aging, personal growth, self-improvement, societal pressure, success, thirties

Embracing Your Thirties: 6 Reasons It’s Not as Scary as You Think

Everybody eagerly waits for their twenties because they will no longer be counted as teens. Most of the time, the twenties breeze by fast, and as the thirties near, fear and anxiety start creeping in.  Being anxious about this milestone is understandable since it comes with bodily changes and societal pressure. Men may get a ...

Nathan Machoka

Friends meet each other for a get-together in an apartment.

The Dark Side of Alcohol: How It Affects Your Skin and What to Do

The skin is our body’s largest organ; its natural glow usually reflects our well-being and health. Various lifestyle choices may affect your skin, and alcohol is one of the biggest culprits. Its impact on your skin depends on the amount consumed, consumption frequency, skin type, and overall health. If you want to know the effects ...

Nathan Machoka

Various colorful cocktails sitting on a counter.

Harnessing the Power of Meditation: A Neuroscientist’s Insight

In a TED Talk, a renowned neuroscientist shared her personal experience with meditation. She revealed that after practicing meditation for a few weeks, she became more peaceful, handled life’s challenges more effectively, exhibited greater compassion and tolerance, and gained a heightened ability to perceive issues from others’ perspectives, attributing these changes to the power of ...

Mikel Davis

Smiling woman sitting on a yoga mat with her hands pressed together.

5 Amazing Ways to Boost Memory as You Age

It is a known fact that with age, your memory usually worsens. What are the causal factors behind the human brain’s degeneration? How do you ensure your brain functions normally as you age? Dementia is a general term used to describe a group of related symptoms that affect your memory, thinking, and social skills, to ...

Mikel Davis

An elderly man carrying his wife piggyback.

5 Habits That Accelerate Brain Aging

An article published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) talks about brain aging, disclosing that the human brain starts to age at 30 years of age, declines at 40, and shrinks after 60. Your brain starts to malfunction even when you think that you are still young!    5 Symptoms signaling brain aging. ...

Nspirement Staff

Doctors examining the human brain.

Resentment Shortens Your Life

Everybody has negative moods sometimes, such as resentment, dissatisfaction, etc. Usually, they disappear soon, but if you are frequently in such moods or hold onto them for a long time, wrinkles will soon develop on your face and make you look old. Why resentment and anger make you look old Have you noticed that when ...

David Jirard

Carrying resentment around is not good for your health.

Top 7 Foods for Longevity and Healthy Aging

Want to know my top seven foods for longevity and healthy aging? Is there such a thing as a longevity diet? Studies show that in countries where people’s life expectancy is at its highest, diet is a contributing factor. Understand what it is in our foods that help counteract DNA damage from free radicals. In ...

Health by Nature

These Fruits Can Keep Your Muscles Strong

Within the flesh, skin, and seeds of many fruits and vegetables lie hidden chemical compounds that can increase longevity and help to maintain a healthy body into old age. We’ve always known these natural foods are good for us, but now science is discovering new uses for common fruits we’ve been eating for thousands of ...

Emma Lu

Two red apples sitting on a wooden surface.

4 Reasons Why a Person Has White Hair

We judge that a person is old if they have white hair. As we grow older, most people want to look younger and reduce the signs of aging on their faces and bodies. However, aging is a natural physiological process. The functioning of one’s organs will gradually decline with age. More than that, one’s hair will ...

Raven Montmorency

Close-up portrait of gray haired bearded male dressed in a black leather jacket.

Rainbow Eating and the 5 Healthiest Foods to Assist in Good Health

Rainbow eating includes the many different kinds of rainbow foods on the market that have different colors and contain varied nutrition. Generally speaking, yellow vegetables contain carotene, which can protect the eyes; red vegetables are rich in lycopene, which can increase vitality; green vegetables are rich in carotene and flavonoids, which can protect the heart ...

Helen London

Rainbow-colored fruits and vegetables including purple cabbage and eggplant, red peppers and strawberries, orange carrots and citrus fruits, green onions and broccoli, and yellow peppers and squash.