Staying Fit on a Budget: Eliminating and Managing Stressors for Good Health

The bottom of the stress barrel is undesirable to anyone. Work, relationships, family, finances, and a number of other factors may cause stress at some point in your life. While identifying the stressors is half the battle, so is determining healthy ideas for stress-reduction. You may not be able to eliminate your stressors but you can eliminate their affects on your mind and body. And it doesn’t need to be expensive or time-consuming.

Stress-Reducing Physical Activity

The body responds to stress by releasing stress hormones into our bloodstream. These hormones raise blood pressure, heart rate, and Continue reading

ServeNext Launches Field Corps to Advance Service + Social Innovation

ServeNext is launching Field Corps, an initiative to “build local and lasting grassroots networks to advance service, AmeriCorps, and social innovation…as strategies to tackle our most pressing social challenges and strengthen our democracy.”

To launch the program, ServeNext is recruiting 10 part-time organizers to serve 10 hours a week between August and January, from all around the country. Field Corps organizers will receive “extensive training in organizing grassroots campaigns, communication and social media, legislative advocacy, strategic planning Continue reading