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What is a boundary? In a physical sense, it is easy to understand that a boundary marks off where your property starts and where the neighbour’s ends. You are responsible for your property but not for anything that happens on your neighbour’s.

While not as easy to mark off, our emotional boundaries also mark off where our responsibilities start and end. Too many people feel out of control of their lives because they don’t have good emotional boundaries.

Boundaries are like fences in that they keep bad things out and good things in. This means that you protect yourself from things or people that might hurt you and you nurture things or people that help you. Notice I said fences and not walls. A wall means that nothing gets through from either side whereas a fence allows flow.

Boundaries are limits or barriers that protect you, your time and your energy. When your boundaries are well-defined, they help to prevent conflict within your relationships. They are like your personal rules or policies. Laura Stack says it beautifully, “setting limits is a way of defining who you are and what you’re all about, what you will do and what you won’t; what’s acceptable to you and what’s not”.

Setting boundaries means owning and taking responsibility for your personal choices and the consequences thereof. You make the choice, you take responsibility and you can make a different choice if you don’t like the consequence. You can’t control other people’s behaviour but you can control the extent to which it affects you. In other words, control your exposure to people.

For example, I don’t allow people to make racist remarks around me. Now I can’t control what they will say but I can control whether I continue to listen. Another example is I don’t allow anybody to speak to me in an abusive manner. Again, I can’t control what they say but I will warn them before putting the phone down. It’s their right to say what they want but it’s also my right to not sit there and be a doormat.

Here are some physiological signs that your boundaries are weak:

After many years of running around trying to manage a career, taking care of children and running a household, older people find it difficult to suddenly have very little to do. As the years pass these people feel that they have no worth anymore. This again can manifests as depression or other related illnesses.

There are actually many things elderly people can do to keep their minds and bodies fit and healthy, while having fun.

Challenging games will help to prevent or at least prolong age related illnesses such as dementia and depression. Some physical exercise will help to prevent weight gain. Elderly people easily gain weight when their lives slow down. Weight gain is dangerous and can expedite heart attacks, strokes and blood pressure problems.

There are many fun activities elderly people can engage in to keep the mind and the body healthy.

- People who have always enjoyed crafts or art will now have the time to take it seriously. Some community centers offer classes, sometimes for free or for a small fee to cover materials. This hobby can even result in an extra income for the elderly person if necessary.

- Physical activities should be high up on the priority list. Again community centers or gyms might offer exercise classes focused on elderly people. These classes can vary from low-impact aerobic classes to yoga. Except that it is good to keep the body healthy, it is also a place to make friends and communicate with other people from the same age group.

- Dancing is a wonderful activity that doesn’t only provide exercise but it is also a great socializing event. Older people can even join a dance studio if they are serious about dancing. Many studios have special classes for different age groups. Dance competitions are also categorized into age groups and there is no reason the elderly, who are still fit, can’t take part in this.

- Trips venturing into nature for those who are still relatively strong and mobile are great for spending time with friends or family. The fresh air and nice scenery are bound to lift any spirits that might be a bit down.

- Board games are fun ways to keep grandchildren busy and in the process, stimulate the mind. There is nothing as engaging as a game of chess with a child or grandchild that proves to be a good challenge. The older person and the younger one will be able to stimulate their minds and in the process, bond, which is great for any relationship.

These are but a few possibilities to show that it is never necessary for an elderly person to feel lonely or worthless.

Depression never overcomes the person forcefully. It is totally harmless when not felt deeply. There are millions of things which depend on our response towards them. What is depression? Only something invisible which can only be examined when we start taking things negatively more than the requirement. To some extend, it does not harm, infect warns the person to worry about his safe side but if a person makes it a habit to think about every issue in a depressive way, then it becomes dangerous.

Depression is like a tree which has many branches and these branches are the diseases which affects extremely depressive people. Most of these people make themselves habitual of anti-depression medicines and this dependence on a self generated illness makes the person unsuccessful in every field of life and one after another he keeps on facing the failures.

There are some very common and a few very uncommon diseases which starts occurring in a human being by taking over limit panic because of the things happening in his surroundings.

Depression initially produces the acidity in a human body which causes severe headaches, body aches and anorexia nervosa especially. High blood-pressure and low blood-pressure which is the initial stage of many more diseases such as a nervous breakdown, psychosis which are caused due to serious mental illness characterized by defective or lost contact with reality. Schizophrenia which is caused due to psychotic disorder by twisted view of real world, megalomania, hysteria, paresis and many many more problems.

Sometimes people addict themselves to alcoholic things to release the pressure of depression, but it is insane to run away from problems temporarily. Doing that would be like a pigeon that shuts his eyes when he finds himself under a dangerous situation and assumes he is safe although he is only welcoming the danger by this act.

Depression is dangerous but that doesn’t mean we can’t prevent ourselves from its adverse affects. Healthy activities and a balanced routine can surely help us to avoid depression!

These activities include taking proper intake of healthy food and lots of water, morning walk, exercise, etc. Also taking out sometime from the busy routine life for some fun and relaxation with family and friends, greatly helps in this regard.

It is important to work over the root cause of depression. It is unhealthy to be habitual of negative thinking. Try to stay free from dispiritedness as it can not harm us until and unless we give it some place in our mind to work and pierce its roots deeply and make the person helpless.

We are capable enough to decide what is good for our lives. The fact is that life is a beautiful gift and we must live it to the fullest. Life is what you make it. Don’t let depression take over and ruin your life.

Artwork and Crafting may enhance the creativity of the children. From here they will be able to discover new ideas and employ them on their art or craft activities. Toddlers and preschoolers are the most to enjoy art period. These activities may lead to a lot of opportunities to learn certain topics. Nutrition can be discussed during art activities and through this you can impose on how to have goodp and balanced eating habits.

