From Happiness
A lifestyle change can go a long ways in terms of improving your overall mood.

5 Forgotten Mindfulness Practices With the Body
Marguerite Mateau-Rao examines five mindfulness practices with the body and gives her commentary.

5 Things to Practice Daily for Overall Happiness
While beginning a new job, moving to a new place or purchasing something new might achieve some form of temporary happiness; it does not provide sustainable happiness in all areas of life. Take a look at these five things you can practice daily to achieve overall happiness.

Waking up: Study shows mindfulness can offer health benefits
A study by researchers at Benson-Henry Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center shows that mindfulness practices have been connected with overall improvements in health.

Meditation can improve your health: try these three techniques
Catherine Cameron discusses some of the health benefits meditation and shares three techniques you can practice throughout your day.