Maria Mangini Thrive Consultation Services

10/21/2025

BEFORE THERE WAS MEDICINE… THERE WAS NATURE 🌿

09/24/2025

7 Golden Rules of Life ...✨

1️⃣ Make peace with your past 🌿
Carrying yesterday’s pain only blocks today’s joy. Let go and move forward lighter.

2️⃣ What others think of you is none of your business 💭
Their opinions don’t define your worth—your peace matters more.

3️⃣ Time heals almost everything ⏳
Wounds take time, but healing always finds its way if you allow patience to work.

4️⃣ You are in charge of your happiness 🌞
Don’t wait for others to make you smile. Create your own sunshine.

5️⃣ Don’t compare or judge 🌍
Everyone’s journey is different. Respect their path, focus on your own.

6️⃣ Stop overthinking 🌀
Not every question needs an immediate answer. Sometimes, life unfolds beautifully in silence.

7️⃣ Smile 😊
Even small smiles can brighten the darkest day—for you and for others.

09/15/2025

09/08/2025

Suddenly no more grandparents were dying on Monday mornings.

A UK high school changed its start time from 8:50 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and the results were incredible. Student absences due to illness dropped by over 50%, and academic performance improved by 12%.

This wasn't just a small tweak - it was a 70-minute delay that aligned with teenagers' natural sleep patterns. For four years, researchers tracked what happened when the school made this change, then switched back to the earlier time.

During the 10:00 a.m. period, sick days plummeted. Students were healthier, more alert, and performed better on national exams. When they switched back to 8:50 a.m.? Illness rates shot back up by 30%.

The science has been clear for years - teenage brains are wired to stay up later and wake up later. Their circadian rhythms naturally shift during adolescence, making early mornings genuinely difficult, not just laziness.

But this study proved what many suspected: when schools work with biology instead of against it, everyone wins. Students are healthier, learn better, and miss less school.

Maybe it's time to stop forcing teenagers to fight their own biology just to sit in first period.



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09/04/2025

Sometimes the best progress is taking a break🍂🤎 //

09/01/2025

This is the 'insta-gram' the world needs right now.