Posts tagged Hacks

4 Tips To Have A Relaxing Evening & Reduce Your Stress

Everyone wants to have a relaxing evening. It doesn’t just feel good but offers more than a few mental health benefits. Despite that, it can often be challenging to attain.

Various obstacles can get in the way, including daily life. You may have to work late, there may be social obligations, and you may have a family to look after.

That doesn’t mean you have to settle for doing without a lovely evening, though. You can do more than a few things to relax for the night. While you’ll have to make a little time for them, it shouldn’t be impossible.

So, let’s dive into these practical tips that can help you have a relaxing evening - regardless of how hectic your day.

Brain Health, Neuronutrition, Lifestyle, OtherKelly AielloApril 1, 2024Mental Health, Protein, Hacks, Stress, Serotonin, Lifestyle, Nutritionist, PerformanceComment

Quick, Easy and Delicious: Eat Better, Feel Better and Save Money

When we eat well, we feel good- we’re healthier, have more energy, and experience a plethora of other benefits, as well.

However, we all lead busy lives, and it’s easy for good food to end up at the bottom of our priority list. Maybe you dislike cooking, or perhaps it’s time, money or energy that stops you from eating as you should.

While takeout can be delicious, it’s expensive and often unhealthy.

So what should we do? How can we eat better, feel better, and save money?

But, if you know you don’t cook as often as you should and would like to put more energy into cooking as healthfully as possible for your family, then be sure to read this week’s blog for some ideas to help make things quicker, easier and better on the packet-book.

Lifestyle, Neuronutrition, OtherKelly AielloJune 3, 2023Whole Foods, Family, Hacks, Health, Meal Plans, LifestyleComment

6 Ways to Create a Culture of Wellness in Your Home

Encouraging your family to live a healthy, active and fulfilled lifestyle has always been important to you.

Creating a culture of wellness in your home is something you want to start from a young age, so that your little ones have the best possible start in life. When it comes to looking after yourself and your family, health is a priority - there’s no question about that.

But how can you encourage this type of lifestyle in your own home?

Although you may not be able to create this culture overnight, there are several habits and lifestyle changes you can put in place now to help you get there.

Read this week’s blog for ideas on how to get started.

Brain Health, LifestyleKelly AielloJune 2, 2023Mental Health, Excercise, Family, Hacks, Heart Math, Kids, MeditationComment

The Importance Of Diet When Dealing With Addiction

Are you or someone you love recovering from an addiction?

This can be a very challenging and frustrating time, not to mention a time during which many people feel alone and confused.

What can make matters worse is not knowing what to do to help yourself, specifically when it comes to what to eat.

Indeed, there are several different aspects to recovery from addiction. It’s important to consider effective treatment from various angles, including both how the body and mind can be supported.

One of the factors to consider as part of a successful recovery is a healthy diet.

Diet can play a vital role when someone is in addiction recovery, helping to improve health in multiple ways. It can form one part of a healthier lifestyle and support people in their recovery. There are multiple reasons to pay attention to diet during recovery and different ways to navigate dietary changes to ensure good health.

Bottom line: Diet shouldn’t be ignored as part of a healthy recovery. Creating a balanced and healthy diet needs to be a part of planning an effective recovery that can lead to a healthier life.

Keep reading to discover some tips that may help along your journey.

Lifestyle, Neuronutrition, OtherKelly AielloNovember 18, 2022Whole Foods, Hacks, Health, Mindfulness, Mindset, Addiction, LifestyleComment

Tips for Improving Your Health Habit

When you want to make changes or improvements to an area of your life, do you jump into the deep end feet-first with an all-or-nothing attitude? Only to find yourself drowning a short time later, unable to maintain the changes you desire?

If this sounds like you, you are not alone. This is an all-too-common scenario for many!

So what can you do? Is it possible to make long-lasting changes that won’t leave you feeling deprived or zapped of energy?

When you know your lifestyle or eating habits could use a few healthy upgrades, there’s no question that it can be hard to know where to start.

