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A mindful eating meditation
In our last blog, we provided you with some information on mindful eating and now we offer this adaptation of a mindful eating meditation for you or to teach your children to get an idea of what it involved in mindful eating. (We’ve used a mango but you can try it with other fruit you…
Read MoreMindful Eating
Does this image look familiar to you? As you eat or drink do you watch television, play or read on your mobile devices, tend to the children, work at your desks, or even drive? We do these things thinking we are multi-tasking, being efficient or taking a well-needed break. What we are really doing is…
Read MoreTake a Breath
Take care of yourself. Our Simple Tips for Coping with Stress article gives you ideas to take care of yourself during stressful times. Now, we are adding to your self-care toolkit with something you already do all the time…breathing. But we want to make it intentional by showing you some breathing exercises. Breathing exercises are…
Read MoreWorking from home and physical distancing
It’s been a few weeks now and you feel like you still haven’t quite figured out. You, your spouse and whoever else lives with you have to work from home, and, oh yeah, the kids are trying to do school from home too. Suddenly it’s a competition to get access to a computer, to the…
Read MoreSimple Tips for Coping with Stress
Social distancing, homeschooling, and not knowing when the shut-down will end. Parents may be feeling bewildered, overwhelmed, and at a loss as to how to cope with this “new normal”. At Qwellcor International we share in some of your concerns and fears and want you to know that you are not alone. Every week…
Read MoreThe effect of sugar use in the Caribbean
We recently came across a wonderful organization dedicated to healthy living in the Caribbean. The Healthy Caribbean Coalition works to promote the reduced incidence in the 4 non-communicable diseases that are rampant within the Caribbean – heart disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory disease. One example of the excellent resources produced by the CHC is…
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