Reconciling Anxiety and Faith: Finding Peace in God.

by By Paula Rose Parish

Anxiety manifests as excessive worry, nervousness about various aspects of life, and an overall uneasiness about the future.

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My Essential Guide To Heart Health

by By Paula Rose Parish

Without a healthy heart, we cannot prevent disease. In my wellness practice, I encounter women who do not know how to care for their hearts to prevent disease. In this article, I share my Essential Guide To Heart Health. Here, I share a few simple facts that will inform you about your most precious organ.

The heart is an important part of the circulatory system, and it’s responsible for pumping blood and oxygen throughout the entire body.

Take a moment to get in tune with your heart by placing two fingers against your neck just below your jawline. You can also try placing two fingers on your wrist, just below the base of the thumb. That bump bump feeling is your heart in action. It’s working hard to keep you alive and supply blood and oxygen to all the necessary areas in the body.

You can tell a lot from a heartbeat, including:

  • The beating of a human heart can indicate if a person is healthy or not.
  • It can also tell if you’ve recently exercised, experienced something alarming, or spotted a romantic interest across the room.
  • The heart can even be used to detect lies, because the heart begins to beat faster when a person feels stressed or uncomfortable.

The heart is an incredible organ that works hard every day. The adult heart beats between 86,000 and 144,000 times each day.** Children tend to have a faster pulse than adults which means their hearts tend to beat between 100,000 and 158,000 times a day?—?amazing!

A healthy heart is exceedingly beneficial to the human body, but an unhealthy heart can cause numerous health issues. In fact, in most western countries, heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

Some people are born with heart conditions, while others develop them over time. For some, heart issues are an unavoidable reality. For many others, the risk of heart disease can be significantly lowered with a healthy lifestyle.

A Closer Look at the Human Heart

The human heart serves an essential function in the body, but what is it and how does it work? What is unique about the heart and why is it so important to maintain a healthy heart? This section will give you a better understanding of the marvel that is the human heart.

What is the Heart?

The human heart is a muscular organ in the circulatory system that supplies oxygen and nutrients (in the blood) to tissues in the body. It is also responsible for removing carbon dioxides and other waste as it circulates in and out of the heart.

The heart rests at the centre of the body, slightly left of the centre. The adult human heart weighs between 8 and 12 ounces. Men’s hearts tend to weigh a bit more than women’s.

Parts of the Heart

The human heart has four chambers:

  • Right ventricle
  • Left ventricle
  • Right atrium
  • Left atrium

The bottom chambers: The right and left ventricles are responsible for pumping blood out of the heart. The right ventricle receives blood from the right atrium and then sends it to the lungs, which can be filled with oxygen. The left ventricle, the strongest chamber in the heart, pumps the oxygen-rich blood back into the body.

The top chambers: The right and left atrium are responsible for receiving blood entering the heart. The right atrium receives blood from the veins and then sends it on to the right ventricle. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and passes it on to the left ventricle.

What is Blood Pressure?

Blood pressure refers to the force used to pump blood and oxygen throughout the body. The heart creates this force.

When a doctor or nurse measures blood pressure, they’re checking to see how much force is used to circulate the blood through the body. Naturally, if your heart is beating faster your blood pressure may also rise, but there are other factors that lead to high blood pressure like smoking, stress, or lack of physical activity.

An unusually high or low blood pressure may indicate a problem in the circulatory system.

Fun Facts About the Heart

  • The average heart is the size of an adult fist.
  • The heart pumps around 2,000 gallons of blood each day.
  • The heart can continue to beat even when it’s disconnected from the body.
  • There are around 60,000 miles worth of blood vessels in the body.
  • Women have slightly faster heart rates than men on average.
  • Every cell in the human body gets blood from the heart except the cornea.
  • Heart cancer is extremely rare?—?heart cells stop dividing early in life.
  • New borns have the fastest heart rate, and it can be as high as 300 beats per minute.
  • Despite popular opinion, your heart doesn’t stop beating when you sneeze.

Common Heart Conditions

There are many types of heart disease and heart conditions, but here we will be discussing some of the most common ones.

