Healthy Habits • Better Lives
As part of Live Well Winona’s effort to involve the community in its mission to promote health and wellness, we are inviting community members to write or submit articles about each of our health dimensions every month.
If you have written an article relating to one of our health dimensions that you would like to share through our website and newsletter, please email it to us at [email protected] Be sure to include a title, the author, and an optional photo.
Article written by Shannon Nelson, Live Well Winona Intern, Saint Mary’s University Student Each spring, Saint Mary’s University provides an opportunity for students to give back to Winona through volunteering. This opportunity is called Spruce Up Winona and averages 150 student volunteers. This year I had the opportunity to assist in the organization and preparation for Spruce Up ...
Article written by Deb Hegland, Sales Director with Mary Kay Cosmetics, President of Women In Business Social Health has been described as a state of wellbeing for societies and the individuals who live and participate in them. It measures how people contribute to the health of each other and their community through collaborative partnerships. Local communities offer many ways to get ...
Article written by Carolyn Bray, Special to the Saint Mary's University Sports Information Office. 10/21/2012 WINONA, Minn. — Over 600 people came out to support Saint Mary's University senior volleyball player Sabrina Bushlack by participating in the Strong is the New Beautiful 5K Run/Walk on the SMU campus Sunday afternoon. Bushlack was in a car accident on July 16 that left her with ...
Article by BeWell@Stanford, Stanford University. We may all know that relationships with friends and family add immensely to the quality of life. But did you also know that such social ties can help us live longer? BeWell talks to Cecile Andrews, author and a former affiliated scholar with the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, about why it is healthy to forge connections to ...
Article written by Mike Dunn, practicum student, Parks and Recreation Over the last seven years, hundreds have gathered annually on Prairie Island for the Boats and Bluegrass festival. From all over they come and create a tight community for just a weekend. To the tune of banjos, mandolins, and guitars, these people come together and share a beautiful weekend. Prairie Island was an obvious ...
http://www.helpguide.org/life/humor_laughter_health.htm Humor is infectious. The sound of roaring laughter is far more contagious than any cough, sniffle, or sneeze. When laughter is shared, it binds people together and increases happiness and intimacy. Laughter also triggers healthy physical changes in the body. Humor and laughter strengthen your immune system, boost your energy, diminish ...
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