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Self Care

Your GR8 Resource Guide to COVID-19

Right now, we're living challenging times. Information on what COVID-19 means to our lives changes by the day, if not the hour. As most of us find ourselves practicing self-isolation, the flood of information coming through our phones, news, and even our loved ones, it's starting to have a detrimental...

Geraldine

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Life

COVID-19 E-Learning Tips and Tricks for Success

Many schools around the nation are giving parents the choice to either send their kids to school or allow their kids to stay home and attend virtual school. Parents have learned that keeping their kids home to do online school isn't always easy, but in-person schooling may not be an...

Stephany

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Life

The GR8 Gift Guide for COVID in 2020

This may be the strangest holiday season ever. Celebrations are smaller, traveling is less, and many people are revising their holiday plans to lower the risks of spreading COVID-19. CDC guidelines that recommend social distancing can make it seem like skipping holiday celebrations is a good idea. Even though the...

Stephany

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Life

Tech Gifts to Bring Your Family Together in 2020

2020 has been a tough year for all of us - coronavirus has affected us in more ways than one. For example, we may have been stuck at home when we didn't want to be, kept apart from friends and family members. It's that second part we want to focus...

Stephany

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Life

How to Celebrate the Holidays Digitally

The year 2020 has been challenging for all of us, but again, it has presented us with an opportunity to learn new things, have new experiences, and learn valuable life lessons. We have also seen human resilience and ingenuity-two innate qualities that help us solve and see ourselves through any...

Stephany

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Relationships

How to Maintain Healthy Relationships During COVID-19

This year has been hard on most relationships. Indeed, many couples feel they have been going through a relationship endurance test during 2020. Some have sought relationship help with professionals in an attempt to ease any tensions in their relationships. Chances are if you have a significant other that your...

Anne

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COVID-19 Impacts on Your Children & the Lack of Socialization

Broad sections of society are likely to feel the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for years to come. However, one of the most concerning areas for parents is its effect on our children's mental health. Mental health and, in particular, socialization are two of the main issues both parents and...

Anne

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Mental Health

Coping With the Stress of Going Back to School After Quarantine

Many schools are resuming in-person learning and back to school anxiety for a lot of students and parents is higher than ever. Aside from the general school stress that kids have suffered in the past, COVID-19 poses new risks, questions, and fears for many. After 6 months of staying at...

Anne

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COVID-19 E-Learning Tips and Tricks for Success

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Gut Health

21 Day Challenge to Get Rid of Bloating by Improving Your Gut Health

21 Day Challenge to Get Rid of Bloating by Improving Your Gut Health Is your stomach feeling full, tight, and uncomfortable? Scientific studies state that 15%-30% of the population suffers from bloating regularly, meaning that you are not alone. While bloat can make it hard for you to zip up...

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Gut Health

7-Day Challenge to Get Rid of Bloating by Improving Your Gut Health

7-Day Challenge to Get Rid of Bloating by Improving Your Gut Health Is your stomach feeling full, tight, and uncomfortable? With approximately 16%-20% of the population suffering from bloating regularly, you are not alone. While bloat can make it hard for you to zip up your jeans, it also causes...

Gina

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Skin Care

21-Day Challenge to Improve Your Skin Care Habits

If you ask me, caring for your skin is the ultimate act of self-care. Adopting healthy skincare habits early on means you can nourish your skin and body in the long run. In my world, skincare is a mix between topicals and caring from yourself from the inside out. Determined...

Gina

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Skin Care

7-Day Challenge to Improve Your Skin Care Habits

In my humble, beauty writer opinion, caring for your skin is the ultimate act of self-care. Not only does caring for your skin result in a glowing complexion but adopting healthy skincare habits means you will also pay attention to nourishing your body. After all, beauty starts from the inside...

Gina

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Life

The GR8 Gift Guide for COVID in 2020

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Self Care

Emotional Dependency: How to Break the Cycle

When you're in it, emotional dependency can be hard to detect. It is a complex state and often feels like it is out of your control. It is generally a dependence on negative, unhealthy emotions, such as anger, aggravated forms of grief, and depression, but can also occur with pleasant...

Stephany

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How to Cultivate Compassion Using Mindfulness

Compassion and mindfulness are generally considered to be innately human. After all, we, as a species, wouldn't survive up to this point if it weren't for the civilizations built to help each other survive. However, as the centuries pass and with the scarcity of resources, it has become apparent that...

Stephany

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GR8NESS.COM is all about the never-ending journey of Self Care. It’s about learning how to be the Gr8test you, on your terms and in your own time. We started this journey to develop a Self Care community resource to learn about what Self Care means to different people and what you can do to make it your own personalized approach to building your Self Care plan.

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