Here’s a quick look at common heart conditions:

  • Coronary heart disease
  • Angina
  • Heart attack
  • Heart failure
  • Arrhythmia
  • Valve disease
  • High blood pressure
  • Congenital heart defects
  • Inherited heart conditions
  • Sudden cardiac arrest
  • High cholesterol
  • Heart murmur

How to Care For Your Heart

Some of the things mentioned in the section above are products of genetics or circumstances, meaning there are outside controlling factors that couldn’t have been prevented. For many other heart conditions, lifestyle plays a large part in keeping the heart healthy.

Though lifestyle changes can’t 100% protect you from developing a heart condition, experts believe that they can significantly reduce the risk.

Here are some of the significant ways that doctors, scientists, and heart specialists recommend keeping the heart healthy- follow these important steps:

  • Start a heart-healthy diet.
  • Maintain a healthy weight.
  • Lower your cholesterol.
  • Maintain blood pressure within a healthy range.
  • Get more exercise.
  • Avoid using tobacco.
  • Limit alcohol consumption.
  • Lower stress.
  • Use preventative care and take prescribed medicine.

Virtual Hugs, and Remember to Live Life on Purpose because Your Wellness Matters!

 Hello, I’m Paula; I can help you enhance and maintain your health and well-being for a healthier and happier You.

I advocate Holistic living, which is not just about the practice of therapeutic interventions; it’s also about living life authentically—it’s about living Your Best Life!

In my blogs and videos, I share how to approach daily living ‘holistically’ for the healing, health, and wellness of Mind, Body, and Personal Development to be a healthier and happier You.

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Remember, live life with intention because your wellness matters. Paula Rose Parish is a life member of (ISFP) The International Society of Female Professionals. And also earned qualifications in pastoral counselling and theology, a Master of Arts in counselling in professional development, and a BACP in life coaching. Paula Rose is currently working on her health and nutrition certification.

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Quick Tips For Better Meal Planning

by By Paula Rose Parish

No more confusion over what to Cook!


Better Meal planning can be an excellent way to upgrade your relationship with food. There are several benefits to figuring out (and prepping) what you’ll be eating in advance.

Meal planning can minimize the amount you spend on food shopping. Better Meal planning is also about Buying a bulk ingredient (like chicken) and using it in several meals.

You can also give yourself a clear list of ingredients to follow when you go to the grocery store. This means you’re less likely to go “off-budget” than if you were browsing the aisles.

Plus, meal planning can help you stick to your diet. If you’re trying to cut down on fast food, having your meals already prepared is a great way to get started.

So, where exactly do you get started with meal planning?

Start With Your Go-To Meals

Successful meal planning doesn’t mean you must spend hours scouring a cookbook every night to develop new, affordable recipes. While it helps to look for new ideas occasionally, you can start with some of your favourites.

Pick meals you’ll be happy to eat at any time that are relatively easy to make. It’s also worth focusing on food that doesn’t cost a fortune.

Starting with the meals you already feel comfortable with means you don’t have to learn how to cook something new from scratch.

Find a Designated Place for Recipes

You may stumble across the occasional recipe you want to try. Find a designated place to store those recipes for later reference.

For instance, you might have a folder in your kitchen to turn to when you’re running out of ideas. You may want to use a Pinterest board to visually browse your options at a glance and see what makes your stomach rumble.

Use Building Blocks

At the beginning of each week, choose a couple of different types of protein, one or two grains, and a vegetable collection. You can prepare all of these foods in advance, then look for ways to incorporate them into different meals as you go.

For instance, if you start with bacon and sweetcorn, you can have a pizza on Monday, wraps on Tuesday, a pasta dish on Wednesday and so on.

This is a fantastic way to reduce your meal prep time. It can also save you some serious cash, as you can buy a selection of items in bulk rather than paying for a wide range of individual ingredients.

Leverage Frozen Ingredients

Frozen ingredients are your friend because they can be easily divided into different meals according to your needs. For example, you can divide a bag of frozen vegetables between several meals throughout the week and get them prepped in no time.

Not only do frozen products save you time, but they can also save you cash. It’s usually more affordable to buy frozen food than to go fresh every time. You don’t need to stick to frozen for every meal, but you might find it makes meal prepping easier.

Get Input From The Household

When organising meals for the whole family, it’s easy to get hyper-focused and forget about simple things, like asking your loved ones what they want.

 Talking to your roommates and family about what they might like to eat will inspire you if you run out of ideas.

You’ll also get the extra benefit of knowing the meals you cook are ones your loved ones will look forward to eating. This can make life much easier if you’re a parent and plan meals for kids.

