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Welcome to the Mindfulness, Movement & Mother Nature Challenge! FLASHP is excited to announce the Three M’s Challenge (Mindfulness,…

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Many people choose a plant-based diet for one or more of the following reasons:

Reduced risk of disease and disease reversal

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Saturday, November 4, 2023, 8 a.m.
Choose 10k, 5k, or 1 mile to run, walk, bike, stroll, etc. in person (starting at the Third Presbyterian Church) or participate virtually between 11/3-11/5.
A team has been set up to benefit the Marion Food Pantry, which in turn supports the backpack meal program used by many Marion students.  If you register for the race and join the Marion Food Pantry team, your entire registration fee will go directly to the Marion Food Pantry providing food, hope, and dignity for our Marion neighbors.
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An easy-to-use online guide regarding surgery making decisions. Is it the right choice for you? What other options, treatments, doctors are available?

If you choose surgery, Welvie can help with preparing for it and for recovery.

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Engage with the Care Management Team for help along the way, or EXCELLUSFREE for the self guided program.

They can help you build a personal plan to quit based on your health goals:

Reasons you are quitting

Triggers for smoking

Ways to fight cravings

Help you stay motivated and accountable

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NYSUT Member Benefits is excited to announce the availability of the premium Calm subscription as a free benefit for all NYSUT in-service members.

The premium Calm subscription provides in-service members with unlimited access to the full library of content at calm.com and in the Calm app, which can be utilized via a desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile device (iOS or Android).

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Get answers to general health, chronic or complex health condition questions.

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800-QUIT-NOW (800-784-8669)

All states have quit-lines with counselors who are trained specifically to help smokers quit. Call this number to connect directly to your state’s quit-line. Hours of operation and services vary from state to state.

877-44U-QUIT (877-448-7848)

The National Cancer Institute’s trained counselors provide information and support for quitting in English and Spanish. Call Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern time.

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Talking to an expert about quitting smoking may be the support you need to see it through.

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What Are Smoking Triggers?

Smoking triggers are those feelings you get throughout the day that make you want smoke. Triggers fall into four general categories: emotional (stress, anxiety, bliss); pattern (morning cup of coffee, driving, drinking alcohol); social (night out with friends); and withdrawal (smelling a cigarette, touching a lighter).

Understanding triggers and knowing how to handle them when they arise are two essential pieces of a successful quit plan. This Monday, learn how to identify ( and conquer) your triggers with some simple techniques and practices that are easy to apply to your day-to-day routine.

Emotional Triggers

An emotional trigger links cigarette-smoking with feeling good or relief from sadness, stress, or anxiety. Associating positive emotions with cigarette smoking makes emotional triggers powerful and difficult to break.

To overcome emotional triggers, try talking with a quit buddy or family member, listen to calming music, or take some slow, calming deep breaths until the cravings subside.

Pattern Triggers

A pattern trigger is an activity that you associate or connect with smoking. Some examples of pattern triggers are talking on the phone, drinking alcohol, driving, drinking coffee, taking a work break, or after dinner.

To overcome pattern triggers, try finding a replacement activity for your hands/mouth such as chewing gum, sucking on a candy, or squeezing a stress ball. You can also try changing your routine so it's less conducive to cigarette smoking, like brushing your teeth immediately after dinner or drinking your coffee at a different time of day.

Social Triggers

A social trigger is a situation that involves other people or the public. Common social triggers include going to a bar, party, concert, or other social event. Seeing someone else smoke or being with a friend who smokes can also lead to an urge to smoke.

To overcome social triggers, once you make the decision to quit, you must try to avoid social situations and places where people are smoking. Let your friends know of your intentions, and ask them to not smoke around you if possible. It may feel uncomfortable at first, but over time it will get easier.

Withdrawal Triggers

A withdrawal trigger occurs in people who are long-time smokers and whose bodies are accustomed to regular doses of nicotine. Common withdrawal triggers include smelling cigarette smoke, touching a cigarette, pack of cigarettes, lighter, or matches, and needing to have something in your hand or mouth.

