4 Signs You Are Giving Too Much To Other People and Not Taking Care Of Yourself.
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One of the best feelings in life comes with helping others out and making a positive impact on the people we love and care for. After all, who doesn’t want the best for their friends and family? However, when you start caring too much and cross the line between good intentions and people pleasing, it can end up taking a heavy toll on your own happiness.
While it’s often been said that kindness costs nothing, sadly that’s not the case. Many people find themselves being taken advantage of and exploited because they are too kind and care too much about others. That’s when they end end up paying the price and their kindness becomes both harmful and self-destructive.
To avoid being used and manipulated you need to first realize that you’re giving too much of yourself, whether it be time, money, or other resources, and that it’s a major problem. To help you self-evaluate, here are four common signs that indicate you care way too much and how to put an end to each of them:
1. You’re surrounded by attention seeking, overly needy people. When you look around at the people in your life and they’re all dependent on you in some sort of way, that’s a major red flag. It means you’re attracting these needy, desperate types of people because you put up with them in the first place! By feeding their egos and giving them attention, you’re really looking for something to be completed or a hole to be filled within your own self. When you give too much people will take it all and then ask for more, it will never be enough for them.
That’s why you need to set clear boundaries and stick with them firmly, never get pressured into doing things and be more assertive. Also, spend time alone and learn to love yourself. Only then will you be able to attract other kind, like-minded souls.
2. Your own needs come last. When you care too much, everyone else comes first. In the end, you are the one who ends up missing out on everything because you’re too busy pleasing others. When this happens over and over again, you’re bound to feel horrible and drained inside.
Instead of putting other people’s needs first, put your own needs and yourself first! It’s very simple and it doesn’t mean you’re a greedy or selfish person. The hardest part is breaking the habit and just doing it. In the end, you’ll feel better emotionally and mentally and you won’t get burned out.
3. You often get taken advantage of. When people see how much you care and what you’re willing to do to help someone, they will notice and expect the same. This can spiral quickly out of control and all of your kindness will be taken for granted and used up. People do not have a healthy respect for compassion, they see it as a weakness and a way to exploit others.
Instead of continually giving in time and time again, say no and stand up for yourself. If you notice people asking too much of you, turn them down and let them know that you feel they are taking advantage of you. That way they won’t keep trying to use you or expect anything more.
4. You try too hard to please others, leading to your own detriment. When all your time and energy goes towards helping out others and making sure they feel good or are all taken care of, you have no time for yourself. Not taking care of yourself can lead to feeling like you’re out of control and when that happens a breakdown, depression, and other health problems are not far off.
You can’t please everyone and nor should you try to. Make sure that you always take time for yourself and listen to what your body and mind are trying to tell you. No one is going to die or suffer if you put yourself first for once, so do it!
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6 Simple Ways To Get Rid of That Stubborn Belly Fat On Your Chair At The Office or At Home.
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Would you be happy to strengthen and flatten your abs without doing hundreds of crunches? There is a much more effective way to get results! Most of us sit during a large part of our day. It is often hard to fit in a workout before we leave for the office, or even if we work from home, frustrating our desire to get in shape.
The VIDEO you are about to watch below, offers a logical solution which focuses on those abs that we’d like to flatten and firm…ALL WHILE SITTING IN A CHAIR! Denise Austin, from the YouTube channel BeFit, demonstrates 6 easy-to-follow moves that focus on: SCULPTING AND SLIMMING THE WAISTLINE AND TIGHTENING THE OBLIQUE MUSCLES.
THE 6 EXERCISES DEMONSTRATED ARE:
1. KNEE PULL-INS
You pull one knee at a time into your abs, feeling the pull from the navel to the spine. This move TARGETS THE LOWER ABS.
2. DOUBLE KNEE LIFT USING AB MUSCLES ONLY
This more advanced move works the entire abdominal area.
