Mental Health Wellness and Stress

Dear Healthy Nurses, Let’s take a moment to revisit the definition of mental illness. It refers to a “wide range of mental health conditions – disorders that affect your mood, thinking and [...]

As you are reading this, take a slow, deep breath and fill your lungs with air. Hold your breath for three seconds. Now, breathe out slooooowwwwly. Do this again twice, but only this time, close [...]

Mindfulness As you all know that ‘Stress’ is an inseparable part of our busy lives.  Healthy stress is a good thing to get us going but TOO much stress, that can take our positive energies away, [...]

Be Happy Friday is here again! Here is this week’s perspective of happiness.  Happiness is the sweet intoxicating scent of a newborn bundle of joy,  the sparkling twinkle of tears in the [...]

Good-Hearted Living© By Steve Wilson Follow These Six Daily Practices to Prevent  Hardening of the Attitudes And Add More Laughter to Your Life Mondays are for Compliments: This overcomes our [...]

Dear Healthy Nurse friends, The message for this week, during the August Happiness month, is very simple – SMILE Try to smile 3 additional times today and every day to spread joy and [...]

Hi NJSNA and Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation members, I am honored to be a contributor of the HNHN emails and to be on the journey to wellness, mindfulness and exercise blissfulness along with [...]

Remember for the month of April 2017 the focus is ‘STRESS’. 5 Simple steps to stress reduction Find a refuge. Remove yourself from the stressful situation, find a quiet spot, alone. Stop and [...]

As we conclude April 2017 with the focus on Combatting Stress, the following are some simple steps for stress reduction: Completely and profoundly accept, love and forgive yourself- charity [...]

Some Holistic approaches: Head outdoors: walk, soak in sunshine, breathe fresh air! Self-care with Yoga, Tai chi and a body massage. Nurture you spirit: contemplative prayer, meditation and [...]