Well Being Magazine

The Impact of the Mind-Body Connection

By Laura Walker, staff writer for Canopy Children’s Solutions Greeks believed in Mind-Body Dualism – in which the mind and body are thought to exist independently where one has no effect on the other. However modern research has shown that matters of mental health have a great impact on physical health. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, originally conducted by Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), examined 17,000 adults Read more »

Saving for a Rainy Day in… YOUR FITNESS BANK

by Brian B. Parr, Ph.D., ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist Saving money for emergencies is a wise habit and can be crucial to being prepared in case of a change in your financial situation due to a lost job or unexpected expense. While putting savings aside for a rainy day may seem like common sense, all too often people are caught without enough to tide them over if or when the Read more »

Just Chill

With temperatures soaring well into the triple digits this summer, athletes are among the most vulnerable for heat-related illnesses according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. During strenuous physical activities, the body emanates a lot of heat. An athlete’s core body temperature can elevate from your optimum 98.6° F to more than 104° F! Perspiration is the body’s way to normalize the body temperature, through the process of radiation. Read more »

Belhaven University to Open Madison Campus

MADISON, Miss. – Starting this fall Belhaven University will open a new campus in Madison. According to Belhaven President Dr. Roger Parrott, the Madison site will offer a number of on-site degrees that will include undergraduate and graduate studies. “I am thrilled we are opening a campus in Madison because so many working professionals need access to graduate degrees in a convenient location,” said Dr. Parrott. “We’ve been providing accelerated format Read more »