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This YouTube video that I searched titled "The brain-changing benefits of exercise" by Wendy Suzuki. This relates to this week's topic because she talks about how physical fitness and health can help humans on a daily basis.

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Wendy Suzuki: The brain-changing benefits of exercise | TED

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This week we focused a lot of behavior and ways to change behavior. This video relates to our lessons because it highlights some of the components to how to change behavior, "Make It: Obvious + Attractive + Easy + Satisfying"

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In chapter 4 we learned about body composition. This video provided information that helped me get a better understanding of what body composition is. The reading gave me an in depth explanation and this video provided me with a better visual.

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Does your body mass index (BMI) really matter?

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Does your body mass index (BMI) really matter?

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Also, in chapter 4, we read about the ideal body weight and how to calculate it. I understand that fitness is important and many people want, or strive to, get to their ideal weight, but I wanted to learn how important a person's weight really is. This video helped me understand that :)

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In chapter 5 we learned much about weight. This video is important to understand because it explains the consequences of obesity and how a person can learn to manage and understand it.

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I found this article to be very helpful when I was researching the importance of flexibility for our week 2 discussion.

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Overview

Stretching your body to become more supple and flexible offers many physical benefits. Such training allows for easier and deeper movements while building strength and stability. Stretching your muscles and joints also leads to greater range of motion, improved balance, and increased flexibility.

Continue reading to learn more about the benefits of developing a flexible, healthy body.

Improved flexibility produces a wide range of physical benefits and can have a positive effect on your overall well-being. Here are a few ways that increased flexibility is likely to help you.

1. Fewer injuries

Once you develop strength and flexibility in your body you'll be able to withstand more physical stress. Plus, you'll rid your body of any muscle imbalances, which will reduce your chance of getting injured during physical activity. Correcting muscle imbalances requires a combination of strengthening the underactive muscles and stretching the overactive (tight) ones.

2. Less pain

Your body is likely to feel better overall once you work on lengthening and opening your muscles. When your muscles are looser and less tense, you'll experience fewer aches and pains. Plus, you may be less likely to experience muscle cramps.

3. Improved posture and balance

When you focus on increasing muscular flexibility your posture is likely to improve. Working out your body allows you to have proper alignment and correct any imbalances. Plus, with an increased range of motion you may find it easier to sit or stand in certain ways. Yoga has been shown to improve balance.

4. A positive state of mind

Regularly engaging in poses that stretch and open up your body can bring about feelings of relaxation. The physical benefits can extend to a relaxed state of mind. You may find it easier to unwind once your body feels better.

5. Greater strength

It's important to increase strength as you become more flexible. This ensures your muscles will have the right amount of tension so that they're strong enough to support you and your movements, allowing you to become more physically fit.

6. Improved physical performance

Once you increase your flexibility to allow greater movement in your body you'll be able to perform better physically. This is in part because your muscles are working more effectively.

Practice these poses as often as possible to increase flexibility. They can be done as part of a workout routine or on their own at any time throughout the day. Make sure your body is properly warmed up before doing any of these exercises. Do these exercises at least 4 times per week for 10-20 minutes at a time.

1. Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

Muscles worked:

Gif credit: Active Body. Creative Mind.

To do this:

1. Come onto all fours with your hands under your wrists and your knees under your hips.

2. Press into your hands as you tuck your toes under and lift your knees, keeping your heels lifted.

3. Extend through your spine and lift your sitting bones up toward the ceiling.

4. Bend your knees slightly and press into all of the parts of your hands.

5. Bring your head in line with your upper arms or relax your neck and tuck your chin into your chest.

6. Focus on stretching and strengthening your body.

7. Hold this pose for up to a minute at a time.

8. Do the pose 3-5 times after a short rest or in between other poses.

2. Sun Salutations (Surya Namaskar)

You can alternate the speed at which you do Sun Salutations. Doing Sun Salutations slowly will help you to increase your flexibility, while doing them at a medium pace will help to tone your muscles.

Muscles worked:

Gif credit: Active Body. Creative Mind.

