Mindfulness

The human existence is made up of this mesmerizing mind-body-spirit connection, and sometimes this connection is overlooked in favor of the more tangible aspects of health (the physical). Mostly, because the physical aspects of health and well-being are simpler to measure. We can capture metrics such as resting heart rate, blood pressure, blood lipids, stress levels, body composition, and other...

My family’s absolute favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. We love it. It works out every year that the entire extended family can get together that week from Ohio to Tennessee, to Virginia. We spend Wednesday night and all day Thursday in the kitchen splitting the long list of holiday mains, sides, and desserts and we love every second of the chaos....

One hour out of a 24-hour period represents 3,600 seconds, or 4% of the day. This doesn’t sound like much, however, springing forward or falling backward by an hour, twice a year, carries a far greater impact than we may realize. According to research, more than 1.5 billion people are impacted by the time change (Smith, 2016), but our understanding...

Why does “why” even matter? Has wanting or simply setting a goal to lose weight and/or get healthy EVER been ENOUGH? Well, obviously no, because if that were all it took, we’d ALL be lean and healthy. It’s not until we’re crystal clear on WHY certain behaviors or habits actually do matter to us that they become easier to do....

The holidays present us with challenges related to food and temptation. Unfortunately, thanks to diet culture dogma, we have this ingrained belief that food is either “good” or “bad”. Other common ideologies that stem from diet culture include “sugar is evil.” Halloween is quite literally a holiday that revolves around additional sugar consumption in larger quantities than on an average...

Time is one of the most valuable resources that we have as it is something that we can never get back but yet, we need time to accomplish everything that we want and have to do throughout the day. Think about it. Each day we all wake up, go about the day working, use our free time for other activities...

Life isn’t always rainbows and unicorns. Things happen. Life happens_._ Just when you think that things will calm down and you will have more time to attend to your health and wellness goals, it seems that things inevitably pop up. This is probably relatable for you since you have likely been there (or in a similar situation) before. As with...