The best outcomes in healthcare are based upon teamwork. Managers who are autocratic breed resentment and distrust in their staff. Research has shown that teamwork with good leadership produces the best health outcomes for patients. This Article shows how to build good teams in your work environment.
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Why Am I Always So Hungry? 3 Tips To Curb Your Hunger
How often have you asked "Why Am I Always so hungry?" Have you ever felt your hunger was out of control? Chances are it's not your fault! Don't just get my 3 tips to curb your appetite that work instantly... Discover the underlying issue to end annoying hunger once and for all...
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The Most Effective Fruits For Maximum Weight Loss
It can be a never-ending battle to lose weight quickly or maintain a healthy size. We have some of the best fruits that will aid in the weight loss process...
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Live Long: What Water Is The Best?
There are many opinions in this respect. But all depends on the purpose of fasting. If the fasting is very much serious, if, for example, it is required to cure or ease a dangerous illness considerably and quickly, then certainly the most suitable water for such fasting would be distilled water. If the fasting's task is just a little cleaning before a long juice-diet, the best water usually is well-filtered water. But in our case of a short-term fasting the proper training for the first attempts is to accustom the organism to this kind of therapeutic fasting. Therefore, the easier goes the first day the better.
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5 Totally Doable Time-Management Strategies to Accomplish Your Goals
Growing up is dangerous business for your dreams. As the commitments, meetings, and deadlines start to flood in, ambitions can quickly drown in a sea of demands. Although we actively seek out responsibilities as we get older—and I think that’s an essential part of being an adult—they come at a cost: There’s no time for anything.
You might also like Despite that, we can’t give up on our aspirations when life gets hectic. We all have the same 24 hours in every day, and what you get out of life—at any stage of life—comes down to what you do with those hours. If you can get a handle on your priorities and time management, you can still achieve awesome things, even when you’re completely overwhelmed by everything you have to do on a day-to-day basis.
If you have found something you genuinely want to achieve, you can’t simply dodge your goals because they’re inconvenient. When you leave ambition alone, that unfulfilled ambition turns into regret, and regret eats away at you. There’s no real way to determine what all the long-term effects of a life filled with regrets are, but in my short time on this planet, I’ve seen some of them: I’ve had coworkers who were blamers and complainers, I’ve had friends who were bitter and nasty, and I have personally been depressed—even suicidal.
But how do you figure out which dreams you should really prioritize? We’ve always got ideas coming in—which are worth developing? And how do you deal with that feeling of just having no time? How do you get the ball rolling, and more importantly, keep it rolling? Here are some of the principles that have helped me work toward my goals...even when I’m stumbling along toward them like a drunk puppy.
1. Learn when procrastination can be good (and when to switch gears).
There’s a massive downside to not following your dreams, but that doesn’t mean you should follow every impulse you have. Not all of your ideas are worth pursuing—that’s true for anyone. Which is why procrastination can be so great: The things you truly want to accomplish will stick in your mind like your first true love. Those are the ideas you have to do something about.
I’ll procrastinate until I realize that an idea is sticky: When it sticks in my head, I know it’s time to commit, to make a binding pledge and obligation to myself to see it through. The commitments you really make become part of who you are; you can procrastinate until you realize that this is the real deal. But at that point, you’ve gotta go all in.
2. Start scheduling out what you want to achieve.
I used to fail at big projects because I didn’t know how to use a schedule. If you want to accomplish something, you have to plan what you need to do and schedule time to accomplish those things. Unfortunately, the education system is designed to produce people who thrive within an organization, instead of educating people who can get things done on their own.
Skills like scheduling are essential to succeed at any individual undertaking, but they don’t tend to be taught in school until college—at which point, habits have already been formed. Of course, the basics of planning aren’t rocket science, which might be why we overlook teaching this ability. But the skill of scheduling isn’t what requires so much training; it’s the habit that requires training.
A solid plan gives you focus and purpose. When I learned how to plan, schedule, and manage projects, I started achieving so much more. I made more money, I started working out more, I started writing music, and doing a whole bunch of things I had wanted to do—but couldn’t find the time for.