To do this:

1. Bring your hands together in prayer pose at the front of your chest.

2. Inhale as you lift up your arms and bend back slightly.

3. Exhale and hinge at the hips. Fold forward until your hands are touching the ground.

4. Inhale to bring your right leg back to a low lunge.

5. Inhale to bring your left foot back into Plank.

6. Exhale to lower your knees, chest, and chin to the floor.

7. Inhale as you lift your chest up into Cobra.

8. Exhale to press into Downward-Facing Dog.

9. Inhale to bring your right leg forward.

10. Exhale to step your left foot forward into a standing forward bend.

11. Inhale to lift up your arms and bend back slightly.

12. Exhale and return your hands to Prayer Pose.

13. Do 5-10 Sun Salutations.

3. Triangle Pose (Trikonasana)

Muscles worked:

latissimus dorsi

internal oblique

gluteus maximus and medius

hamstrings

quadriceps

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To do this:

1. Bring your feet apart so they're wider than your hips with your right toes turned to the right and your left toes slightly turned to the right.

2. Lift your arms so they're parallel to the floor with your palms facing down.

3. Hinge at the right hip to extend forward, reaching out through your right fingertips.

4. Then, lower your right hand to your leg, a block, or the floor.

5. Extend your left arm up toward the ceiling with your palm facing away from your body.

6. Turn your gaze to look in any direction.

7. Hold this pose for 30 seconds.

8. Do the opposite side.

4. Intense Side Stretch Pose (Parsvottanasana)

Muscles worked:

Gif credit: Active Body. Creative Mind.

To do this:

1. Stand with your right foot in front facing forward and your left foot slightly back and at an angle.

2. The right heel should be in line with the left heel and your feet should be about 4 feet apart.

3. Bring your hands to your hips and make sure your hips are facing forward.

4. Slowly exhale to hinge at the hips to bring your torso forward on the right side, stopping when it's parallel to the floor.

5. Then, allow your torso to fold forward as you place your fingertips on the floor or on blocks on either side of your right foot.

6. Drop your head down and tuck your chin into your chest.

7. Press firmly into both feet and focus on dropping your left hip and torso down.

8. Hold this pose for 30 seconds.

9. Do the opposite side.

5. Two-knee spinal twist

Muscles worked:

erector spinal

rectus abdominis

trapezius

pectoralis major

Gif credit: Active Body. Creative Mind.

1. Lie on your back and bring your knees to your chest.

2. Extend your arms to the side with your palms facing down.

3. Slowly drop your legs down to the left side, keeping your knees together.

4. You can use a cushion under your knees or in between your knees.

5. Your gaze may be in any direction.

6. Breathe deeply and focus on letting go of tension.

7. Hold this pose for 3-5 minutes.

8. Do the opposite side.

6. Extended Puppy Pose

Muscles worked:

Gif credit: Active Body. Creative Mind.

1. Come onto all fours in a tabletop position.

2. Bring your hands forward slightly and come onto your toes with your heels lifted.

3. Sink your buttocks halfway down toward your heels.

4. Keep your arms active and your elbows lifted.

5. Place your forehead on the floor or a blanket.

6. Hold this pose for 3-5 minutes.

Taking steps to become more flexible can be a great way to connect to yourself and your body. You're likely to feel more balanced and better overall once your body is more open, strong, and flexible.

Be cautious about starting a stretching program if you have a chronic condition or injury. If you have any health concerns speak to your doctor or physical therapist to decide upon the best approach.

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Stretching your body to become more supple and flexible offers many physical benefits. Such training allows for easier and deeper movements while building strength and stability. Stretching your muscles and joints also leads to greater range of motion, improved balance, and increased flexibility.

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I felt like this article is important because it mentions that as we age, our muscles naturally begin to lose strength. I feel that because many of us who are in college are still young (I am 32 years old) we do not think about how important this is.

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Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Flexibility

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Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Flexibility

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In chapter 7 we read about muscular strength and endurance. From the reading I understood what was said, but I felt like this video really helped me expand my knowledge on all three.

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Difference Between Cardio Endurance & Muscular Endurance

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Muscle and Strength Training Pyramid Level

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This video, by The Cooper Institute, discusses muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility.

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Importance of Staying Hydrated During Practice

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Importance of Staying Hydrated During Practice

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I have always known that while working out it is important to stay hydrated. I knew that if we did not stay hydrated, we could lose consciousness. The video that I found on youtube really gave me a better perspective on it rather than just reading about it.

