Everyone knows that eating too much can affect your health, but did you know that what you eat and drink during the day could affect your sleep at night?
Kate, at You Potentiality reminds that there are many things, medication, like caffeine, smoking, heavy food and carbs, and even alcohol consumed too close to bedtime that can affect your sleep and therefore your health. Ironically, even medication for insomnia can have adverse health effects and cause you to lose sleep. Follow the quick tips below and check out the recommended general relaxation and rebalancing techniques combined with a personalized cleansing and nutrition system to help you in gaining a healthier sleep pattern.
Quick tips to aide your sleep:
- Don’t eat carbs after 6pm This one is admittedly the hardest tip to follow but staying away from the chips and cookies while watching the evening news will bring about the quickest and most beneficial health benefit. Your sleep will be easier.
- Ensure a dark and quiet sleeping environment. Turn off the TV, lower your blinds or wear a night-shade over your eyes. If your room is too bright or too noisy, you are losing the health benefits of a deep sleep
- Put a quiet time into effect in the hour or two before bedtime. Just like when you were a child, that quite time is beneficial in helping to put the stresses and stimulus of the day behind you.
- Count sheep. Don’t laugh! Keeping your mind engaged in a boring activity can numb your brain into a boredom induced and relaxing sleep.
- Progressive muscle relaxation Quite easy to do, while lying down for bed, this technique involves every muscle group in your body. Starting at your toes, you tense all their muscles as tightly as you can, count to 10 and then completely relax them again. Do this for every separate muscle group in your body, working your way up from one by one to the top of your head.
You Potentiality can help you relax and calm your nervous and digestive system to bring about a very natural state of well being that will help to enable a natural and healing sleep.
Starrs on the Credit 2009
June 17, 2009
Just a last gentle reminder that this Thursday, June 18th 2009 is the 5th Annual, Starr’s On The Credit charity fundraising even. This is a wonderful themed evening that features spectacular food, live entertainment (starring Chuck Jackson), auctions, and fellowship opportunities.
This year’s focus is on providing funding to charities including the Mississauga Food Bank, Breakfast for Kids and Armagh who all, more than ever in this tough economy, require financial support. The goal is to assist those organizations in the community who are helping to provide food, shelter and clothing for those less fortunate.
You can attend, outside under the stars, at the beautiful home of Elaine and Ron Starr, overlooking the Credit River by participating either through sponsorship, by purchasing a table or individual tickets, or by donating an item that can be included in one of their fundraising auctions.
Kate, at You Potentiality invites you to check out the details here. It’s going to be another awesome year for this amazing event!
Seeking relief for Emotional Difficulties?
June 6, 2009
Symptoms of emotional difficulties can take many forms. Some are obvious but others can be difficult to recognize and identify. Although occasional extremes and expressions of feelings or thoughts can be a normal experience for some people that may just be their normal psychological functioning therefore it takes training and experience to develop the knowledge and judgment to differentiate between “normal” or “abnormal” psychological functioning.
Are you occasionally feeling overwhelmed, or experiencing exaggerated feelings or thoughts? Perhaps you feel like you are in a constant state of anxiety, but those feelings are not necessarily associated with any specific situation.
Types of emotional disorders can loosely be categorized as
- Psychoses
- Drug induced disorders
- Disorders secondary to brain damage or other medical illness
- Emotional disorders
Emotional disorders are by far the most common symptom and many are merely various forms of anxiety. Anxiety and depression are universal human feelings, and we all experience them from time to time. Normally, such feelings can be connected with identifiable stress factors and they usually don’t last for long.
If your symptoms are beginning to dominate and disrupt your life then they may be signs of emotional distress. Luckily, People usually respond favorably to help from a well-qualified and experienced mental health professional. Kate Unger, at You Potentiality, has long been combining Craniosacral Therapy, Healing Touch Therapy, and Shiatsu Therapy, and she offers all-encompassing health and wellness sessions.
So call Kate today to book a Craniosacral Therapy (CST) session to get the relief you are seeking. CST is a soothing and pain-free experience that is designed to have lasting positive effects.
Insomnia and stress reducing relaxation techniques
May 23, 2009
Did you know that most people will experience insomnia – the inability to sleep – at some point during their lives?
If you are experiencing insomnia, its important you believe that your nights don’t have to be sleepless or frustrating! And even if you are sleeping eight hours a night, but are waking up feeling drowsy and fatigued during the day, you may be experiencing insomnia.
By examining the cause of your insomnia, and trying one of the many stress relief strategies, such as Shiatsu therapy, available to you, you’ll be taking the first step toward getting some much-needed rest.
Luckily, there are drug-free alternative strategies for curing insomnia that are less expensive, non-addictive, and usually provide longer-lasting relief. Relaxation techniques to quiet the mind and reduce stress will lead to better quality sleep.