To overcome withdrawal triggers, the main thing you want to do is distract yourself and take your mind off the craving. Text a buddy, play a game on your phone, try some deep breathing. If withdrawals are becoming troublesome, contact your doctor to see if nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is right for you.

This Monday, make the commitment to get to know your triggers.

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Identify Your Smoking Triggers to Stay Quit

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Understanding triggers and knowing how to handle them when they arise are two essential pieces of a successful quit plan. This Monday, learn how to identify (and conquer) your triggers with some simple techniques and practices that are easy to apply to your day-to-day routine.

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Remember there are Relaxation Spaces in both the Elementary and High Schools. Take 15 minutes to relax... you deserve it!!!

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Remember there are Relaxation Spaces in both the Elementary and High Schools. Take 15 minutes to relax... you deserve it!!!

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By Judith Graham, healthcare journalist featured in The New York TimesKaiser Health NewsWashington PostJournal of American Medical Association, and former topic leader on aging for Association of Health Care Journalists.

In May, Vincent Keenan traveled from Chicago to Charlottesville, Virginia, for a wedding - his first trip out of town since the start of the pandemic.

"Hi there!" he called out to customers at a gas station where he'd stopped on his way to the airport. "How's your day going?" he said he asked the Transportation Security Administration agent who checked his ID. "Isn't this wonderful?" he exclaimed to guests at the wedding, most of whom were strangers.

"I was striking up conversations with people I didn't know everywhere I went," said Keenan, 65, who retired in December as chief executive officer of the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians. "Even if they just grunted at me, it was a great day."

It wasn't only close friends Keenan missed seeing during 15 months of staying home and trying to avoid COVID-19. It was also dozens of casual acquaintances and people he ran into at social events, restaurants, church, and other venues.

These relationships with people we hardly know or know only superficially are called "weak ties" - a broad and amorphous group that can include anyone from your neighbors or your pharmacist to members of your book group or fellow volunteers at a school.

Like Keenan, who admitted he's an unabashed extrovert, many older adults are renewing these connections with pleasure after losing touch during the pandemic.

Casual relationships have several benefits, according to researchers who've studied them. These ties can cultivate a sense of belonging, provide bursts of positive energy, motivate us to engage in activities, and expose us to new information and opportunities - all without the emotional challenges that often attend close relationships with family and friends.

[ Related: Casual Friendships, Coworkers, and Even Your Outer Circle Friends Can Influence Your Health ]

Multiple studies have found that older adults with a broad array of "weak" as well as "close" ties enjoy better physical and psychological well-being and live longer than people with narrower, less diverse social networks. Also, older adults with broad, diverse social networks have more opportunities to develop new relationships when cherished friends or family members move away or die.

"Feeling connected to other people, not just the people who are closest to you, turns out to be incredibly important," said Gillian Sandstrom, a senior lecturer in the department of psychology at the University of Essex in England.

Sandstrom's research has found that people who talk to more acquaintances daily tend to be happier than people who have fewer of these interactions. Even talking to strangers makes people feel less lonely and more trusting, she has discovered.

[ Related: How to Make Friends and Make Deeper Connections as an Adult ]

Claire Lomax, 76, of Oakland, California, who's unmarried, has made a practice of chatting with strangers all her life. Among her greatest pleasures in recent years was volunteering at the Oakland Police Department, where she would ask patrol officers about their families or what was happening at the station.

"I never wanted a man of my own, but I like to be around them," she explained. "So, I got to have my guy buzz without any complications, and I felt recognized and appreciated," Lomax told me. Since becoming fully vaccinated, she's volunteering in person at the police stations again - a deep source of satisfaction.

Even people who describe themselves as introverts enjoy the positivity that casual interactions can engender.

"In fact, people are more likely to have purely positive experiences with weak ties" because emotional complications are absent, said Katherine Fiori, a prominent researcher and chair of the psychology department at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.

Lynn Eggers, 75, a retired psychologist in Minneapolis, loved going to coffee shops and the gym before COVID hit. "In both places, you can be in a group and alone," she told me. "You can choose to talk to someone or not. But you feel you're part of the community."

At a light-rail station, Eggers would strike up conversations with strangers: two police officers who told her about growing up in Somalia, a working-class Texan whose daughter won a scholarship to Harvard, a young Vietnamese woman whose parents worried she was abandoning her culture.