Do the food pyramid out of a huge piece of card board; make a triangle divide it into 5 food groups, including the fats as well as the sweets section. Label each portion with the recommended daily allowance of foods. Let the kids do the tearing of images from magazines or utilize food stickers and place them on the corresponding food group.

Cereals would do a great art project such as necklace. Find the looped ones and place them together using a yarn and form a necklace. The motor skills of the child would develop through this. You could also use vegetables for stamping. Cut potatoes, apples, radishes or carrots in your desired shapes and sizes. Dip them on your preferred paint and stamp them on paper.

Create a healthy snack using a celery stalk smeared with peanut butter and sprinkled with raisins. Simple and yet already an artwork because you made some bugs placed on a log. You can also make a colorful art piece out of bread, milk and some food coloring. Let your child play with the toasted bread and food coloring to create a vivid masterpiece. Don’t make the bread to wet because it will turn soggy.

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For a couple of months now in my locality, there has been unprecedented news of sudden deaths, SDs. Reports have it that it is not unconnected with heart attacks. I’m not trying to be an alarmist but I just want to let you in on some eating habits that guarantee a healthy heart for your well-being.

But let me ask you: Is your cholesterol level too high? Do you have high blood pressure? Are your overweight? These are indicators that could make you begin to think on how you can start to take some care of your heart. Not to worry! I have 7 key healthy eating habits that could make your heart as healthy as that of a day-old baby. Are you willing and ready for this change? Great! Voila!

Eat Healthy Carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are our greatest sources of energy for our daily activities. But I want to declare candy, biscuits, cakes and pastries as untouchables, as they are capable of increasing your triglycerides and as a result, putting your healthy heart at risk. The healthy carbohydrates for your healthy heart include wholegrains, cereals, corn, cassava, etc.

Eat Healthy Proteins. Proteins are body-building foods. However, you need to be very selective in this. Healthy protein diets keep your heart healthy. Proteins such as lean meats, poultry, fish and plant proteins like beans, soy-beans, nuts and seeds are healthy for your heart. On the other hand, be very careful in choosing and eating red meats, eggs, liver, kidney, butter, cream and many processed foods. These can significantly increase your low density lipoproteins, LDL, cholesterol levels thereby making you hypertensive and ultimately, increasing your heart-failure risks.

Eat Plenty Fibre. If you want to maintain a healthy heart, one great way to do that is eating a lot of fibre-containing foods. Most fibre-rich foods are low in fat making them foods of choice when it comes to heart disease prevention. Your high-fibre diets should include wholegrain foods, barley, oats and oatmeal. Soluble fibre found in oats can help lower your cholesterol levels, while the fibre found in wholegrains regulates your sugar absorption, making you keep feeling full and at the same time, keeping your digestive system healthy.

Eat Lots of Fruits & Vegetables. Fruits and vegetables are very good for maintaining healthy heart because they have very high fibre content and also low in fat. They are also packed full with anti-oxidants like flavonoids, beta-carotene, vitamins C & E which can clean-up harmful free radicals, reduce your cholesterol levels, and leave you with a healthy heart condition.

Use Healthy Fats & Oils. To ensure a healthy heart, you have to eat the right types of fats & oils. red meat, full-fat dairy products, butter, cheese, processed fastfoods, etc contain saturated fats. This type of fat increases your LDL cholesterol level and invariably, makes your heart vulnerable. Avoid them! Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (omega-3 & omega-6 fatty acids) as can be found in olive oil, rapeseed oil, avocados, soya oils, fish, nuts & seeds, help lower your LDL cholesterol levels and at the same time, maintain the high density lipoprotein, HDL, cholesterol levels. These fats can, therefore, effectively keep your heart healthy.

Salt Content. Too much salt in your diet is a killer. This is because salt contains sodium which can increase your blood pressure thereby putting your heart in danger. To be on the safe side, reduce the amount of salt you add to your dishes when cooking; avoid adding salt when eating; and cut down on your intake of salty foods like takeaways, pastries, canned foods, etc.

Excessive Alcohol Intake. If you must drink alcohol, stick to sensible limits – 3 units max for women and 4 units max for men. Remember that excessive alcohol intake can kick up your blood pressure and expose you to heart attack or heart disease.

All said and done, the good news is: you can keep and maintain a healthy heart devoid of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, over-weight, alcohol addiction, etc by eating healthy diets.

For anyone who is trying to eat healthier it is important that what you do eat is the best choice. Sometimes products may look healthy but are actually packed in sugar syrup or high in salt. Here are some tips to help make sure what you are eating really is healthy.
Yogurt is a good source of calcium but double check how much sugar is in each serving. Many types of yogurt are packed full of sugar so that the nutritional value is lost. Fresh fruit versus canned fruit. Fresh fruit is always the best choice. Canned fruit has be boiled, canned and processed most times canned with heavy syrup. Stick with fresh fruit for the best option. Frozen fruit would be second best. Fresh vegetables versus canned. Again go with fresh as much as possible as the canned variety has been processed and lost some nutritional value. Avoid boxed meals or frozen meals. They may seem like a quick and easy meal but are high in calories and salt. By preparing your own version at home it will be healthier and better for your family. Fruit juice. When buying fruit juice make sure it is 100% juice. Some juice is actually only 30-40% juice and the rest is sugar, corn syrup and water. Read the label before you buy.

A great general tip for buying healthy food is to avoid the middle aisle of the grocery store. This is where you will find processed foods. The outside walls of the store are where you will find the healthiest and freshest selection of food. We all want to live healthy and happy lives and making sure what we eat is the best quality, is a great start.