3. OBlQUES (SIDES OF WAISTLINE)
Leaning slightly to the side, you do the same move as #2, alternating sides, using your ab muscles to lift your knees into your stomach. Repetitions of this exercise SLIMS THE WAISTLINE.
4. ROTATIONS
With your arms bent up at the elbows, you twist from side to side. This move KEEPS YOUR CIRCULATION GOING THROUGH TO THE SPINE.
5. FLOOR REACHES
Alternate reaching across and touching the floor, while keeping your feet flat on the ground. This move works those stubborn LOVE HANDLES.
6. PULL-UPS
Holding onto the arms of the chair, pull your knees into your abs and lift your whole body off the chair, and hold yourself up as long as you can. This not only STRENGTHENS YOUR CORE (which is so important to keeping your back pain-free), but WORKS YOUR ENTIRE ARM.
Watch these moves demonstrated in the footage below, to achieve the results you want!
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This Fan Came To Enjoy The Game, But When The Music Starts He Steals The Show
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Have you ever felt like just going wild and letting go of all your inhibitions when your favorite song comes on? Many of us have experienced the urge to spontaneously start dancing but we suppress the urge and bob our heads instead because we either care what other people think or we don’t want to embarrass ourselves or make a scene. Not Jeremy Fry, he could care less what anyone thought of him and that’s part of what makes this video so awesome.
Fry is a Boston Celtics super-fan who has been following the team since he was seven years old. He was at one of the Celtics home games back in 2009 when Bon Jovi’s mega hit “Livin’ On A Prayer” started playing over the sound system during a break. The arena’s Jumbotron was flashing between shots of different fans dancing in the crowd when the camera suddenly found him, and the rest as they say is history!
Jeremy was already feeling the beat and getting into his groove, waving his fingers around and tapping his foot. In hindsight, the look on his face says that he had something special in store for the crowd that evening. A few seconds later he exploded out of his seat, performed an elaborate kick move, and began dancing like no one was watching! To truly understand how unbelievably awesome this video is you have to simply watch it. No words or description can do it the justice that it deserves!
On that night Fry truly embraced his inner rock star as he worked his way down the steps. All the while he interacted with members of the crowd in between busting out sweet moves and dancing up a storm. He clearly knew the 80s classic by heart because he danced so well to the beat and lip synced the ballad perfectly. The audience loved it and cheered him on enthusiastically the entire way. By the time he was finished he’d won over the crowd and years later, the internet.
Fast forward to November 2013 and the Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer” is on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at the number 25 spot! How could that be, at that point in time the song was almost 30 years old. It’s all because the video of Jeremy Fry dancing at the Celtics game had re-surfaced and gone completely viral. It was so popular and viewed so many times that it managed to influence song sales and chart positions! That just goes to show you the power of an insanely popular video and of course, a classic hit song too!
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6 Plants You Should Put In Your Home That Will Make You The Healthiest According To NASA
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Placing a few plants around your house is a great way to instantly decorate and brighten up any indoor space. Not only do houseplants look fresh and attractive, they can also help to clean and purify the air in our homes.
Breathing in cleaner, fresher air can do wonders for our minds, bodies, and souls. With less toxins floating around in the air we’re able to breathe in cleaner oxygen, which reduces our overall chances of becoming ill or sick. It also makes us healthier all around by boosting our mood and energy levels, thereby reducing depression and lethargy in the process.
While the natural air filtering abilities of plants have been known for some time, they were further backed by science after NASA conducted its Clean Air Study to find out which plants work the best. The space program had been looking for ways to clean the air up in its space stations while also boosting oxygen levels in the process. What they found was that certain plants filter out common volatile organic compounds (VOCs) a lot better than the rest. VOCs are toxic to human health and include nasty chemicals such as formaldehyde, ammonia, benzene, and toluene!