You Potentiality’s skilled and educated Shiatsu therapist, Kate Unger is well known for her Shiatsu and combination therapy sessions that relax and calm your nervous system to bring about a very natural state of well-being that will help to enable a natural sleep.
Call Kate to book your Shiatsu session, your body will thank you and your soul will breathe a sigh of stress reduced release.
Need help to think yourself healthy?
May 9, 2009
There are many studies being done on the correlation of the effect of your positive moods and your continued good health. Remember how often we’re told to look on the bright side when we’re feeling down or stressed? Well, now it appears that our internal philosophies, especially how optimistic we are, potentially has a greater impact on our health and wellness than we ever thought possible.
Understanding that keeping a positive attitude is never more important than when overcoming great personal adversity, and receiving extra help to do so can also be crucial.
Luckily, learning some simple stress management tools while seeking de-stressing treatment, such as a Craniosacral Therapy (CST) session with Kate Unger at You Potentiality, will help you to return to a more optimistic, healthier you. As a complement to your body’s natural healing processes, CST is used as a preventive health measure in an effort to bolster resistance to disease, and is effective for a wide range of medical problems associated with Stress and Tension-Related Problems.
So smile, and call Kate to book your CST session, because we all need the relief a caring health and wellness coach can bring to us.
Weight Loss, Cleansing, and Nutrition
May 2, 2009
On my last blog entitled Weight Related Info, I provided information that I’m sure is shocking to many of you. So lets talk about what you can do to help you get rid of some of your few extra pounds. Everyone knows that if you get out there and exercise, you will be healthier and now that summer is just around the corner and the warmer weather is encouraging you to actually want to go outside, its nice to know that there are safe ways to jump start your healthy regimen.
You potentiality helps you with combining weight loss, intelligent cleansing and state-of-the-art nutrition in a completely safe, holistic approach that is geared specifically to your unique needs. Our wonderful cleanses aide your liver in safely and gently clearing your body of built up fats and toxins, while working out a mild exercise and nutritional plan. Let us help ensure that your body returns to the beautifully healthy, more youthful you.
Weight related info.
April 28, 2009
Every 6 months, an extra 5 lbs on the body is equivalent vascularily to the heart pumping a trip to the moon and back! The average person in the US is 30 lbs overweight, imagine how much strain that puts on the heart. We in Canada are not too far behind and thats frightening.
Kate Unger of You Potentiality will be giving an informative talk this week at a retirement residence.
This 1/2 hour session, aptly named a “HealthBite” will be geared towards the employees of a retirement residence. This is not the first time Kate has visited this facility; her first talk was directed towards the residents of the seniors home. The HealthBite was so very well received that Kate was invited to return, this time to speak to the staff.
If you are interested in Kate coming to your place of business, organizaion, or group, please contact You Potentiality. She will specificaly gear her presentatation so that it is pertinent and beneficial for your particular audience. Seniors, athletes, office workers, labourers, and youth can all benefit from a 1/2 hour HealthBite with Kate Unger. The advice she gives will help the audience realize better health and wellness, which will result in fewer sick days and an increased sense of well being, leading to more positive attitude and outlook, higher energy levels, and better short and longterm performance.
Contact Kate about 1/2 hour HealthBite session
Learn more about our talks: Health and Wellness in Mississauga and Toronto
MS Walk Toronto, April 19th, 2009
April 10, 2009
There is a great event coming up that we would like to help spread awareness of, and that is the upcoming MS Walk with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. The MS Walk is in its 18th year and is an annual fundraiser of the MS Society. This year’s MS Walk takes place on Sunday April 19th. It’s a fun, family-oriented event that raises funds for multiple sclerosis research and services. If you are not local or cannot attend and want to sponsor a walker, this is a great opportunity.
They also have a “text to win” contest where Ontario residents can enter to win an iPod Touch by texting the word ‘MSBLOG” to 101010. The contest deadline is the same day of the walk (April 19th, 2009). Contest rules are available online. Please click here for more details.
Multiple Sclerosis is a debilitating and stressful disease and many people affected are turning to complimentary and alternative medicines, including healthy eating advice and massage as a way to help manage the effects of their disease. we have been combining Craniosacral Therapy, Healing Touch Therapy, and Shiatsu massage to clients suffering from MS and other health issues, offering them all-encompassing health and wellness sessions. Combining these gentle, hands-on techniques has been extremely successful in giving clients the results and relief that they are seeking, but have otherwise not been able to achieve.
If you or someone you know are seeking relief from the symptoms and stress involved with MS, or any other debilitating disease, please do check out You Potentiality. We are more than happy to schedule a session with you – in the comfort of your own home or office if you prefer.
