When it comes to nourishing your body, having a plan can mean the difference between eating well and living on take-out. It can make the difference between feeling comfortable in your clothing and feeling like nothing in your closet fits. Finally, it can mean the difference between feeling healthy and vibrant and feeling lethargic and…
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Do you notice any changes in your body in the fall? According to Ayurveda, fall is the Vata time of year. Vata has qualities such as dry, mobile, light, rough, cool, and subtle. You might notice these qualities in nature–all the falling leaves, the wind, and the temperature starts to cool. And you might see…
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What do you want your life to look like a year from now? How do you want to look and feel? One of the primary keys to achieving any success, whether losing weight, running a marathon, or getting a promotion, is your mindset. A lot of people use affirmations, and I’m a big fan of…
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Do you invest in the things that help you grow, or do you feel guilty spending money or time on yourself? Have you been taught that it’s ok to spend money on things? Still, you feel selfish investing money in your personal growth–things like education or taking care of your health and the only body…
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What’s holding you back from living the life that you want? I mean the life you deep-down REALLY desire, with the healthy body that you deserve, able to do the things you choose to, and fully participating in your life? Do you feel like you’re “stuck” in a body or a life that doesn’t…
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Like many people, I find the sound of a waterfall to be very soothing. I was on a long run recently with my hubby when we came across this beautiful waterfall. It’s always there, but it was a little more prominent because we had just had a big rainfall. We chose to stop in…
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Eating is an essential part of life, but it can be a source of great happiness or huge guilt. You have to eat to survive and to fuel yourself, but if you eat too much, it can lead to weight gain as well as other health issues. Many holidays, events, and social activities are centered…
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Balance the energy of your body with this 15-minute meditation. Enjoy it seated or lying down.
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Do you feel like your life is passing you by and you’re missing the good parts? We rush, rush, rush to that next destination, through all the tasks on our to-do list, from one thing to another with barely catching a breath or stopping to notice. We eat without tasting or enjoying our food. We…
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“If it’s free it’s for me.” I heard one of my friends say this once—she was joking (OK, not really) about her rationale for eating a sugary donut at work. She’d been struggling with losing weight, but she justified eating it because someone else bought it so, no cost to her. Again, not really.
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