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Importance of Staying Hydrated During Practice | Fluids for Athletes | Sports Nutrition Knowledge

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I am not the type to ever exercise because I have never really pushed myself to. I know that it is good and will benefit in the long run, but I just cannot get myself to. I am a very petite woman in her early thirties so I justify that to why I do not exercise. The article the talks about the benefits for women really aligns to our reading in chapter 9.

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When it comes to looking and feeling great through the seasons of life, the closest thing to a one-size-fits-all solution may be the most obvious: exercise.

When we think of healthcare, we often focus on doctor visits, preventive care, lab tests and immunizations. But there are other factors that are in our personal control, like improving our diets, reducing stress and adding fun to our lives. Exercise is one of these controllable factors, and it's highly effective at improving health.

According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, regular exercise provides a great array of health benefits, including lowering blood pressure, reducing cholesterol and cardiovascular disease, preventing diabetes, improving mood and cognitive function, and reducing mortality. For women, those benefits expand, thanks to their combination of hormones and health risks. Here's four ways exercise specifically benefits women.

Helps Counteract Mood Swings

From the first menstrual cycle until menopause, women live with a shifting level of estrogen and progesterone that impacts their fertility patterns as well as also their brain chemistry and moods. When estrogen levels drop, such as before and during a woman's period or leading up to menopause, women lose a natural source of the "feel good" brain chemical called serotonin. This makes them more susceptible to moodiness, depression and anxiety attacks, such as the symptoms found in severe premenstrual syndrome or post-partum depression.

Exercise counters these hormonally-triggered mood swings by releasing endorphins, another mood regulator. Sometimes called the "runner's high," endorphins leave you feeling happy and relaxed after a workout.

"It's our body's way of substituting one natural chemical for one that is waning," Dr. Horowitz says. "For some women, this may reduce or eliminate the need for serotonin raising medications known as anti-depressants."

Even after menopause, when estrogen levels have permanently diminished, exercise can improve mood. One study of 60 women experiencing postmenopausal anxiety and depression found that the group of participants who exercised showed an 18 to 22%improvement in symptoms, while those who did not exercise showed no improvement.

Prevents Bone Loss and Osteoporosis

Women are far more vulnerable than men to develop osteoporosis and related bone fracture and loss of height as they age. According to the Office on Women's Health, 8 million out of 10 million of Americans with osteoporosis are women, and half of women over age 50 who have osteoporosis will break a bone. This is largely because women have thinner bones than men and lose bone strength more rapidly as they age due to the loss of estrogen. Hip fracture, a consequence of osteoporosis, can lead to immobility and premature death.

One of the best ways to build strong bones is through exercise, preferably starting in the younger years. During the teen and young adult years is when women build most of the bone mass that can protect them from osteoporosis later in life.

Weight-bearing and muscle strengthening exercises promote bone health, no matter what your age. Tennis, hiking, aerobics or jogging build bones and keep them strong. Lifting weights, using exercise bands or simply standing up and rising to your toes, builds strength, balance and flexibility that can prevent falls. Be sure to talk to your doctor, physical therapist or exercise professional to help you determine the best and safest exercises for your age and condition.

Keeps Weight in Check

Although men and women both tend to gain weight as they age, women have special challenges. Younger women may find that the weight gain of pregnancy can linger long past delivery. Then, as middle-aged women lose estrogen in menopause, the body redistributes fat cells to the belly, which can frustrate weight loss. And because muscle burns more calories than fat, women can struggle with maintaining or losing weight as their muscle mass declines with age.

Exercise can counter these factors by helping women maintain and build lean muscle mass that makes them look and feel slimmer. Exercise also burns excess calories that would otherwise accumulate as fat. In one 20-year study of 3,500 men and women conducted by researchers at Northwestern University, all participants gained weight as they aged, but those who exercised gained substantially less weight. Women, especially, benefitted, gaining 13 pounds less, on average, than inactive women.

Improves Sleep

Getting proper sleep is instrumental in mental health. According to researchers from the University of Bern, the human brain consolidates positive emotions during dream sleep, while weakening negative and traumatic emotions.

