Finding time and energy to care for yourself can be challenging for anyone at any time. But add a full- or part-time role as a caregiver to your list of responsibilities, and that challenge becomes even greater. Your loved one may need significant attention, day in and day out. Your routine changes, as you juggle established priorities and new caregiving-related ones. And you want to be at … [Read more...] about Care for the Caregiver: Prioritizing Your Loved One and Yourself
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4 Pillars of Health: Creating a Foundation of Well-Being
Focusing on the 4 Pillars of Health every day can improve many aspects of your physical and mental well-being. These pillars provide the foundation for healthy living, determining energy levels, physical strength, and mental resilience. Making improvements in one pillar often can influence another pillar. And that also can benefit your emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual and financial … [Read more...] about 4 Pillars of Health: Creating a Foundation of Well-Being
Explore the Wheel of Health
Often we take a tunnel-vision approach to our health, thinking "if I just exercised more ..." or "if I just ate better ..." I would be healthy. End of discussion. But humans are multi-faceted, and so is our health. Our lives involve more than just moving or eating. The Wheel of Health, a tool developed by Duke Integrative Medicine, helps us consider our whole selves and see how weakness in … [Read more...] about Explore the Wheel of Health