3. Make the timing right.
"The timing isn’t right" is one of the most common excuses to avoid taking on a big project. It sounds like a reasonable excuse to yourself and those around you, and in many cases, you can even look at your schedule and point to the absolute lack of free time.
You might also like Unfortunately, waiting for good timing is nothing but an advanced form of the most lethal type of procrastination. You have to find a way to shake out some free time in your schedule: You might have to sleep an hour less, work on the weekend, and find ways to combine activities. At my gym, there’s kids’ jiu-jitsu and adult jiu-jitsu at the same time. For the parents in the class, that solves the problem of finding a babysitter.
If you wait for the "right time" to do something, you’ll never do it. You can’t put your dreams off until later, because there will always be more and more demands on your time.
4. Act fast.
When you’ve decided to do something, you have to act quickly. Successful people are obsessed with speed—speed is the antithesis of waiting for the right timing.
Achieving a goal you really want means setting plans in motion as soon as you commit to them. There’s no three-year deliberation, the intricate plan with 500 dependencies, the clauses that requires a three-hour block of time to work on a project, or waiting until your toddler is off to college.
5. ...but don’t rush the results.
While acting fast is absolutely vital, you can’t expect to hit your destination right away, or that you won’t hit some bumps along the way. When you’re taking on big projects, you’ll face all kinds of obstacles: You’ll probably have less energy, especially if you’re sleeping less; you might struggle to break old habits; and you’ll probably struggle to form new, healthy habits.
Whatever you’re trying to do, you’re guaranteed to struggle with some aspect of it, and you’re also guaranteed to mess up—maybe just a little, but maybe a lot. It doesn’t matter, just keeping hammering: There’ll be days where you don’t want to do what you’ve set out to do. There’ll be days where don’t do what you’ve set out to do. Whatever your problems, just keep at it—even if you neglect what you’re doing for three weeks. Just pick it back up.
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Why Pooping in Public Sucks So Much (and How to Make It Less, Uh, Sh*tty)
Everybody poops, right? It’s a basic human function, and yet—even now as you read this article—you’re probably feeling compelled to close the tab, hide your screen so no one sees it, or even delete it from your search history.
You might also like But if pooping is something everyone does, why are we so afraid of doing it in public? As a teenager, I was mortified by pooping in public bathrooms. I did everything I could to avoid going No. 2 at school (though that’s probably partially due to my own hangups and partially due to the fact that teenagers are cruel). I’d blush behind the thin metal door of the girls’ bathroom if I couldn’t hold it any longer.
As I got older, my fear of pooping in public followed me everywhere I went. Even as I developed stomach issues and dealt with painful cramps, I still thought it was preferable to using the toilets at work. It took me years to grow comfortable with the concept of using public toilets until, one day, I realized just how ridiculous I was being.
Besides, holding in poop can have legitimate health consequences, says Paul DePompo, PsyD, ABPP.
A board-certified cognitive behavioral psychologist at the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Institute of Southern California with experience with parcopresis (a.k.a. the inability to defecate when other people are perceived or likely to be around), DePompo reminds us that—while occasionally abstaining isn’t bad—it isn’t worth it to risk, especially since more serious issues can develop.
"If you interfere with [pooping] by holding it in, you can experience constipation, and colon issues, as well a bacteria backing up into your body," he says.
And if you keep it up, there could be more long-term consequences. "Holding your poop can result in distended bowels and problems with normal stooling in the near future," says Spencer Nadolsky, D.O.
For certain people, it’s not as simple as avoiding a trip to the loo. Recently, I discovered that there are some folks who will go through great lengths to avoid public poop trips. One individual admitted to a severe poop phobia that even interrupts the workday—and admitted to having waited in a stall for as long as 40 minutes.
So what can you do about it? It’s not always as easy as just making yourself go. Anxiety about bathroom trips can make going difficult, so—even if you have to poop—the inability to relax makes it impossible to finish the task.