Thankfully, exercise has an excellent track record of improving sleep. One study published in 2020 showed that exercise training improved sleep quality in sedentary middle-aged adults. Participants of the study were placed in control groups that engaged in physical activity recommendations from the World Health Organization, high-intensity interval training (HIIT), and HIIT with whole-body electromyostimulation training. All groups showed a higher total sleep time, fell asleep faster, and were less likely to wake up immediately after falling asleep.

Even with all these benefits in mind, some women may find it difficult to find time or energy to exercise regularly. Motivation must start with telling yourself, "now is the time to do something." Just get out there and do something active. Find a friend or a trainer who motivates you to get up and get moving. It's not about instant results but long-term change that will bring you better health and self-esteem for a lifetime.

Talk to your OB/Gyn or primary care provider about how you can easily incorporate exercise into your daily routine.

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Women's hormones and health risks make exercise especially worthwhile. Learn four reasons to get moving today, no matter what your age.

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In our reading, in chapter 9, I learned that smoking not only affects our lungs, but that it also affects our spine. I chose to do a little extra background research on it because I am an ex-smoker and I wanted to learn more about the long term affects that I could potentially endure.

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Does your back hurt? You might think it is because you slept wrong, or because you lifted something incorrectly. But there's another possible culprit, one that can fire up soreness.

"Smoking cigarettes can lead to increased back pain based on multiple different levels," said Anand Navarasala, DO, FAAPMR, a rehabilitation specialist with Franciscan Physician Physician Network. Here are three ways your smoking habit is hurting your back.

Smoking Hurts Your Blood Flow

Often, concern about smoking and blood flow focuses on its impact on the heart, but the rest of your body is impacted as well. "Because nicotine can alter the size of the blood vessels and the ability for the body to adapt, that can cause increased damage to the ligaments as well as muscles within the spine region," Dr. Navarasala said.

Smoking Hurts Your Spine

The disks of the spine, which provide cushion to the spine and offer ranges of motion, are impacted by smoking as well.

"Smoking can actually cause breakdown of the disk because there's lack of nutrient exchange, specifically where the bone meets the spine disk," Dr. Navarasala said. "In terms of the disk itself, the presence of nicotine in the blood stream actually can decrease not only the healing but also the regeneration of the cells within the disk.

"Additional mechanisms of action include lack of blood flow to the muscles that surround the spine. These can include muscles on the back of the spine here that can lead to increased pain and discomfort."

Smoking Hurts Your Healing

In addition to causing multiple diseases, cigarette smoking has many other adverse effects on the body, such as causing inflammation and impairing immune function. "In terms of back pain, a lot of the progress that you potentially might make during physical therapy and the treatment plan that we outline can quickly be negated if smoking continues," Dr. Navarasala said. "That's very important to understand early on in this process."

Learn more about smoking cessation programs in the new year.

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Does your back hurt? You might think it is because you slept wrong, or because you lifted something incorrectly. But there's another possible culprit, one that can fire up soreness. "Smoking cigarettes can lead to increased back pain based on multiple different levels," said Anand Navarasala, DO, FAAPMR, a rehabilitation specialist with Franciscan Physician Physician Network.

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I was working on quiz 5 and for the first question it asked to define and explain General Adaptation Syndrome. From our reading I understood the alarm reaction, but did not quite understand the resistance stage. I used this article to help me better understand GAS.

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External Reading: Selye's Concept of General Adaptation Syndrome

Read this page called Selye's Concept of General Adaptation Syndrome.

Hans Selye's Study of Stress Response

In 1934, Hans Selye at McGill University discovered a new type of hormone. He gave rats daily injections of ovarian extract and found that the rats had enlarged adrenals and shrunken spleens, thymus, lymph nodes, and intestinal ulcers. "Multiple organs in the body generate this hormone, and thus he announced that it is a nonspecific response of body to noxious agents. (Evan-Martin, 2007)

In 1936, Selye defined these series of symptoms in the experiments with the rats as the General Adaptation Syndrome, which consists of three stages: the alarm stage, the resistance stage, and the exhaustion stage (Evan-Martin, 2007). The alarm stage is similar to the fight-to-flight response, and the body mobilizes resources to react to the incoming noxious agent. The resistance forces will be built up when the noxious challenge is detected as continuing. The exhaustion stage will cause death if the body is unable to overcome the threat.

