Thebemed Wellness Cafe’
Thebemed Wellness Cafe’
Blog Post – Purple Clover
Purple Clover is a humorous and lively site that they say is; ‘for people who hate being called “baby boomers” or “Gen Xers” as much as they dislike being called “sir” or “ma’am.” We’re young in spirit, if not in age, and comfortable in our own skin.
Although we’d never say it out loud, especially in front of our kids, we’re in our prime—still cool, still curious, and still crazy after all these years.’
Visit Purple Clover HERE!
Life keeps throwing us challenges. As we saw with Covid-19, in this globally connected world we are all touched by whatever is happening, no matter how ‘far away’. Resilience is a key quality of those who are best able to respond.
Let’s be clear – there is no quick fix to immediately ‘boost’ your immunity – no ‘wonder supplement’ or ‘power food’ will suddenly strengthen your immune system. However, living a healthy lifestyle does go a long way to keep your immune system strong. This has been found in a recent study showing that exercise may strengthen the antibody response to vaccination – both the COVID-19 vaccines and the annual flu vaccines.
Here in South Africa, there seems to be two active responses on social media to the shock of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. One is a sense of outrage and sadness at the disruption and tragic loss of life. The other seems to be an almost flippant expression of gratitude for being far away ‘down south’ from the conflict zone.
What can those two illustrious South Africans, the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and ex-President Nelson Mandela teach us about living with cancer?
In 1997 a concerned world heard that the man fondly known as ‘the Arch’, aged 65, had surgery for prostate cancer. A few years later in 2001, we were again shocked to hear that Madiba, aged 83, had also been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
One thing we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic experience is that we are not happy when we are separated from others – loved ones, colleagues and even people we do not know. We like to go to restaurants, coffee shops and just hang around people. Not only do we like it, but the pandemic has also highlighted how we need connection for our mental and emotional wellbeing. Sometimes it seems that it is only when things are taken away, that we learn to appreciate their value and importance.
Here is a helping hand for your Christmas budgeting. This App will help keep you in check. You will be able to track gift ideas as you receive them by quickly entering them in the app. Set a gift budget for each person and mark the gift as purchased as you...
For gifts this season, get creative with your own handy work. Here some ideas. Don’t get carried away, too many ideas can bog you down, cost a lot, and you may run the risk of not finishing anything. Rather keep it simple, choose one idea, practice making...
Pack up your picnic basket head out into nature, soak up the sun and celebrate. Get the kids to bring along their games as well and have fun as you all join in the two legged races, skipping competitions, ball juggling and and and .. Now you are really...
