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Year-End Health & Beauty Reset: Prepare Smarter for the New Year | Hopajuinc

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Closing the Year with Intention: Preparing Your Health & Beauty Journey for the Year Ahead Closing the year gently allows space to plan a healthier, more intentional future As the year comes to a close, many of us feel a familiar mix of emotions. Relief, fatigue, gratitude, unfinished goals, quiet hopes. The end of a year is not a finish line. It is a pause. A breath. A moment where the noise softens enough for us to ask one honest question: How did my body, skin, and mind carry me this year? Health and beauty are not seasonal trends. They are lifelong conversations. And before rushing into the next year with loud resolutions, it helps to stand still for a moment and listen. This is your invitation to reflect, reset, and prepare. Gently. Looking Back Without Judgment Awareness is the first step toward better health and beauty choices This past year may have tested you. Stress, routines interrupted, plans rewritten. In times like these, health and beauty habits are often the first t...

Can You Inherit Addiction? Understanding the Genetic Link

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 Can You Inherit Addiction? Studies show addiction may be passed down through genes Understanding the Genetic Link to Alcohol and Drug Dependency Addiction is often seen as a personal choice or the result of environmental pressure. But is it possible that the risk of addiction lives in your DNA? Studies increasingly suggest that addiction has a genetic component , and if your parents struggled with alcohol or drugs, your risk may be higher too. What Does Science Say About Inherited Addiction? Researchers have found that genetics account for 40–60% of a person's risk of addiction . This means if your father or mother was addicted to substances, your brain’s response to alcohol or drugs might be different from someone without that history. This doesn’t mean addiction is guaranteed, but it raises the chances significantly — especially if paired with stress, trauma, or a poor support system. How Addiction Gets Passed On Addiction affects the brain’s reward system — particula...