However, change may be easier than you think.

A few small adjustments to your current routine or eating habits might be the ticket to big results rather than overhauling your entire life. If you’re wondering how to get started, read on for practical steps you can take to improve your daily health habits.

Other, LifestyleKelly AielloAugust 12, 2021Lifestyle, Hacks, Health, MindsetComment

Stress, Hormones, and Your Skin: The Surprising Connection

Are you an adult who still deals with the embarrassing effects of acne?

Have you ever wondered what was triggering your unsightly breakouts?

Have you ever noticed acne tends to appear when your stress levels run high?

If so, you may not be imagining things. In fact, you may not even be surprised to hear that our skin’s health is a reflection of what’s happening under the surface; in terms of gut health, stress levels, and hormones.

Eczema can be a manifestation of food intolerances.

Rashes can indicate an over-reactive immune system.

And acne can mean your hormones are out of whack.

What can cause our hormone levels to change? Many things - including stress. This week, we’ll dive into how stress and hormone levels can affect our skin, specifically in terms of acne.

Then we’ll give you some tips about what you can do about it.

Conditions, Lifestyle, Digestive HealthKelly AielloJanuary 21, 2021Inflammation, Food Sensitivities, Hacks, Stress, Students, AcneComment

More Crucial Brain Foods your Child Needs

Your child’s brain requires certain nutrients at the right stages of life to help them develop properly.

In our most recent post, we introduced you to six nutrients that are crucial to the growth and development of your child’s brain. Because the brain health of our kids is so crucial, this week, we’d like to continue exploring a few more.

As we did with the last blog, we will include some foods in which these nutrients can be found and what benefits they provide. Then we’ll offer up some power foods that contain several of the key nutrients your child’s brain needs.

I get that it can be hard to feed a child - especially if they happen to be picky or only want to eat certain foods or textures. Hopefully, this list of power foods is the exact tool you need!

Brain Health, Lifestyle, NeuronutritionKelly AielloNovember 26, 2020Vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Zinc, Whole Foods, Family, Hacks, Health, Kids, School, StudentsComment

6 Crucial Brain Foods your Child Needs

Did you know that your child’s brain grows and changes exceptionally rapidly?

If you are a parent, you can attest to the fact that time flies by when it comes to your child’s growth and development. But what you may not realize is that your child requires certain nutrients and crucial brain foods at the right stages of life to help them develop properly.

In this blog, let’s explore a few nutrients that are crucial to the growth and development of your child’s brain, including the foods in which they can be found. Then be sure to check back next week to discover even more crucial nutrients that your child needs as well as some key foods that contain several of them.

Brain Health, Lifestyle, NeuronutritionKelly AielloNovember 12, 2020EFA's, Omega-3, Protein, Vitamins, Family, Hacks, Health, Kids, School, StudentsComment

Support Your Child’s Brain Health with the Right Supplements

Is your child a finicky eater?

Have you ever wondered if there was something you could to do to help your child learn and function better?

If so, you’ve come to the right place! This week, I’d like to share an article with you that I wrote for Nature’s Fare Markets. It appeared in the September/October edition of their magazine - The Good Life. Packed with important information about child’s brain health and development, I also wanted to share the article with you.

So keep reading to discover how you can help support your child’s brain health with the right supplements.

Brain Health, Conditions, Neuronutrition, Lifestyle, Whole Foods, Digestive HealthKelly AielloSeptember 17, 2020Memory, Moody, Neuronutrition, ADHD, Probiotics, Omega-3, Vitamin C, Hacks, Health, Kids, School, Students, Eggs, Grass-Fed BeefComment

Emotional Freedom Technique: Tapping

Have you heard of EFT or tapping? Either way, you’re in for a treat! I’m super excited to share the recent interview I had with Brad Yates - a leading expert in EFT. Keep reading to discover the details and to learn about EFT as well as how it may help you.

