The source of stress is a bottomless pit of possibilities. Concerns about the future, finances, friends, family, etc. can bubble up from this well of worry. Stress can sink a person into chronic unease, disrupting sleep patterns and negatively affecting well-being. It can be like a disease, and the only cure is relief. When facedContinue reading “Stress Relief”
Category Archives: Composure
AIM for a Positive Mental Attitude
Life tosses you both good and bad circumstances. Your state of mental health determines how well you cope with setbacks. During difficult times, it can be a real challenge to maintain a positive attitude, but it’s vital to do so. Your state of mind can affect your health, just as your state of health canContinue reading “AIM for a Positive Mental Attitude”
Your Sleep Drive
Two primary processes regulate how you sleep. One is circadian rhythms that act like an inner clock, responding particularly to the onset of darkness and telling you it’s time to go to bed. The other is sleep drive, the feeling of tiredness that increases as the day grows long. Sleep drive necessarily builds up soContinue reading “Your Sleep Drive”
Creating Healthy Cells
Comparing our body structures to a building is a good way to begin analyzing the stuff we’re made of: cells. The health of a building depends on the material it is constructed of, so it is important to use bricks that will stand the test of time. If the bricks are not of the highestContinue reading “Creating Healthy Cells”
What You Lose by Losing Sleep
It’s a sleep-deprived shame that so many people don’t get enough slumber. Not getting the recommended hours of rest has an enormous effect on a person’s health, memory and mood. Some of the detrimental effects include the increased risk of: Sleep is healing recovery time for the body, so it’s vital to not miss outContinue reading “What You Lose by Losing Sleep”
Managing Stress
Over 500 years ago, an Italian doctor and lawyer by the name of Hippolytus de Marsiliis noticed that seemingly harmless drops of water falling on stone gradually carved a hollow in the rock-hard surface. He turned this water-dropping-on-stone effect into a form of torture. Incessant drops of water landing on a person’s forehead at anContinue reading “Managing Stress”
An Angel on Earth
Shared by Denise P. DeVito, AIM Preferred Member in Stony Brook, New York. About 15 years ago, I had a doctor’s appointment regarding my thyroid. I was on medication and gaining weight that I could not lose no matter how hard I tried. My physician told me everything was good. She also said that IContinue reading “An Angel on Earth”
HOW WELL DO YOU SLEEP?
The question of how well you sleep addresses not only the amount but the attributes of time spent in slumber. The aim for most adults is 7 to 8 uninterrupted hours, which takes in both quality and quantity of sleep. There’s a difference in sleep quality if you are regularly waking up during the night.Continue reading “HOW WELL DO YOU SLEEP?”
Grateful for Feeling Better
Shared by Hannah Kotzé, AIM Preferred Member Klerksdorp, South Africa. In 1982, my husband, Gert, had a motorcycle accident that broke his collarbone and tore a nerve in his arm. Paralyzed from the elbow to his hand, he had constant arm pain that worsened when the weather was stormy or cloudy. In 2020, he startedContinue reading “Grateful for Feeling Better”
Back on the AIM Path
Shared by Marilyn Rough, AIM Preferred Member in London, Ontario. My husband, Don, and I are Members but had slowly steered away from using AIM’s supplemental nutrition, thinking that store-bought products would work just as well and save us some money. Well, that was a sad journey down the wrong path. In December 2020, IContinue reading “Back on the AIM Path”
The AIM Companies 