Kara Heissman

Kara Heissman has seen over the years how the quality of people's lives are reduced by their inability to find solutions for certain difficulties in their lives. With the great want to help, she has decided to share her experiences, knowledge and insights through her own self-improvement blog Contented Life.

May 13 BY in Family, Lifestyle, Productivity, Uncategorized, Work

Secrets To Balancing Work And Family Life

144 Shares Conflict between work and family life is one of the most common sources of stress for working adults, so achieving a balance between them is essential.

April 17 BY in Health, Lifestyle

14 WARNING Signs that You’re Way Too Stressed

296 Shares Like in any medical condition, the starting point towards the resolution of the problem that is stress is symptom recognition.

February 26 BY in Lifestyle

Five Quirky Ways to Reduce Stress

213 Shares There are a few proven ways to reduce contributors to our stress.

December 20 BY in Lifestyle

How To Be Successful In Life: 13 Tips From The World’s Most Successful People

1.5K Shares There's no better way to succeed than to follow the footsteps of those that already did. Here are 13 success tips from some of the world’s most successful people.`

November 13 BY in Lifestyle

Elements That Make Up an Effective Weight Loss Program

78 Shares Here is a list of the four most important things that make up an effective weight loss program.

October 11 BY in Lifestyle

Are You Making These 5 Weight Loss Mistakes

101 Shares Losing weight is in itself difficult, but a lot of people make it even more difficult by committing some critical mistakes. Learn more about these mistakes here.

September 20 BY in Lifestyle

4 of the Worst Foods to Eat When You’re Trying to Lose Weight

238 Shares Eating right could mean different things to different people. But generally, it means eating healthy, balanced meals as suggested by the USDA Food Guide. More specifically, eating right means letting real, natural foods such as vegetables, fruits, and proteins as well as complex carbohydrates make up most of your daily food intake and avoiding foods that offer empty calories or no nutritional value. There are a lot of these types of food out there. Let's highlight the 4 worst foods for your health and weight.

August 7 BY in Lifestyle

4 Simple Tips on How to Achieve Clutter-Free Living

100 Shares Have you been feeling considerably stressed out, fatigued or inefficient lately?  Can’t find the exact reason why you are feeling this way? Try and look around you. Do you see a lot of unnecessary things lying around your home, office, or your mind? Not a lot of people are aware of this, but clutter can be a significant source of stress. When we are surrounded by clutter, our minds are constantly bombarded with excessive stimuli — often visual but sometimes also tactile and olfactory. This makes it impossible for our mind to... More »

July 19 BY in Lifestyle

How To Stop Cravings: Banishing Unhealthy Snacking

184 Shares Don’t you just hate how cravings creep up and ruin the diet that you have carefully sustained for what seems an eternity? When we crave for something, we know that giving in isn’t helpful to our weight loss goals. Sometimes we can hold our resolve and dismiss the urge but often the desire to indulge is just so intense that it overwhelms our drive to stick to our diet. There is nothing to worry about occasional cravings. But cravings that occur consistently can sabotage your plans to lose weight. If you want... More »

July 11 BY in Lifestyle

Water, Sleep and Friends: Three Keys to Weight Loss

99 Shares Anyone who has ever tried to lose weight knows how difficult the whole journey can be. It should be as simple as burning more calories than you consume, but it rarely feels that is all there is to the process. Although calorie intake and expenditure are the basic elements of weight loss, there are other factors that need to be taken into consideration too. In this article, we will look at some of the less considered factors affecting weight loss or weight gain. These factors greatly contribute to a person’s success with... More »

July 2 BY in Lifestyle

Constantly Feel Good About Yourself Using These 3 Steps

193 Shares It is important that you feel good about yourself. More and more scientific evidence points towards a significant link between how you feel about yourself and your overall health and sense of well-being. Scientists have proven that feelings of inferiority have the capacity to pave the way to illness or disease. On the other hand, if you feel good about yourself, have a positive outlook, and maintain an active involvement in life, you’re more likely to be happy and healthy. Our emotional state can be affected by a lot of things the... More »

June 22 BY in Lifestyle

Four Effective Natural Stress Remedies

181 Shares We know for a fact that stress can crop up anywhere and that it has become an unavoidable part of life. Although we cannot eliminate stress completely, we need to make sure that we keep our stress within healthy levels or we could end up suffering from health problems that are commonly associated with excessive stress levels. There are so many practical and simple ways to deal with stress, but only very few people actually make use of them. That’s because in this hectic and fast-paced environment we are exposed to we... More »