Schedule a Lazy Day

Meal prepping and planning are great ways to control your budget and time. However, it’s not always easy to follow a schedule. There will be times when you feel your planned meal for the evening just isn’t the right choice, given the circumstances.

With that in mind, give yourself the freedom to skip that day and cook whatever you like.

Plan a lazy night every week when you can make whatever you want without worrying about using pre-prepped ingredients and recipes. If you make your pre-prepped meals freezer-friendly, you can always eat them another day without waste.

Remember, better meal planning can be an excellent way to upgrade your relationship with food.

Keep a weekly-to-week routine when planning your meals to reduce confusion about what to eat. Planning spells success!

I hope these strategies are helpful to you.

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Is the Who-ha about Focus All Bananas?

by Blog Post by Paula Rose

Is the idea focus all Bananas?? Let’s Find out!

Ask Yourself-

Is eating a banana split or a tofu sandwich on whole-grain bread more enjoyable?

Is it more pleasurable to watch your favourite old movie for the ninth time or to spend that time at the gym?

Choices, Choices, Choices ?

One option is much more enjoyable in the short term but adds to your long-term pain.

The best long-term choices aren’t much fun in the short term. It’s a cruel joke.

This mindset is the primary cause of procrastination.

Instead of asking yourself what would feel good right now, ask yourself what you can do to benefit yourself in the future.

One tofu sandwich instead of a bacon cheeseburger might not significantly impact today, but it will make a massive difference if you make it a habit.

How to Maintain a Long-Term Focus.

Imagine your decision replicated every day for the next five years. What would be the logical result?

Imagine eating that banana split every day for five long years. Will your physique and health improve or worsen? Is the idea of focus all Bananas?

What’s pleasurable in the short term is often detrimental in the long term.

So now, after reading this, I am asking you the question: Is Focus all Bannas?

“You don’t have to be a genius or visionary?—?You just need a framework and a dream.”

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#9 Reflections for the Golden Years

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Isaiah 46:4 And I will still be carrying you when you are old. Your hair will turn grey, and I will still carry you. Saith the Lord, I made you, and I will carry you to safety.

We all know that at any age, there can be times when we seem to have a variety of aches and pains, which prompt us to think that a personal MOT might be timely! The fact of having a few chronic health issues doesn’t stop the majority of our ‘good bits’ from functioning really well. Indeed, people often speak of the compensation one gets for the loss of a sense. So, it is important to focus on the areas where all is still well.

As we age, we have a challenge in continuing to do those things we have always been able to handle as well as possible. We may not be as swift in our movements as before, but does that really matter? Younger people can be impetuous and, as in driving, go unnecessarily fast.

But as we age, to remain healthy in mind and body, we should calmly adjust to the speed to suit our mind and body (plus the rules of the road). It’s important to realize that we should never feel guilty by slowing down and doing things differently. I have a friend who ended up with a massive heart attack and was diagnosed due to stress because she refused to slow down as she was approaching her 70s.

Slowing down does not mean giving up, although many interpret it that way. Slowing down means being wise, listening to one’s body and mind and not pushing ourselves to exhaustion. God wants us to enjoy each day. God wants us to smell the roses, as they say, and enjoy the sky and the flowers. All there is to see and appreciate as we move through our day. If you had a beloved pet who became a part of the family but has now grown old, you would notice that he slows to his own speed, and you accept that with understanding and offer him comfort.


The old family pet drops some of his youthful tricks, finds himself a place in the sun, and does not fret about his new situation. It doesn’t preoccupy or cause him to wonder what other pets will think of their changed routine. How wise!

Of course, we also need to find the appropriate ‘place in the sun’ for ourselves as we age. A comfortable chair is a special gift to oneself. But a comfortable frame of mind is a ‘freebie’ that is even more rewarding.

However, Watching out for any sign of disinterest in people and exaggerated self-pity is essential. Regrets about past actions must be left behind with the realization that there is no change. You had ups and downs.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Like your pet, find activities you are comfortable with. Some may still climb up the nearest mountain. Others prefer to sit on the bank of the stream with their toes in the water. Choice, freedom and responsibility are blessings from God. Learn to practice contemplative prayer, go on retreats, be still and know that God is with you and IN you.

The golden years can be happy days of growth and creativity. It’s up to you!
Ruth 4:15: He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age.

 Love & Grace

Paula Rose Parish IHS

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