WEBE108 Good News

WEBE108 Good News

Listen weekdays at 11:45am for the WEBE108 Good News. Danny Lyons gives you a bit of good news each day.

WEBE Wellness: Screen Apnea

WEBE Wellness: Screen Apnea

You’re probably familiar with sleep apnea, but have you heard about screen apnea?

It’s the same – but instead of stopping breathing when you’re asleep, you do it when you stare too long at a screen.

You don’t stop breathing entirely, but your breathing rhythm alters – you may hold your breath without realizing, or even take shallower breaths.

The reason it happens is because of how our bodies react to stimuli – our nervous system responds to help us focus. It often happens when we get e-mails or texts as we prepare to check and respond.

But the constant receival of messages means we’re constantly overstimulated and puts our bodies into a chronic state of threat which makes us feel more exhausted every day.

If you do find yourself holding your breath, sigh out loud – it may help reset your breathing and take deeper breaths again.

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Win tickets to Rob Thomas

Win tickets to Rob Thomas

Rob Thomas – The All Night Days Tour with A Great Big World is coming to the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport August 16th! Tickets go on-sale Friday at LiveNation.com.

Listen to Allan Lamberti all this week at 4pm to win tickets!

Contest Line: 800-WEBE 108

WEBE Wellness: The Dehydration Test You Can Do At Your Desk

WEBE Wellness: The Dehydration Test You Can Do At Your Desk

Staying hydrated is important, and not just during summer. Most of us forget to drink water throughout the day – our busy schedules just get in the way, and dehydration can cause health problems – but a new Instagram video has an easy way to determine if your dehydrated just by sitting at your desk.

If you want to know if you need more water, take the skin on your knuckles, and pinch it – if it returns easily, you’re hydrated, but if it takes a long time to go down, you’re dehydrated.

It’s not a perfect test, and it won’t replace doctor’s diagnosis, but it is a good indicator. Dehydration can lead to a host of health problems – dry skin and eyes, fatigue, dizziness, and irritability. More severe dehydration can lead to headaches and muscles crams, fainting and rapid heartbeat.

So fill up that glass!

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Win tickets to Bryan Adams

Win tickets to Bryan Adams

Play the WEBE108 Bigelow Tea Five Question Quiz every morning with Storm N. Norman just before 8am! 

Match all the answers and win the cash! Just for playing this week you’ll win a pair of tickets to Bryan Adams at Mohegan Sun Arena October 25th!

Contest Line: 800-WEBE-108

Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com

Supported by Bigelow Tea

John Tesh

John Tesh

The John Tesh Radio Show-Intelligence For Your Life has grown to become an internationally-syndicated radio powerhouse that is heard on over 300 radio stations across the USA, the UK, and around the world on American Forces Radio Network. The five-hour-long daily program is broadcast in all time slots and features a unique combination of expert advice and personal development content on the subjects that are important to listeners and their families– all surrounded by listeners’ favorite music on multiple radio formats including Adult Contemporary, Hot AC, Classic Hits, Urban, and Oldies.

A sampling of the 300 current affiliates in the USA includes WKJY/FM-Long Island (New York DMA), WEBE/FM-Bridgeport (New York DMA), WSSR/FM- Chicago, WKFY/FM-Cape Cod (Boston DMA), KIXI/AM-Seattle, WGVX/FM-Minneapolis, WLYF/FM-Miami, KOSI/FM-Denver, and KKCW/FM-Portland, OR.

The John Tesh Radio Show launched in 1999, when it was heard only on weekends. In 2003 it became a daily, five-hour-long program. Today, The John Tesh Radio Show & Intelligence For Your Life brand amasses over 34 million gross impressions per week, while John’s Facebook page delivers 15-20 million engagements per week.

According to John, “We created the Intelligence for your Life brand with the aim of curating high-level intelligence in key areas related to personal development, health & wellness, dating & relationships, productivity, finances, and pets. Our battle cry for more than two decades has been: If it makes you better, healthier, happier or just more interesting, you’ll hear it on the John Tesh Radio Show. I believe the show has built such a powerful tribe because we have always stayed true to the purpose-driven mission of ‘moving people forward.’ We created the brand not to entertain, but instead to enrich the lives of our loyal listeners and viewers.” 

In recognition of the success of The John Tesh Radio Show, John was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2019.

About John Tesh

With 6 Emmy awards, 4 gold albums and an AP award for investigative journalism John Tesh has, for the past forty-five years, enjoyed international recognition as an award-winning journalist, composer, broadcaster, and concert pianist. His Intelligence For Your Life radio programs air on over 300 stations and reach 9 million people each week. John’s highly successful and varied career path also includes six years as a correspondent for CBS News, a ten-year run as anchor on Entertainment Tonight, a broadcast host and music composer for the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games, induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame and the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. John also owns the unique distinction of composing what critics have hailed as “the greatest sports theme in television history” (Roundball Rock) for NBC Sports basketball broadcasts. John’s 7 live television concerts, including the seminal “Live at Red Rocks,” have raised millions for Public Television. In 2020, John published his memoir, Relentless: Unleashing a Life of Purpose, Grit, and Faith. John and his wife, Connie Sellecca, their two children and three grandchildren, live in Los Angeles, California.

WEBE Wellness: Do You Need 10,000 Steps A Day To Stay Healthy? No!

WEBE Wellness: Do You Need 10,000 Steps A Day To Stay Healthy? No!

You’ve probably heard it before – you need to get in 10,000 steps a day to stay healthy.

But for those who don’t have the time, or routinely don’t reach that number, there’s good news – you probably need far less to make a healthy impact!

A new study shows that there’s a gradual effect to the number of steps you need, and just 4,000 per day lowers your chance of early death from any health cause – and even 2,500 lowers the risk of heart disease.

4,000 steps helps you live longer, and for every extra 1,000 steps per day, you decrease your odds of early death by about 15%.

As long as you get moving and don’t get discouraged if you don’t reach the magic 10,000 steps number, because you’re still doing your health a lot of good!

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