Listen up - believe it or not, there are a few scientifically proven issues about your home that can actually add severe anxiety to your life and can affect you both mentally and physically. These stress factors can include anything and everything from general maintenance and repairs of your home to the design and decoration of your rooms - they can take up a lot of thinking time, and then they can start to impact on your mental health because what we see, hear, breathe and smell in our homes, or in fact any environment, can affect our mood and stress levels, which directly impact our mental health. Ignoring your mental health can have serious long-term adverse effects on your overall health. So, if you think that your emotional well-being is being affected by your home, then there are a few things that you can explore and possibly change to ensure your mental health improves. Our HomeThe place in which we live is supposed to keep us safe and happy, and we tend to treat them as extensions of our own personalities and identities. There are various things that you can positively work on if you think your home environment is affecting you - these include:Your Home SituationIf you live in a rented home or somewhere you aren't secure, comfortable or happy, you can find it can have a seriously negative effect on your mental health, especially depression. Factors such as a poor neighbourhood, rundown property, vandalism, loud or obnoxious neighbours can have a severe impact on your mental state.

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As governments around the world are bringing themselves in and out of lockdowns, our salons are going from periods of no work at all, to sudden frenzies of packed out days and even nights from deprived clients who need a treatment. The periods after lockdown can be great for salon owners, as months without treatments mean that clients often want to catch-up, and catch-up big. But it can be super stressful.

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If you want to quit smoking, there are a number of options open to you - it's just a question of finding the most effective way for you to reduce or eliminate your dependency on smoking. One of the best ways to do everything you need to in order to quit smoking is to focus on the lifestyle changes that you are going to need to make.

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Mom was right, who knew? The most important thing you can do for your health overall is to sleep. Maybe mom just did need some "mommy time," but she did have the doctor to back her up.

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For many years, I suffered from nasal congestion. When I developed seasonal allergies at about the age of 30, I could hardly breathe, and my eyes would water and almost swell shut.

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The study of humanity creating and using tools to accomplish tasks offers an amazing look into the natural ingenuity instilled deep within each man and woman. What is even more astonishing are the breathtaking creations of the last several decades, whose incredible advancements often leave us in awe. Due to this, it is odd to see humankind in this day in age disregarding centuries of efficient tools and reverting to a more carnal way of accomplishing things.

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You may be wondering what is the point of no-makeup if you could just simply wear none. The truth is, however, that every face will look slightly better with no-makeup than without it.

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When the time comes for your child to brush his or her teeth, the struggle is often all too real for new parents. Though the nightly battle might seem like it will never end, there are a few steps you can take to make the situation less dramatic.

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Urinary incontinence can end up having a big impact on how people live their day-to-day life - if they do nothing about it. A minor nuisance can turn into something major if it means the individual fears even going to the local shop for groceries in case any kind of incontinence occurs during the shopping outing.

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Healthy teeth are essential for the overall health of a person. In fact, dental problems may lead to other medical problems, including heart disease.

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