While many plants are beautiful and good to have around, here is a list of the best ones that have been found to be more effective than the rest at naturally filtering out VOCs and other air pollutants:
1. Bamboo Palm- Removes benzene, formaldehyde, and trichloroethylene. Bamboo is among the top performing air filtering plant on this list. It prefers shade over direct sunlight and so you can stick it anywhere you have room or in a spot that could use a little greenery.
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2. Spider Plant- Removes formaldehyde, xylene and toluene. Spider plants are one of the easiest plants to care for and grow. They flourish with indirect sunlight and are quite resilient. They’re also safe for animals and are specifically non-toxic to dogs and cats, so if you have pets at home this is a plant you should definitely consider getting!
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3. Chrysanthemum- Removes benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene and toluene, ammonia. The beautiful, colorful flowering plant removes all of the toxins on the list that NASA specifically tested for, making it one of the top two most effective air purifiers in the study. The pretty flowers do best in direct sunlight and come in all variety of colors so pick up a few the next time you’re out!
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4. Peace Lily- Removes benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene and toluene, ammonia. This hardy, shade loving plant is the one other plant, besides Chrysanthemums, on NASA’s list that removed all of the most common VOCs. However, they are highly toxic to dogs and cats, so keep that in mind if you have a pet that loves to chew on stuff, especially plants.
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5. Aloe Vera- Removes benzene and formaldehyde. Aloe is one of the easiest, hardiest, and most widely available plants on this list. It’s long been used for a variety of health related issues and people use the gel found in it to treat burns, sunburns, constipation, scrapes, cuts, and other minor skin related conditions.
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6. Snake Plant- Removes benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene and toluene. Snake plants do well in extremely low-light areas which makes them a great plant to stick in a humid bathroom where most other plants would suffer. They’re also super low maintenance and really hard to kill, which makes them ideal for those of us with not so green thumbs!
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There are a lot of other great plants that can boost your health and energy beyond those covered above. The accompanying video goes over even more of them so be sure to check it out and see which ones work best for you!
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What Does The Shape Of Your Nails Reveal About You?
There are all sorts of ways to go about examining our personalities at a glance. People have been coming up with tests and theories on the topic for ages. Oftentimes these concepts and beliefs center around a part of our bodies, like the head, feet, or hands. One popular example you’ve likely been exposed to is phrenology, which focuses on analyzing character traits based off of skull measurements. While these days it has fallen by the wayside with few people practicing it, back in the early 1800’s there was an entire area of study dedicated to the discipline.
The most recent trend happens to do with hands and the primary focus is on nail shape. Generally known as nail personality diagnosis, it’s where the shape of your nails are used to analyze and predict certain personality traits. Originally from Japan, the idea has spread just as quickly as it takes to look down at your own nails and see what they say about your personality!
While some people might be skeptical about these types of things, try to have an open mind about it! In a way, it all comes down to your personality and how far you’re willing to read into and believe these character analyses. So do a little self-evaluation, see if it’s accurate, and have fun with it! Find your nail shape in the picture above and read on below to see what it reveals:
1. Vertically Long Nails: Even-tempered, precise, engaging. You are imaginative and creative which draws others to you. People enjoy hanging out with you because you listen closely and are friendly.
2. Short and Broad Nails: Logical, analytical, quick to anger. You always tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, which is both a blessing and a curse. People don’t always want or need to hear the hard truth.
3 and 4. Round or Egg Shaped Nails: Laid back, positive, level headed. You are an original who moves to your own beat. Things never get the best of you because you don’t allow them to, which is why you have so many long-term friends.
5. Square Shaped Nails: Sturdy, unyielding, stubborn. You often find yourself in a leadership position because people look to you for guidance. Your serious attitude, along with the various skills you possess, get things done.
6 and 7. Triangular or Inverted Nails: Intelligent, innovative, mesmerizing. You’re driven by perfection and may even be a genius. You race through life solving problems as you go because of your brain’s ability to think lightning quickly.