[ Related: Face-to-Face Interactions (Not Facebook Connections) Impact Health & Longevity ]

When Eggers stopped taking public transportation for fear of COVID, she missed "getting these glimpses into other ways of seeing the world." Instead, she started chatting with neighbors in daily walks around her neighborhood - another way to feel connected.

Many people may have found that neighbors, mail carriers, and delivery people became more important during the pandemic - simply because they were around when others were not, said Karen Fingerman, a professor of human ecology at the University of Texas-Austin. As pandemic restrictions lift, "the key is to get out in daily life again" and reengage with a variety of people and activities, she recommended.

Helen Bartos, 69, a retired clinical psychologist, lives in a condominium community in Rochester, New York. "With COVID, a whole group of us started getting together outside," she told me. "We'd bring out chairs and drinks, wear masks, and sit around and talk. It was very bonding. All of these people are neighbors; now I would call some of them friends."

Ellie Mixter-Keller, 66, of Milwaukee, turned to social gatherings sponsored by the activity group Meetup six years ago after a divorce disrupted her life. "It was my salvation. It exposed me to a bunch of new people who I didn't have to date or have to dinner," she said. Now that she's fully vaccinated, she's busy almost every night of the week attending Meetup events and informal get-togethers arranged by people she's met.

In some cases, varying views of COVID vaccines have made casual interactions more difficult. Patty Beemer, 61, of Hermosa Beach, California, used to go swing dancing two or three times a week before the pandemic. "It'd be 20 seconds of chitchat and just dance" before all those events were canceled, she said.

In the past several months, however, the swing dance community in and around Los Angeles has split, with some events requiring proof of vaccination and others open to everyone.

"Before, everyone danced with everyone, without really thinking about it. Now, I don't know if it's going to be like that. I'm not sure how much mixing is going to happen," Beemer said. "And that sense of shared humanity, which is so meaningful to all of us, may be harder to find."

This article was first published on Kaiser Health News.

Judith Graham is a freelance journalist based in Denver and former topic leader on aging for AHCJ. She has written for the New York Times, Kaiser Health News, the Washington Post, the Journal of the American Medical Association, STAT News, the Chicago Tribune, and other publications.

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Why We Need Casual Friendships Too - Blue Zones

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Excerpt adapted from The Blue Zones Challenge by Dan Buettner a four-week guide and year-long sustainability program to jump-start your journey to better health, happiness, less stress, and a longer life.

Just like with dating, making friends as an adult means putting yourself out there. A recent study found that most adults hadn't added to their social circle in five years. So you actually have to get out of the house, and then also ask people out (as friends).

A recent study found that most adults hadn't added to their social circle in five years. -@thedanbuettner Click To Tweet

Think about the things you like about yourself and the things that you want to do more of. You want to make friends, but you also want to make friends who will genuinely support you and join you on your journey to a happy, healthy, purpose-filled Blue Zones life. Taking this inventory will help you as you meet new people.

You want to make friends, but you also want to make friends who will genuinely support you and join you on your journey to a happy, healthy, purpose-filled Blue Zones life. -@thedanbuettner Click To Tweet

Be likable.

Listen and don't hog the conversation. Don't talk over people. Ask questions. Compliment genuinely and often. Put your phone down when you're in a social setting and move away if you need to use it. Give people your undivided attention.

Volunteer in your community

Volunteer in your community for a cause that you care about and that speaks to you. If it's something you do weekly or monthly, hopefully, you will see and meet people with like-minded interests.

Look around your existing network

Look around your existing network and see if there is potential to deepen casual connections. If you're a parent, is there another parent whom you see at school drop-off that seems to have good energy? Or a co-worker whom you banter with? Chat them up. Then see below for how to ask them out on a friend date.

Ask for setups

If you've recently moved, then ask anyone you know if they might have friends in your new area that you might hit it off with. Then ask them to connect you.

Join a social group

Join a group like a book club, a sports league, a Meetup group around one of your hobbies, or a faith-based group. Danes are among the happiest people in the world, and 92 percent of them are members of a social group.

