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5 Free Workshops This Week at the Buffalo Central Library
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The Central Library in downtown Buffalo has some great resources and the best part is that they are free. You can take classes, get help with creating and editing your resume and so much more. Here are 5 free programs being held at the Central Library, located at 1 Lafayette Square in Buffalo, this week:
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM University Express: Self-Care Tips for Caregivers
The instructor for this online class is Lynn Riker, Director of Outreach, Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo. The class will teach you about support options and give you tips to help you as a caregiver. It will also discuss resources for self-care. Click here to register and get more information.
The other form of self-talk is a personal counsel
. This is like having a therapist off whom I bounce ideas.
This voice is gentle and talks me through a variety of issues that plague me daily. These include issues surrounding my future, my role in society now, and why I feel comfort in my own company in dealing with my own MS.
As a person, I can be hard on myself, a perfectionist who has difficulty attaining impossible goals. But when my gentle interior voice speaks up, it tells me not to berate myself and that I am worth more than I imagine. This is the balancing voice that makes my world function.
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Gen Xer and author Ada Calhoun says many women of her generation face a unique set of challenges because of when they were born and raised, and when they started careers and families. Those challenges have been exacerbated by the pandemic, she says.
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How have the women of Generation X (or Gen X for short) been sleeping during the first year of the pandemic? Not very well, says Ada Calhoun, the author of
Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis.
Not that Gen X women (those born between 1965 and 1980) ever really snoozed blissfully, at least not in midlife.
This simple habit can ensure that you’re drinking enough water. One in five kids and young adults reported not having a single drop on a given day, according to a JAMA Pediatrics report, and adults often don’t get enough either. Your body needs fluids to maintain proper functioning, and dehydration may lead to constipation, dizziness, confusion and low blood pressure.
SMART TRICK: Be sure to constantly refill your water bottle every hour. Purchasing a 9-ounce S well insulated bottle, a GHI top pick, means you ll be able to measure your progress throughout the day (did you down it all before refilling? No? Time to drink up!).