Start your New Year’s resolution today and enjoy a happier and healthier life. The way you begin your day has an impact on how the rest of your day will go, so start it off on a positive note.

Men, It’s Your Health

  The other night my wife and I were watching a program on the television which is something we do not do often and when we do, we watch recorded programs to avoid the commercials. While watching this 2 hour show I saw somewhere in the vicinity of  a half dozen commercials about erectile dysfunction or I believe e.d. is the hip acronym the pharmaceuticals like to refer to it as. The thing that amused me was how quickly they breeze through the side effects. Did you miss them? Let me list them out for you:

• Chest Pain
• Nausea
• Headaches
• Facial Flushing
• Blurred Vision
• Bluish Vision

 Out of the above, the only one that is slightly appealing to me is the bluish vision. Living my life in the land of “smurfs” could be kind of cool. Another side effect is an erection lasting more than four hours and if this should happen I am to call my doctor to avoid permanent injury. Somehow I think if this should happen the phones in my house would mysteriously disappear. Oh, there are two more side effects they breezed through at the end of the commercial as if they were no big deal. In rare cases patients could suffer loss of hearing and vision and should call their doctor immediately if they suffer from these side effects. Let me get this straight, I cannot see or hear and yet I am to find my phone and listen to my doctor’s instructions?

Let’s Get Serious About Your Health

  The purpose of this article is not to poke fun at erectile dysfunction or the men that need to be medicated for it. If they have exhausted all alternatives, I applaud them for taking action for their health and life. That being said, I think in more cases than not, men and women are looking for that magic pill to make everything all better instead of making healthier changes in their life. Let’s look at “ED” and some of it’s major causes:

• High blood pressure
• High Cholesterol
• Depression
• Stress
• Smoking and alcohol
• Heart Disease
• Certain medicines

 Now it is proven that with a change in diet and lifestyle many of these health issues can be corrected and yet many will opt for the possible loss of vision and hearing instead instead making those changes. Why is that?

 Men, Be Responsible For Your Health

  Many men will live with a health issue for some time before seeing a doctor. Sometimes this is because of embarrassment and sometimes a man just doesn’t want to admit his vulnerability to these health issues. He doesn’t want to admit it to others as well as to himself so when he finally sees his doctor and the doctor offers him a prescription, he is quick to accept it and disregard the side effects as long as his current problem goes away.

  One of the causes of erectile dysfunction is also the cause of many of today’s illnesses which is stress. A person can take as many pills as they want and if they don’t reduce the stress in their life other illnesses will surface. It is time to be responsible for yourself and bring more balance into your life. Balance in sleep, nutrition, physical activity, recreation and of course your work. So please when you visit your doctor take in his or her advise on all you can do to increase the health and quality of your life. Take medicine when needed and don’t take it just to cover up the real issue.

*always check with your physician before starting, stopping or changing your prescription.

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 What Is Spiritual Health?

  There are many definitions for spirituality and spiritual health and perhaps that is because it means something different to every person defining it. Here is a definition I like:

• “Spirituality is a sense of meaning and purpose, a sense of self and ‘that which is greater than self’”.

Spiritual health is having the ability to believe in the things that are unseen. Spiritual health is also the ability to take control of your thoughts and emotions. Spiritual health is living by faith and faith gives us the strength to follow through.

Why Spiritual Health  Is Important In Business

  Making money is primarily the ability to deal with whatever emerges and to be in complete emotional control so that you can make logic based decisions. By responding to situations with logic instead of reacting with emotion you will be on your way to increasing your wealth. Most people stop just shy of reaching their goals without even realizing it. They put much time, money and effort into the projects they are working on, and stop just short of the finish line because they lose their emotional control. By focusing your mind and following through on faith, you have the strength to go beyond the troubled times and receive the benefits of your hard work. Trusting in a Higher Power, and making decisions based on that trust, allows you to live happy, healthy and wealthy.

How Can I Improve My Spiritual Health

  There are many ways to improve your spiritual health and there is one important factor in each one of the ways.

• Take time for yourself each day.

Yes, schedule it in your day and make it part of your routine. Schedule time in your day for physical activity, reading, meditation and/or  prayer, saying affirmations and going outdoors to be in nature. These are just a few of the things, when implemented into your daily life will give you the strength to follow through on your goals when times get tough, so you can cross the finish line.

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