Take a class

If you've always wanted to try something, take a class that meets regularly.

Try an app

Bumble BFF and Hey! VINA (for women) are just two apps that are like "Tinder for friends."

Make the first move. Say something casual but direct. Try: "Would you want to get coffee or lunch sometime?" If you feel really awkward, then acknowledge it with, "This is awkward, but I'm asking you on a friend date!" If it's someone you don't know well, then ask them for their phone number to finalize plans and keep in touch.

Make it low commitment. Keep it simple and safe and easy. If it's a co-worker, you can ask them to grab lunch. For other people, a coffee or tea or drink is good to start.

If it seems like there's friend chemistry, then don't take too long to schedule the next friend date. It takes a while to get into a rhythm.

Make a group date. If you really find it too awkward to ask someone out on a friend date, then invite them to a casual gathering or outing with one or two other people. Hopefully they will feel flattered to have been asked, and it takes the pressure off the "getting to know you" aspect of a one-on-one meeting.

Know when to move on. If you ask someone to hang out three times and it's a no-go, move on and don't take it personally. If you realize you don't have a lot in common or you don't really have chemistry, then there's nothing wrong with letting people go back into the acquaintance zone.

The Blue Zones Challenge is an interactive guide designed to help you make over your environment-home, office, even your social circles. It's not a fad diet or an exercise plan. This is a sustainable program to help you make living a healthier, happier, longer life easy and accessible for everyone, everywhere.

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How to Make Friends as an Adult - Blue Zones

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Excerpt adapted from The Blue Zones Challenge by Dan Buettner a four-week guide and year-long sustainability program to jump-start your journey to better health, happiness, less stress, and a longer life. Just like with dating, making friends as an adult means putting yourself out there.

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Mo•ai (/mo,eye/) Japanese noun.                             1) A group of lifelong friends 2) A social support group that is formed to provide varying support from social, financial, health, or spiritual interests.    

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1. A group of lifelong friends

2. A social support group that forms in order to provide varying support from social, financial, health, or spiritual interests

Elders in Okinawa, Japan, one of the original blue zones longevity hotspots, live extraordinarily better and longer lives than almost anyone else in the world. , one of their longevity traditions, are social support groups that start in childhood and extend into the 100s. The term originated hundreds of years ago as a means of a village's financial support system. Originally, moais were formed to pool the resources of an entire village for projects or public works. If an individual needed capital to buy land or take care of an emergency, the only way was to pool money locally. Today the idea has expanded to become more of a social support network, a cultural tradition for built-in companionship.

In small neighborhoods across Okinawa, friends "meet for a common purpose" (sometimes daily and sometimes a couple days a week) to gossip, experience life, and to share advice and even financial assistance when needed. They call these groups their .

Traditionally, groups of about five young children were paired together and it's then that they made a commitment to each other for life. As their second family, they would meet regularly with their moai for both work and play and to pool resources. Some moais have lasted over 90 years!

One of the women Dan Buettner and blue zones researchers had the pleasures of meeting in Okinawa was Klazuko Manna, who, at 77 years old, was the youngest of her it isn't just about gossip and chatter - it's deep support and respect for each other. "Each member knows that her friends count on her as much as she counts on her friends. If you get sick or a spouse dies or if you run out of money, we know someone will step in and help. It's much easier to go through life knowing there is a safety net." Even today, about half of Okinawans participate in a moai (collective age of the group was over 450!). She stressed that moai, and many are in more than one.

After lunch, she read comic books or watched a baseball game on television and napped. Neighbors stopped by every afternoon, and a couple of days a week her During his research and explorations on Okinawa, Dan Buettner spoke to dozens of Okinawan nonagenarians and centenarians about the role of
moai - four women who, together with Shinzato, had at a young age committed to one another for life - stopped by for mugwort tea and conversation. Whenever things had gotten rough in Shinzato's life, when she'd run short of cash or when her husband had died 46 years ago, she'd counted on her moai and the Okinawan sense of social obligation - yuimaru - to support her. Her friends had relied on a lifetime of Shinzato's support in return." moai in their life. He spent time with Gozei Shinzata, who was still spry, energetic, and cooked and gardened daily at 104 years old. He describes her daily routine in The Blue Zones Solution: "In the cool hours of the day, she worked in her gardens. At lunch, she mixed homemade miso into a saucepan of water. She spooned in fresh carrots, radishes, shiitake mushrooms, and tofu, and let it heat. Meanwhile, she moved up and down the kitchen wiping clean the counters, sink, and even the window. When it was ready she poured her warmed soup into a bowl, gazed at it for a few moments, and murmured, "Hara hachi bu." This Confucian adage, intoned like a prayer before every meal, reminded her to stop eating when she was 80 percent full."

