{"id":7147,"date":"2012-02-16T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T16:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertfagan.com\/?p=7147"},"modified":"2012-03-15T07:31:51","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T14:31:51","slug":"9-quick-and-easy-steps-to-a-healthy-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/coaching\/life-coaching\/7147\/9-quick-and-easy-steps-to-a-healthy-heart","title":{"rendered":"9 Quick and Easy Steps to a Healthy Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2012\/02\/healthyheart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7149\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2012\/02\/healthyheart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2012\/02\/healthyheart.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2012\/02\/healthyheart-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Here are 9 quick and easy steps to show your heart that you really care. \u00a0Isn&#8217;t that important considering that you never give it a day or even a minute off? \u00a0And not of them are physical in nature though they have a physical effect.<\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0Lighten up. \u00a0Laugh it up. \u00a0Laughter has been shown to increase blood flow and actually increase healthy HDL cholesterol. \u00a0Conversely holding your frustrations in places pressures on not only your heart, but your entire body chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>2. \u00a0Get a good night&#8217;s sleep. \u00a0Proper rest is important to maintaining a healthy blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u00a0Exercise at least thirty minutes most every day of the week.<\/p>\n<p>4. \u00a0Maintain a healthy weight by combining that exercise with sensible eating of a healthy diet. \u00a0Losing just ten overweight pounds can reduce your risk of heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>5. \u00a0Reach out and reconnect with a loved one and let them know you care. \u00a0You and your heart will &#8220;feel&#8221; much better for it.<\/p>\n<p>6. \u00a0Hug someone. \u00a0Hugging someone increases the hormone oxytocin, which in turn helps lower blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>7. \u00a0Volunteer and give back to others. \u00a0Research has shown that people who volunteer in the service to others have lower rates of heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>8. \u00a0If you smoke, quit. \u00a0It has been proven that smoking has been linked to heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\n<p>9. \u00a0When life is getting you down, consider prayer or meditation. \u00a0You will feel better when your heart feels &#8220;lighter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 9 quick and easy steps to show your heart that you really care. \u00a0Isn&#8217;t that important considering that&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/coaching\/life-coaching\/7147\/9-quick-and-easy-steps-to-a-healthy-heart\" title=\"Read9 Quick and Easy Steps to a Healthy Heart\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":7149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2109,2110],"tags":[294734,1488,4494,294056,294294,294512],"class_list":["post-7147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-coaching","category-golf-and-beyond","tag-laughter","tag-health","tag-sleep","tag-heart","tag-blood-pressure","tag-oxytocin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2012\/02\/healthyheart.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7147"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7152,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7147\/revisions\/7152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}