8. Almond Shaped Nails: Loyal, genuine, amicable. You’re a breathe of fresh air and are always so nice, polite, and well-mannered. But if people are rude or violate your trust, you don’t just sit there and take it, you stand up for yourself. People respect you for that and enjoy your company.
9. Sword or Diamond Shaped Nails: Driven, entrepreneurial, laser focused.. You are super industrious because you have a plan for the future. Not only do you work hard to reach your long-term goals, but also because you really enjoy the fulfilling feeling that comes along with it.
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Neglected Circus Tiger Was Put In a Tiny Rusty Cage For 12 Years. Now Watch When He’s Freed.
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A tiny rusty old cage is no place for any wild animal to live, let alone a full grown tiger. Sadly, that’s exactly where a beautiful tiger named Hoover was forced to live his life as part of a traveling circus in Peru.
While the details of Hoover’s early life remain mostly unknown, it’s believed that he was originally part of a group of 6-12 tigers that the circus used in their shows. By the time his rescuers got to him, he was the last remaining one. Over the past twelve years of his life he had been mistreated, abused, and forced to perform tricks. When he wasn’t being openly exploited he was kept locked up in a cramped cage day in and day out, always on the move. He needed help fast or he would die.
Life was anything but natural and comfortable for Hoover. His captors brought him from one town to the next where he was allowed out only for shows. His cage was completely inadequate for such a large, majestic tiger and barely allowed him any room to move around. He spent the days pacing back and forth in the hot, dusty, stale air with nothing to stimulate his mind or play with. All he had was a dusty floor to lay on that was surrounded by metal bars and dirt. There was no real shelter overhead to protect him from the elements and the neglectful state he was held in was horrendous.
The circus that Hoover was found with had been on the run for eight months before authorities caught up with them. For years a number of travelling circuses had operated in Peru using wild animals in their shows. The country recently changed the law and passed a circus animal ban in response to widespread cruelty, abuse, and sub-par conditions in which most circus animals were kept. The ban made it illegal to keep or use animals in circus shows and authorities have been working alongside animal advocacy non-profits, like Animal Defenders International (ADI), to strictly enforce it. Thanks to a tip from the public they’d received, ADI was able to stage a surprise raid on the circus and recover Hoover.
They immediatley took him to their resuce center in Peru and threw open the cage door to let him out and taste freedom for the first time. This video captures the moment he was finally released from his life of abuse and neglect. For the first time in perhaps all of his 12 years he was able to fully stretch out and do the one action that all cats seem to love! After his stretch he cautiously headed through the door and out into the temporary holding pen, where he stepped onto soft green grass. The grass on the bottom of his paws must have felt so strange and yet wonderful.
The veterinarians at ADI checked him out and found he was sick and emaciated. After months of rehab the big tiger was restored back to full health and once he was given the all clear, he was ready to head to his new forever home at Big Cat Rescue (BCR) in Florida. Getting a full grown tiger from Peru to America is no small operation. It took a full year before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finally gave its approval and only then did Hoover’s road trip begin. The journey involved multiple trucks and transfers before he was secured into a cargo plane for the final leg of his trip. Vets and caretakers monitored his health closely to ensure he was safe and comfortable every step of the way.
When he finally touched down and arrived at the BCR facility he was released into his new enclosure to check it all out. His new habitat is worlds away from the cramped barren cage he was held in, it’s filled with an abundance of plants, trees, grasses, and other greenery. There’s also platforms to rest on in the sunshine and a lake to swim and cool off in on the premises. Check out the clip to see Hoover exploring his new digs, drinking from the lake, walking among the trees, and sniffing at the ground. From the looks of it, he loves the water and couldn’t be happier!
Hoover will live out the rest of his life at BCR where he’s free to wander about his new habitat completely unchained. He no longer faces a life full of uncertainty and constant travel, there are no more people gawking at him, or trainers abusing him. Instead, he finally has the chance to spend his final years among other tigers, in the wild where he’s protected and able to move about on his own, and that is beautiful.
