Merle Desouza Counselling

10/03/2022

If you want something you never had, you will need to do something you never did 🤨

28/02/2022

15/02/2022

FUN ACTIVITY for couples, singles, teens, and children.

Take this quiz to discover your primary love language, what it means, and how you can use it to better connect with your loved ones.

https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language

08/02/2022

What are the health benefits of exercise?
Regular exercise and physical activity may:

Help you control your weight. Along with diet, exercise plays an important role in controlling your weight and preventing obesity. To maintain your weight, the calories you eat and drink must equal the energy you burn. To lose weight, you must use more calories than you eat and drink.

Reduce your risk of heart diseases. Exercise strengthens your heart and improves your circulation. The increased blood flow raises the oxygen levels in your body. This helps lower your risk of heart diseases such as high cholesterol, coronary artery disease, and heart attack. Regular exercise can also lower your blood pressure and triglyceride levels.

Help your body manage blood sugar and insulin levels. Exercise can lower your blood sugar level and help your insulin work better. This can cut down your risk for metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.

Improve your mental health and mood. During exercise, your body releases chemicals that can improve your mood and make you feel more relaxed. This can help you deal with stress and reduce your risk of depression.

Help keep your thinking, learning, and judgment skills sharp as you age. Exercise stimulates your body to release proteins and other chemicals that improve the structure and function of your brain.

Strengthen your bones and muscles. Regular exercise can help kids and teens build strong bones. Later in life, it can also slow the loss of bone density that comes with age. Doing muscle-strengthening activities can help you increase or maintain your muscle mass and strength.

Reduce your risk of some cancers, including colon, breast , uterine, and lung cancer.

Reduce your risk of falls. For older adults, research shows that doing balance and muscle-strengthening activities in addition to moderate-intensity aerobic activity can help reduce your risk of falling.

Improve your sleep. Exercise can help you to fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer.

Improve your sexual health. Regular exercise may lower the risk of erectile dysfunction (ED) in men. For those who already have ED, exercise may help improve their sexual function. In women, exercise may increase sexual arousal.

Increase your chances of living longer. Studies show that physical activity can reduce your risk of dying early from the leading causes of death, like heart disease and some cancers.

08/02/2022

Covid and Confinement was the biggest plague of the 21st century….
It brought about the ‘worst’ in some but at the same time the ‘best’ in some. Here are some points to ponder as we enter our 3rd year of living with this pandemic 🧐🧐🧐

Our relationship with ourselves

1. During this time of being confined at home, what did I learn/discover about myself? This might include my relationship to time, property, my body, my health, my activities, loneliness, etc.
2. What were my joys? Perhaps make a special note of one or more moments worth remembering.
3. What were my difficulties/sorrows? Name my emotions, my thoughts, and perhaps my regrets.

Our relationships with others

4. What person comes to mind spontaneously when I think back on the past few months? Why?
5. What new type or level of relationship have I discovered or developed? Have my relationships been enriched or deepened? Did I suffer because I missed someone in particular?
6. Have I (re)discovered limitations in the way I live my relationships (family, friends, co-workers)?
7. What decision(s) does this time of confinement invite me to make in the way I live my relationships with others from now on?

Our relationship with God (and deeper for those who want to go deeper into the Catholic faith)

8. How did I perceive the presence of God during this time of confinement? What place have I given to the Word of God? What words of Scripture particularly affected me during this time of confinement?
9. How did I experience this time of forced abstinence from sacraments (Eucharist, Reconciliation)? What desire or awareness did it foster in me?
10. To what does this time of confinement invite me to pay attention, in terms of renewing personal and community prayer (listening to the Word of God, adoration, praise, commitment to parish life linked to the Eucharist)?

08/02/2022

Take a walk not a pill.