Have you heard of standing or treadmill desks? \u00a0The trend has been on for a while and if you haven’t heard about it, it’s time to get familiar with it. Sitting is now being compared to smoking\u00a0on the scale of highly unhealthy habits (Read here<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0here\u00a0<\/a>here<\/a> and here<\/span><\/a>). You might have seen Victoria Beckham <\/a>and many other celebs switching over to treadmill or standing desks. Standing desks might seem like a torture but many are raving about its\u00a0benefits so it might be a good thing to take a look into this. Standing chairs<\/span><\/a> might reduce the fatigue brought on by standing by supporting your spine’s natural alignment.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image: Locus Standing Chairs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Inverting Cell Screen Colors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Staring at our cell phone screens before bed can have ill effects on our brain and body (read here<\/span><\/a>). Many of us have a hard time switching off our cell\u00a0phones before sleep, but there is a simple way\u00a0to reduce the damaging effects of lights on our sleeping patterns. Inverting your cell phone screen colors sets\u00a0your phones into a perfect “night time” mode, making it easier on your eyes (read how to here<\/a>). You can’t view images in this mode or use your phone for an extended period of time, but it’s a great way to catch up\u00a0on some light reading before sleep without overly hurting your eyes or affecting your melatonin<\/a> production. \u00a0Here are more tips to try for better sleep: sleep yoga<\/a>, satin\u00a0pillows<\/a>, healthier natural pillows<\/a>, products with\u00a0lavender essential oil<\/a>, reduce coffee intake (for\u00a0alternatives click\u00a0here<\/a>), massage and candles<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Myths about Emotions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Feelings are seen as a\u00a0sign\u00a0of the weak in our society. Thoughts and actions\u00a0are given more importance than feelings. No one teaches us about how to deal with our emotions and there are many unhealthy examples out there which really does more harm than good. There are many misconceptions and myths about emotions from venting out makes you feel better, and you have no control over your emotions\u00a0to negative emotions are bad, and showing emotions is a sign of weakness.\u00a0This article<\/span><\/a> helps clear the 8 common myths about emotions<\/span><\/a>. Developing emotional self-awareness, recognizing and understanding your emotions, and learning how to manage \/ regulate them can help you achieve success in your personal and professional life.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hope these tips help you\u00a0look\u00a0and feel\u00a0better. These tips have helped me and I hope they help you as well. Have you heard about these tips? Do you have anything to add to this? Please leave your comments and share your views.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWhen health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.\u201d <\/span> <\/p>\n xx<\/span><\/p>\n Heel in Mint<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Health Tips and Trends Standing Desks Have you heard of standing or treadmill desks? \u00a0The trend has been on for a while and if you haven’t heard about it, it’s time to get familiar with it. Sitting is now being compared to smoking\u00a0on the scale of highly unhealthy habits (Read here,\u00a0here\u00a0here and here). You might…<\/p>\n![\"Heal](\"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/customer-standing-desk.png\")
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![\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\nInverting Cell Screen Colors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nStaring at our cell phone screens before bed can have ill effects on our brain and body (read here<\/span><\/a>). Many of us have a hard time switching off our cell\u00a0phones before sleep, but there is a simple way\u00a0to reduce the damaging effects of lights on our sleeping patterns. Inverting your cell phone screen colors sets\u00a0your phones into a perfect “night time” mode, making it easier on your eyes (read how to here<\/a>). You can’t view images in this mode or use your phone for an extended period of time, but it’s a great way to catch up\u00a0on some light reading before sleep without overly hurting your eyes or affecting your melatonin<\/a> production. \u00a0Here are more tips to try for better sleep: sleep yoga<\/a>, satin\u00a0pillows<\/a>, healthier natural pillows<\/a>, products with\u00a0lavender essential oil<\/a>, reduce coffee intake (for\u00a0alternatives click\u00a0here<\/a>), massage and candles<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\nMyths about Emotions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nFeelings are seen as a\u00a0sign\u00a0of the weak in our society. Thoughts and actions\u00a0are given more importance than feelings. No one teaches us about how to deal with our emotions and there are many unhealthy examples out there which really does more harm than good. There are many misconceptions and myths about emotions from venting out makes you feel better, and you have no control over your emotions\u00a0to negative emotions are bad, and showing emotions is a sign of weakness.\u00a0This article<\/span><\/a> helps clear the 8 common myths about emotions<\/span><\/a>. Developing emotional self-awareness, recognizing and understanding your emotions, and learning how to manage \/ regulate them can help you achieve success in your personal and professional life.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\nHope these tips help you\u00a0look\u00a0and feel\u00a0better. These tips have helped me and I hope they help you as well. Have you heard about these tips? Do you have anything to add to this? Please leave your comments and share your views.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\u201cWhen health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.\u201d <\/span>\n\u2015<\/span> Herophilus<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\nxx<\/span><\/p>\nHeel in Mint<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health Tips and Trends Standing Desks Have you heard of standing or treadmill desks? \u00a0The trend has been on for a while and if you haven’t heard about it, it’s time to get familiar with it. Sitting is now being compared to smoking\u00a0on the scale of highly unhealthy habits (Read here,\u00a0here\u00a0here and here). You might…<\/p>\nRead more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[627,647,504,579,648,241,649,95],"class_list":["post-3084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mint_on_current_trends","tag-627","tag-emotions","tag-health","tag-sleep","tag-standing-desks","tag-tips","tag-treadmill-desks","tag-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3128,"href":"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions\/3128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/heelinmint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/victoria-beckham-300x400.jpg\"){kind=link}