Conditions, Lifestyle, OtherKelly AielloMay 14, 2020Inflammation, Hacks, Health, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindset, EFT, Stress, LifestyleComment

Boost your Mental Wellness: 12 Tips to Improve Your Mental Health

The start of every new year is a great time to set positive intentions focused on our overall wellness. Part of that includes something we often disregard or forget about; our mental wellness. And what better time to do this than during mental wellness month? Yes, January is mental wellness month and we’d all do well to focus a little (or a lot!) more on our own personal mental wellness. Many of us focus on the wellness of others and too often neglect the person that matters most - us! After all, we’re no good to anyone else if our own health, either physical or mental, suffers. If this resonates with you, I urge you to read on to discover some practical tips to help you improve your mental health and wellness.

Brain Health, Lifestyle, OtherKelly AielloJanuary 30, 2020Depression, Mental Health, Moody, Neuronutrition, Hacks, Health, Meditation, Lifestyle, NutritionistComment

Top Nutrients That Will Optimize Your Eye Health

It’s been said that the eyes are the windows to our soul.

They are the most sensitive and disease-prone part of your body, yet we often don’t think about them needing nutrients, too.

Read this week’s guest post, from a reader of HappiHuman.com to discover what nutrients can optimize eye health and in which foods they can be found.

Neuronutrition, Lifestyle, Whole FoodsKelly AielloDecember 12, 2019Antioxidant, Omega-3, Vitamins, Vitamin C, Zinc, Hacks, Avocados, EggsComment

How to Get Better Sleep

Could our modern lifestyle be preventing us from getting the quality sleep we need?

We all know that getting quality sleep is important - I’m sure you’ve felt the ramifications of a poor night’s sleep the following day (or two).

Last week I shared why sleep is so important to our health and what happens when we sleep. If you missed it, check it out here.

This week, read on to discover the health benefits of quality sleep and what you can do to get a better night’s rest.

Brain Health, Conditions, Neuronutrition, Lifestyle, OtherKelly AielloDecember 5, 2019Memory, Fatigue, Heart Health, Inflammation, Antioxidant, Carbohydrates, EFA's, Minerals, Omega-3, Protein, Spices, Vitamins, Vitamin C, Whole Foods, Zinc, Family, Hacks, Health, Sleep, Students, LifestyleComment

The Science of Sleep: What Happens When We Sleep?

The Science of Sleep: What Happens when we Sleep?

How many hours of sleep do you typically get each night? Do you wake feeling rested?

Sleep accounts for up to 33% of our lives. We know it’s important and feel the ramifications when we don’t get enough. But what exactly happens when we sleep? And how does our sleep affect both our physical and mental health?

Read this week’s post to find out!

Brain Health, Conditions, Neuronutrition, Lifestyle, OtherKelly AielloNovember 28, 2019Memory, Fatigue, Heart Health, Inflammation, Antioxidant, Carbohydrates, EFA's, Minerals, Omega-3, Protein, Spices, Vitamins, Vitamin C, Whole Foods, Zinc, Family, Hacks, Health, Sleep, Students, LifestyleComment

8 Essential Brain Foods for Studying and Staying Focused

Discover 8 important brain foods for studying now.

Whether you're studying for a college exam or preparing for a major presentation at work, you've probably wished there was a way to magically improve your concentration. Especially when there are so many attention-grabbers around us - like app notifications, roommates, tv, or family members.

How can you buckle down and study?

There's no magic pill that will improve your concentration, but there are foods that you can eat that stimulate brain health and help you focus.

Next time you're looking for a study snack, reach for one of these eight brain foods for studying.

Brain Health, Breakfast, Neuronutrition, Lifestyle, Other, Whole FoodsKelly AielloMarch 7, 2019Alzheimer's, Depression, Memory, Mental Health, Neuronutrition, Optimization, Eggs, Antioxidant, EFA's, Omega-3, Zinc, Executive, Hacks, Health, Kids, School, Students, Coffee, Serotonin, Avocados, BlueberriesComment

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