"It's much easier to go through life knowing there is a safety net."

Professor Lisa Berkman of Harvard University is an expert in social connectedness and longevity. One of her studies looked into the connection between marital status, ties with friends and relatives, club membership, level of volunteerism and greater longevity . The study found that the type of connection was irrelevant. Whether it was a spousal relationship or a tight-knit friend group, all that mattered was the bond the group shared.

Research shows that your social connections can have long-term impact on your health and happiness. You mimic the habits of your three closest friends. If you share similar values, healthy habits, and life goals, then you're likely to:

1. Experience Less Stress

Loneliness can decrease your life expectancy by eight years. In Okinawa, members of a moai experience the stress-shedding security of knowing that there is always someone there for them.

2. Be Happier

With each happy friend you add to your network, you increase your happiness by . Happiness is contagious.

3. Live Longer

Older people without close friends are more likely to develop chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and depression than their counterparts. They're also at a higher risk for suffering from a stroke.

Okinawan women, on average, live eight years longer than American women. Their moai is likely an important component of their long lives. In all five blue zones cultures, social connectedness is ingrained into the culture. While Okinawans have moais, Sardinians meet with friends each evening for happy hours and Adventists host weekly meals with their congregations. By finding the right tribe, you'll not only add years to your life, but you'll enjoy your time here just a little more.

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Elders in Okinawa, Japan, one of the original "Blue Zones" longevity hotspots, live extraordinarily better and longer lives than almost anyone else in the world.

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Check out this book (link below) by Dan Buettner. He also has a Netflix docuseries called "Live to 100". It is a great watch!

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The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer: Lessons From the Healthiest Places on Earth

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"Great info, great teaching, time effective, and most importantly UPLIFTING...this program is a true game changer" - Rick Amundson, Smola Consulting

"The Lift Project provides powerful reminders to look for the positive and intentionally seek out experiences to improve our personal health. Backed by solid research, the project gave us weekly content and check-ins that were uplifting and purposeful. The weekly meetings gave a pleasant accountability. Having the ability to either read, watch, or listen to the information made it very approachable and I enjoyed the fun exchanges or supportive statements we would have when passing through the halls! I highly recommend The Lift Project!" - Edward Foote, Penn Yan Elementary Principal

"In my 12 years as a health and wellness professional, this is the first program I've found that is truly accessible to anyone regardless of age, fitness level or phase of life. You don't want to miss out on this uplifting and life-changing program" - Dan Justis, Smola Consulting

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The Lift Project - Finger Lakes Area School Health Plan by Danna Justis

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How does it work?
Lifting the School Community will be delivered online over 7 weeks. You will learn and experience evidence-based ways to feel better, live more, and take charge of your own wellbeing.

After you register below, you'll receive a welcome email from us. The next email you get will be on October 16th when Lesson 1starts. After the course starts, you'll get two emails each week - one at the beginning of the week introducing a new lesson, and one in the middle of the week to check in and see how you're doing.

The Lift Project is delivered online. To take part all you need is a computer (or other device, such as a smartphone) that can access the internet.

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Register now to participate in Lifting the School Community with FLASHP! Starting on 16th October - don't miss out on this exciting journey

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Log in link
Username: marionteachers20@gmail.com
Password: Teachers20!

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Want to lose weight? Get totally ripped? Burn serious calories? Target any goal and see how Beachbody On Demand can help transform you. You'll get online access to complete fitness programs for any body type and any fitness level. World-class Beachbody programs including 80 Day Obsession™, 21 Day Fix®, PiYo®, 22 Minute Hard Corps™ and Core De Force™.

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