For example, your mom told you that you are going to take the SAT next month. The first reaction is shock, starting complaints and feelings of stress, which represent the beginning of the first stage. In the resistance stage, you will try your best to do practice tests, reviewing vocabulary, studying any type of study aids that are available. Finally, you will feel like you are doomed to fail this test and feel desperate, feel constantly anxious, have difficulty falling asleep and waking up in the morning. The exhaustion of this stage will have deleterious effects on your health by depleting your body resources which are crucial for the maintenance of normal functions. Your immune system will be exhausted and function will be impaired. Also, the decomposition which is a functional deterioration of body may happen as the exhaustion stage extends. Selye believed that one becomes sick at that point because stored hormones secrete during the stress response are depleted (Sapolsky, 1998).

Distress may be destructive to health

Hans Selye's research that led to the concept of the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) demonstrated that stress that is perceived as a threat (distress) may be debilitating if it is continuous. But even "flow" could go on too long and the person would need a break. But "flow" only develops in activities that are freely engaged in. Negative stress, or distress, is often part of activities that we perceive we cannot escape. Our bodies and minds seem to have evolved to cope well with sudden and brief stressors, such as escaping attack by a predator. We do not seem to be designed to handle chronic stress even if it is mild, like driving in heavy traffic. Our society has created many conditions that produce chronic stress and are associated with stress related illnesses. We have time pressures, work pressures, relationship pressures, crowding, noise, crime, to many things to do in too little time, achievement pressures, and even education-related pressures in this course. It is this detrimental effect of ongoing stress that underlies the GAS and the concepts of stress-induced health problems.

Learning Activity

Watch the video titled Stressed by Stress and take the ungraded quiz.

External Reading: Eustress

Read this page called Eustress.

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Read this page called Selye's Concept of General Adaptation Syndrome. In 1934, Hans Selye at McGill University discovered a new type of hormone. He gave rats daily injections of ovarian extract and found that the rats had enlarged adrenals and shrunken spleens, thymus, lymph nodes, and intestinal ulcers.

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Understanding the Vicious Cycle of Stress and Low Self-Esteem

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Understanding the Vicious Cycle of Stress and Low Self-Esteem

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I have always understood that low and high self-esteem can play a significant factor to our health because I have always dealt with low self-esteem. I have been fighting the battel for quite some time and have made some progress. This article helped me expand my knowledge on the context.

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Kathryn Cassibry | September 20, 2016 | Wellness |

It can be said that stress is the ultimate universal experience. Whether we live a relatively calm life or one packed with constant action, everyone on earth has felt the worrisome pangs of stress. The same can be said for an individual's perception of their own abilities, skills and overall qualities, otherwise known as self-esteem-we all have one! So how are these two universal qualities connected?

The relationship between stress and self-esteem is one that is inextricably linked. They feed off and act on one another in more ways than one. Low self-esteem can lead to psychological effects that cause a person to be more susceptible to stressful situations. Consistent stress can gradually lessen a healthy self-esteem over time as well. Conversely, high self-esteem can act as a sort of protection against high levels of stress, and a context of low-stress can provide a great environment for individuals who could benefit from a higher self-esteem.

The pure definition of stress is the feeling of pressure and/or worry. A large determinant of the level of stress is not just the actual facts of a situation, but the individual's perception of his or her situation. One person may view an office relocation as an exciting opportunity while another sees it as an insurmountable burden. This is often determined by the individual's level of self-esteem, which, again, is defined as an individual's perception of their own abilities, skills and overall qualities that guide his or her behavior.

This interaction between self-esteem and stress is often more dramatic and destructive in people with lower self-esteem. Such individuals tend to feel helpless, powerless and incapable of overcoming the obstacles placed in front of them. These feelings make any task seem more arduous and can cause even routine challenges to appear impossible.

Another aspect of the connection between stress and self-esteem is that a lack of assertiveness is one of the common effects of a lower self-esteem. This can turn into a vicious cycle in which low self-esteem leads a person to accept more work than he or she can truly handle. This, in turn, causes increased stress. Self-esteem and stress can form a harmful feedback cycle in such cases.

