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July 15, 2021

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 […]

WRITTEN BY: Dr. Roseanne Scammahorn, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Darke County, scammahorn.5@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Misty Harmon, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Perry County, harmon.416@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Photo by Ben Hershey on Unsplash

REFERENCES:

  • Cleveland Eye Clinic. (2020). Three Types of Tears. https://www.clevelandeyeclinic.com/2019/07/16/three-types-of-tears/
  • Govender, S. (2020). Is Crying Good for You? https://www.webmd.com/balance/features/is-crying-good-for-you
  • Newhouse, L. (2021). Is Crying Good for You? Harvard Health Publishing. Harvard Medical School. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-crying-good-for-you-2021030122020
  • Sollitto, M. (2020). Go Ahead, Have a Good Cry: 5 Reasons Why It’s Good for You. https://www.agingcare.com/articles/reasons-why-crying-is-good-for-your-health-146022.htm
  • Tindle, J. & Tadi, P. (2020). Neuroanatomy, Parasympathetic Nervous System. National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553141/
  • Penn Medicine. (2016). Why You Should Cry – 5 Reasons to Let it All Out. https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/health-and-wellness/2016/november/health-benefits-of-crying
  • UPMC. (nd). 8 Negative Effects of Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure. https://www.upmc.com/services/south-central-pa/heart-vascular/conditions-services/high-blood-pressure
  • University of Illinois. (2020). Experiencing and Expressing Emotion. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. https://counselingcenter.illinois.edu/brochures/experiencing-and-expressing-emotion

Categories: Mind and Body
Tags: emotions, Healthy Relationships, stress

April 14, 2017

The Value of Friendship

Friendship . . .is a virtue and is besides most necessary with a view to living. Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.      –Aristotle Earlier this week, I lost the very first friend I made in college to cancer. Our relationship was one of the special […]

WRITTEN BY: Jami Dellifield, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Hardin County

REVIEWED BY: Candace J. Heer, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Author's Pic Collage with pictures from Ohio Northern University Yearbook 1991
  • Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/love-companionship-friendship-1808676/

SOURCES:

  • US Dept of Health and Human Services https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA-3716/SMA-3716.pdf
  • http://rocket.csusb.edu/~tmoody/Friendship%20in%20Aristotle.html
  • http://youth.gov/youth-topics/teen-dating-violence/characteristics

REFERENCES:

  • Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2014 May;1316:1-17. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12315. Epub 2013 Dec 11. The neuroethology of friendship. Brent LJ1, Chang SW, Gariépy JF, Platt ML. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24329760
  • US Dept. of Health and Human Services
  • https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-development/healthy-relationships/friendships/index.html

Categories: Family and Relationships
Tags: close friends, friendships, healthy friendship, Healthy Relationships, relationships

July 26, 2016

Achieving a ‘Lifetime of Happiness’ in Marriage

It’s wedding season!  I love browsing the greeting card aisles, reading each to find the perfect wedding day expression for friends tying the knot. Most of the options – in some heartfelt way – include wishes for a lifetime of happiness. It’s a fitting wish for newlyweds, but how does it come true? There has […]

WRITTEN BY: Joanna Fifner, Extension Educator, Ohio State University Extension, fifner.2@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Jenny Lobb, Extension Educator, Ohio State University Extension, lobb.3@osu.edu

SOURCES:

  • http://news.rutgers.edu/research-news/wife%E2%80%99s-happiness-more-crucial-her-husband%E2%80%99s-keeping-marriage-track-rutgers-study-finds/20140911#.V3FyMY5nhDQ
  • http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/marriage.aspx
  • http://news.health.com/2016/02/17/this-is-the-secret-to-a-long-and-happy-marriage-according-to-research/
  • http://www.happify.com/hd/the-science-behind-a-happy-relationship/
  • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17059309

REFERENCES:

  • http://www.happify.com/hd/the-science-behind-a-happy-relationship/

Categories: Family and Relationships
Tags: families, family relationships, Healthy Relationships, marriage

September 23, 2014

National Falls Prevention Day

Today, September 23, 2014 is the 7th annual Falls Prevention Awareness Day. Falls Prevention educates more than 2 million people across 47 states on how to reduce fall-related injuries among older adults. According to the ODH Office of vital statistics, every year 1 in 3 people over the age of 65 has a fall, and […]

WRITTEN BY: Raichel Herte, OSU Extension, FCS Intern

REVIEWED BY: Carmen Irving, Healthy Relationships Program Specialist

REFERENCES:

  • https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12oYuJj5_oMC-DjYlGtc0deRDFlNqMpwUdPJBN5rx0sw/edit?pli=1#slide=id.p42
  • http://www.ncoa.org/improve-health/center-for-healthy-aging/falls-prevention/

Categories: Family and Relationships
Tags: Falls Prevention, Healthy Relationships, older, older adults

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