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How You Can Strengthen Damaged Knee Joints and Heal The Pain In Your Knees Naturally, Without Surgery or Pills
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I don’t know about you, but my knees always hurt when I’m going up a flight of stairs. I was a runner for many years, and although it kept me in shape, the wear and tear on my knees as well as aging, has weakened them.
Whether your knees currently hurt or not, the following video is for you; eventually everyone experiences knee pain, and the more we strengthen them the better. Dr. Jo, a physical therapist and Doctor of Physical Therapy presents 3 excellent solutions for strengthening your knees.
The key to KNEE STRENGTHENING is to REBUILD JOINT STRENGTH. This will not only REDUCE PAIN (if you already have it), but will act as a PREVENTATIVE for knee joint erosion as you age. Dr. Jo emphasizes the importance of maintaining correct form when doing the following 3 KNEE STRENGTHENING EXERCISES:
1. STEP UPS
For this move you can actually use a step in your house, or a couple of hard covered books if your step is too high. As you will see, it is important to move slowly (using your muscles not momentum) to go up and down. It is also important to always keep your bent knee behind your toes.
2. LUNGES
Again, keeping your knee behind your toes, you alternate lunges with each leg, keeping your upper body straight and maintaining a controlled motion.
3. SQUATS
While keeping your legs shoulder width apart, you lower your rear as if you are going to sit, using a low chair or coffee table as the object to tap so you don’t go down too far. It is key that you not go fully down into a sitting position, and once again keep your knees behind those toes!
Dr. Jo further emphasizes the importance of mobilizing and stretching the knee, before strengthening it. She focusses on correct form so that the knee actually gets strengthened; following the moves you are about to view accurately is key to not moving in ways that could do further damage to the joint. Doing these 3 exercises daily will go a long way in strengthening your knees and getting pain relief!
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Rescued Pit Bull Gets His First Taste of Pizza. His Celebration Dance Is The Funniest.
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Who doesn’t love pizza? The numbers alone don’t lie. According to the National Association of Pizza Operators (NAPO) Americans purchase three billion pizzas every year and 350 slices are sold around the country with each passing second. That’s a staggering amount of cheesy, meaty, saucy heaven being scarfed down!
It’s not only humans who can’t resist the appetizing aroma of a freshly baked pizza pie, our pets mouths also water when they get a whiff of it. A few animals even go nuts when they get a bite of the tasty treat, like The Mighty Finn does in this hilarious video of him getting what his owner calls the “Pizza Crust Zoomies!”
The clip starts off with Finn licking his lips in anticipation of the pizza crust snack that he knows is coming. As soon as his owner places the doughy piece in his mouth he reacts immediately and goes off like a rocket! The pit bull joyfully streaks around the room with the weirdest, yet most adorable run and zooms back and forth as if he’s bouncing off the walls! Finn only stops so that he can finish chewing his food and swallow it before resuming his speedy trip back around to pick up a few pieces he dropped in all his excitement. Then he’s right back looking up at his human for some more pizza crust which she happily obliges! Judging from the sound of her laughter, it seems as if she’s just as delighted as her dog is!
The video was posted on the sweet pit bull’s own personal Facebook page, The Mighty Finn, and while he’s happy and healthy now, things weren’t always so great. Finn is a rescue dog who was saved from a life of neglect during a cruelty investigation conducted by the ASPCA. When they found him, his journey was just beginning. He was transferred to the rescue group Plenty of Pit Bulls who placed him in a foster home in order to help readjust and acclimate him back to a normal, healthy life.
When he was finally adopted by his loving owners they brought him back to his forever home where he met his new family, two cats and three other dogs. Now he always has a friend to snuggle up next to and play with! Life certainly turned out for the better for Finn. These days he can be found relaxing in the sunshine, chewing on a toy, romping around at the beach, and of course, eating pizza!
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