16 Surefire Ways to Make Your Commute Less Stressful

Most people spend around 25 minutes each day traveling to work. Over the course of one year that could amount to more than 200 hours merely traveling to and from work.

Researchers have found that commuters experience significantly high levels of stress. However, they also point out that not all commuting is created equal, nor does stress have to play a part.

So, how can you make your commute less stressful?

#1 Relax prior to your commute

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Cookie Monster Gets Healthy

When I was a kid I loved to watch Sesame Street, and in those days the Cookie Monster ate, well Cookies!

To be honest it didn’t make me want to veg out on “bad” food for the rest of my life either.

So, I have to admit I had mixed feelings when I heard that cookies are now a thing of the past for the lovable blue monster!

On the one hand, I’m glad kids are getting the message about healthy food. But really, isn’t this a step too far?

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7 Reasons Why Good Lifestyle Choices Can Make You a Fabulous Writer

Writer block

We all know that a healthy lifestyle can profoundly impact our overall well being, but did you know that this includes memory and concentration as well?

If you’re a writer, I’m sure you’ve experienced the dreaded “writer’s block!” While this is normal, if it happens too often, it could end up hindering your performance in the long run.

Making poor food choices prevents the body functioning at peak levels, ultimately affecting our ability to remember things, and concentrate as well as we should.

When I experience problems with concentration I can normally trace it back to poor eating habits over the last week or so. It’s so frustrating, and it’s definitely not a productive way to write!

Anyone else ever feel like this?

So, what are the benefits of making good lifestyle choices?

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Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program: Exposing the Fallacy!

Tony Ferguson DietWith so many weight loss products and plans on the market, just keeping up to date can be a challenge.

The Tony Ferguson weightloss program has now taken up residence in my local pharmacy, where I recently observed a lady purchasing a mountain of shakes, soups and supplements.

This got my heckles up! I mean, if you were to spend $50 a week on healthy, whole foods, rather than this ‘non-food’ rubbish, imagine how much healthier, and slimmer you’d be!

So, what is the Tony Ferguson diet?

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Good Diets vs Bad Diets: The Facts Revealed and Expounded

While the promise of rapid weight loss is pretty hard to resist, have you considered that your current diet may be causing more harm than good?

Many diets do work in the short-term, and therefore appeal to the masses, however very few result in lasting weight loss.

Let’s take a look at 5 popular diets that simply don’t work!

#1 Meal replacement

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