DePompo suggests viewing it as a hypothesis: Sure, the worst thing imaginable could happen. Someone could hear you, they could shame you, and/or you could have an accident. But instead of trying to talk yourself out of it, he suggests testing that hypothesis against another, less catastrophic, one.
"Take baby steps to test this out," DePompo says. "Perhaps start lower on the fear ladder, like a private bathroom where you can lock the door, before moving to a bigger public bathroom."
Still struggling? Avoidance is common, but most people advocate taking advantage of public toilets when nature calls. You can make it less awkward by carrying around your own Poo-Pourri, playing a game on your phone to distract yourself, or buying a cheap boombox for your office bathroom to drown out any sounds that might make you anxious.
"Develop assertion against the Poop Critic," DePompo says. "You can start by just going in the stall and not pooing to using frequent flushes, air fresheners, etc. But eventually, you have to let those safety behaviors go."
Remember that pooping is healthy. If you can’t avoid a public trip to the toilets, take baby steps to move forward toward your goal. Remind yourself that you’ll feel better once it’s over and do what you need to keep yourself distracted. DePompo suggests starting small and to remind yourself that going No. 2 is a normal bodily process, and to look for evidence against the fears holding you captive. (It’s there, promise.)
And hey, if all else fails? Even Beyoncé poops. And if Queen Bey does it, why should the rest of us be embarrassed by it?
Jandra Sutton is an author, historian, and public speaker. After graduating from Huntington University with a B.A. in history, she went on to receive a master’s degree in modern British history from the University of East Anglia. In her spare time, she enjoys fangirling, running, and anything related to ice cream. Pluto is still a planet in her heart. She lives in Nashville with her husband and their two dogs. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
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Summer Tips to Keep You Healthy
The sun is out, the temperature is rising, and the evenings are getting fabulously long. Dreaming about laying back on the sun lounger, sand between your toes and cocktail in hand. The sun's rays feel good right? But they're no friend to your skin.
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Companion Diagnostics: An Absolute Necessity for Targeted Therapeutics
A replacement for solid tumor biopsy could be a reality. A baby could be sequenced at birth so that the same could help to lead a healthier life. For each disease expression, genetic testing plays a vital role for more precise tests through better biomarkers that closely match the actual genetic material.
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Meet Greater, the App That Sets You Up for Weight-Loss Success
As the biggest kid in the class, I grew up struggling with my weight.
When I started to secretly go to meetings that rhyme with Schweight Schwatchers, they never resonated. They just weren’t speaking my language.
I didn't want to schwatch my schweight. I wanted to live my life!
When I was the most unhealthy, it felt like every magazine I opened, TV show I turned on, product I purchased, or program I signed up for made me feel worse about myself instead of better. And I became obsessed with the idea that there needed to be a brand that didn't make me feel like I’d never be enough.
I started Greatist to change the way the world thinks about health, to help everyone think of it in a healthier, healthyish way (the only way I believe works long-term). I wanted a brand to empower millennials like me to improve and celebrate us when we got a little better. And this isn't just the company's mission—it's my life's too.
Today Greatist is a media business with over 10 million readers each month. We're by far the leading media brand for healthy-minded millennials. But I always intended to build more than a media company.
It’s time to get Greater.
Ultimately, I wanted to build the thing that truly helps millennials get healthier—the “Weight Watchers of the future.” And as of today, that thing is live!
Our app, called Greater, is a mobile support group platform that lets you tackle the 30-day diet you've been most wanting to do with seven other people just like you.
Download the app, build your profile, pick a track, pay $29.99 ($19.99 for a limited time), and we'll match you with the perfect team. (We're only on iOS to start, but Android will be next!)
We're launching with Paleo, low-sugar, and vegan tracks... and many more are on the way.
Eventually, we'll move beyond diets to any kind of program you want to try. Snap your fingers, and we'll pair you with new friends who want to start meditating, run their first 5K, or do StrongLifts too.
Eventually, we'll move to a subscription offering that has both the multiplayer mode you can play today and a single-player mode to keep your momentum and progress going tomorrow.
