Healthy Living Resources is a telecast presented by the Family and Consumer Sciences program specialists that will focus on health, wellness, and the impact that stress has on our lives. Whether it be financial struggle, or chronic disease management, stress can creep up as a result of many of the day to day events that […]
7 Dimensions of Wellness: Spiritual Wellness
7 Dimensions of Wellness: Spiritual Wellness This year’s Connection Café Fall series is happy to present the 7 Dimensions of Wellness. The idea of wellness should not be limited to one idea, and that is why this series is covering the “Lifestyle Redesign” model, (Cassidy, et al, 2017). To learn about all the different areas, […]
Don’t Delay, Start Saving TODAY!
Maybe you missed the boat in starting to save for retirement earlier in life. If so, you are not alone. One in three Baby Boomers (33%), the generation closest to retirement age, only have between $0-$25,000 in retirement savings, while 21% of Americans have no retirement savings at all. The average American spends roughly 20 […]
7 Dimensions of Wellness: Intellectual Wellness
This year’s Connection Café Fall Series is happy to present the 7 Dimensions of Wellness. The idea of wellness should not be limited to one idea, and that is why this series is covering the “Lifestyle Redesign” model, (Cassidy, et al, 2017). To learn about all the different areas, please register for sessions at www.go.osu.edu/ConnecttoWellness […]
What is Toxic Guilt, and Is It Contagious?
Previously in the blog, “No” is a complete sentence, I touched on the subject of toxic guilt. Toxic guilt is when we feel guilt without actually having done anything wrong. For example, this could be the guilt felt when you decided to pursue a career in welding when your parents thought you should be a […]
Cry it out to improve your health
How many times have you been told you have to keep it together? Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons told us “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” Miranda Lambert tells us to “Hide your crazy… and never let them see you cry,” and let’s not forget Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own, telling us “There’s […]