Dont’ Just Do It! Enjoy It!

Dont’ Just Do It! Enjoy It!

No one wants to be pushed all the time. Stand! Stretch! Walk! Jog! Faster! Life has enough demands. We all have enough “to-dos” on our list to get through. Why not take a new perspective to enjoy and take the time for what makes you feel good and creates sensations...
How To Accept Help

How To Accept Help

We all go through many challenges in our lifetime. Some we can see, most we can’t. It’s not obvious when someone’s dealing with a mental illness, caring for an aging parent, or having financial difficulty. It’s important that we all have a support system. Asking for...
Breaking The Spell of Addiction

Breaking The Spell of Addiction

Things that taste good or feel good send signals to our brain that says, “we like this, do it again!” It’s this reward-based learning process that makes it so difficult to fight urges to smoke or eat something sweet. We understand on an intellectual level that obesity...
Go Your Own Way

Go Your Own Way

Life can allow so many directions. There are many paths to choose from and every decision we make can lead us further down a path. Sometimes we are lucky enough to see a sign that lets us know we are headed to a place we don’t want to go. Prediabetes is a wakeup call...
New Relationship With Food

New Relationship With Food

The foods you eat can be directly connected with your emotions. Macaroni and cheese may remind you of happy childhood memories, cookies can feel like a kind gesture from a loved one, or ice cream may be associated with getting over a breakup. Some people have real...
You Can Do It!

You Can Do It!

Taking the time to physically care for oneself is not an easy task. Walk into any fitness club and you will see a vast array of people and levels of fitness. Everyone at the gym is there for their own personal reasons and finds within themselves the motivation to come...