Eventually, we'll let you create your own groups with friends or even match with users nearby to meet offline.
It's an ambitious vision for a future where you never have to start any program to get better alone.
In the meantime, we're just getting started, and there's a lot to learn.
I couldn't be more excited to share Greater with you.
Download it from the App Store now, and you can get started with a team as soon as tomorrow.
Why Greater?
To know what to build in the first place and then be able to reach enough people with a new solution, I knew I needed to start building trust with other millennials like me who are just trying to get better. I needed to ask, listen, try things, and learn from a big audience.
To start, we've learned millennials want to lose weight too.
That's almost always our No. 1 health goal.
But the reasons we want to lose weight are very different from those of prior generations.
Millennials don't want to lose weight to fit into society's expectation for what we should look like.
We want to lose weight to feel better, more confident, more comfortable, more in control.
What’s holding us back then?
At Greatist, we’ve been asking our audience that question for years, and we’ve learned it’s not about a lack of time or money, but actually about feeling alone.
We'd go for a run if there were somebody, anybody to go on a run with.
We'd eat healthily, but our partner isn’t on board.
We’d stick to that diet, but our coworkers always bring in delicious, fresh-baked cookies.
This makes sense to me. All the successful health changes I've made in my life have been with other people.
And I know how lonely my friends can be. In a world where many millennials have turned away from civic and religious communities, we've moved online to find a connection... and yet feel more disconnected than ever.
I think loneliness may be the real health issue, and that explains the meteoric rise of Zumba, CrossFit, November Project, and more. Health and wellness is the new religion, and fitness brands are the new church.
But what if you don't have a Flywheel near you?
What if you don't feel comfortable getting up and going to the next Daybreaker?
The vast majority of people who try a diet start it alone (!). That’s why Greater is here to help fix that.
The FAQs
Some of the things you might be wondering about Greater:
What do I get on each track?
Everything you need to succeed for 30 days, including:
- A comprehensive step-by-step diet guide with lots of recipes
- Complete and searchable list of food dos, don'ts, and maybes
- Daily ideas, tips, tricks, and reminders
- Daily tracking of your progress and mood
- Constant support, motivation, celebration, and accountability from your perfect team!
Why eight people per team?
In our testing, eight engaged people are about the most you can keep up with. (And even in the unlikely case half aren't very engaged, there's still enough value for the people who are.)
Why is each track 30 days?
We believe the future of dieting isn't about sticking to one program but actually about more extreme short-term experiences for long-term learnings. Most millennials refuse to stick to one eating regime—we enjoy food and social experiences too much. No one really sticks to their diet forever, so we're more realistic. Committing to 30 days of something hard, however, is exciting. We can sign up for it, Instagram the heck out of it, and learn a couple things along the way that we can stick with. And that's real health success anyway.
What's with the avatars and usernames?
Health is more personal and private than you probably think. Maybe you're cool with tweeting your health struggles. Most of us aren't. Most of us don't want to share our challenges, even with our friends and family. We’re starting with avatars and usernames to create a safe, trusting environment. You don't have to share your identity if you don’t want to. You won't be judged based on your appearance. You can just be yourself.
Is this really a weight loss app without a current weight, goal weight, or even weigh-ins?
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5 Reasons Why Losing Weight Isn't Always Easy
We all know that maintaining a healthy weight is crucial to good overall health. Why, then, is losing weight and shifting the extra pounds we have put on so hard? After all, gaining them was the easy bit! Of course, taking personal responsibility is important, but you might be surprised that some things that you are exposed to every day can actually sabotage your weight loss efforts if you aren't aware of them.
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Discover the Dos and Don'ts of the Alkaline Diet
Trying to lose weight or want to start a natural meal plan? The alkaline diet may come handy. Read on to find some of the relevant facts, dos and don'ts.
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Look and Feel Good This New Year With Tummy Tuck Treatment
New Year 2018 is just a few days away and everyone is gearing to look beautiful during the New Year's celebration parties. But, what can be done about your bulging tummy or abdomen area? No need to worry, tummy tuck treatment is here to help you!
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