Learning to say no is an important step to take in order to heighten self-esteem and manage stress and mitigate harmful stress feedback cycles. A strong social support system is another major tenant of maintaining healthy levels of stress and self-esteem. People with adequate social support systems report lower stress levels than their less-connected peers. Other recommendations include relaxation techniques, time-management programs and other tools for coping with stress can reduce the impact of stress on self-esteem.
References:
Dalessandro, Rachel, Amy Ingmire, and Vanessa Hill. "Stress, Coping, and Self-Esteem." - Applied Social Psychology (ASP). N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.

Juth, Vanessa, JOSHUA SMYTH M., and ALECIA SANTUZZI M. "How Do You Feel? Self-esteem Predicts Affect, Stress, Social Interaction, and Symptom Severity during Daily Life in Patients with Chronic Illness." Journal of Health Psychology. U.S. National Library of Medicine, Oct. 2008. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.

"Positive Psychology Resources, Confidence, Overview." Positive Psychology Resources, Confidence, Overview. Centre for Confidence, n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.

"Self-Esteem." CMHC Self Esteem. University of Texas, n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.

Uba, Ikechukwu. "The Relationship Between Mental Health and Substance Abuse Among Adolescents." International Journal of Social Science and Humanity (n.d.): n. pg. Web.

ABOUT KATHRYN CASSIBRY

Kathryn is a Chicago-transplant originally from DC. She works in marketing for a publishing company and is disproportionately obsessed with Game of Thrones.

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It can be said that stress is the ultimate universal experience. Whether we live a relatively calm life or one packed with constant action, everyone on earth has felt the worrisome pangs of stress. The same can be said for an individual's perception of their own abilities, skills and overall qualities, otherwise known as self-esteem-we ...

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9 Health Benefits Of Yoga, Yoga For Weight Loss, Yoga Benefits

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9 Health Benefits Of Yoga, Yoga For Weight Loss, Yoga Benefits

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In our textbook it discuss how physical activities, such as yoga, can relieve stress. I wanted to look more into the benefits of yoga because I am really starting to consider practicing this technique at the end of the day after my daughter goes to sleep. Or even maybe start having my daughter do it with me :)

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9 Health Benefits Of Yoga, Yoga For Weight Loss, Yoga Benefits

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http://serious-fitness-programs.com/weightloss Follow Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSeriousfitness Yoga is an ideal exercise to body and mind. Practicing yoga offers a number of health benefits, including healthy and strong body, peace of mind, increased focus & concentration, etc. Yoga has its significance since ancient times.

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I chose to search more addictive behavior because the subject has always intrigued me. Even though we read about it in our textbook, I felt like the more we research, the better we will understand. When we think about addiction, I feel like the first thing that comes to anyone's mind are drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, and also alcohol. Addiction comes in many forms that include, but are not limited to, food, sugar, pornography, television. I feel that this video outlines that and more.

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Quack medical devices were "fake news" but people bought them | Denny Daniel | TEDxFultonStreet

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Quack medical devices were "fake news" but people bought them | Denny Daniel | TEDxFultonStreet

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In our textbook there was a topic titled "Quakery and Fraud." I have always known about this million dollar industry scheme. Even now, as we are in a global pandemic, people have concocted ingredients together to make a "cure" for the coronavirus claiming that it has been proven to be effective to fight off the virus. I think that the reason why this industry hits high in sales is because people panic and buy, just as they did with toilet paper :)

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I understand how having low self-esteem can affect our health, but what I do not understand is if we have high self-esteem and are confident, when someone puts us down would that lower our high self-esteem and cause us to completely fall back hit rock bottom?

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When we are stressed and we work out it helps us relieve that stressor. Is it because our mind is no longer focusing on what is causing us stress? I understand that chemicals and hormones are released when we are stress, so does that mean when we work out other hormones are released to fight it off? Physiological response to stress is confusing in a way that I understand it and yet it is so complex that I overthink the process.

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In week 3's section I posted a YouTube link from a TedTalk about people buying even though it was fake. I mentioned that people buy because they panic and believe that they are told. And with the innovation of technology advancing as fast as it is, people are more prone to believing what they see advertised. What I do not understand is, why do they not conduct additional research for a product that sounds too good to be true before purchasing?