You keep hearing that you need to be more mindful, and to be more mindful, you need to practice mindfulness. When hearing this, your first thought may be “I don’t have time for that.” However, it’s not hard to incorporate mindfulness into your daily routine. You can always find ways to be more mindful without … Continue reading How to Incorporate Mindfulness into Your Daily Routine

Snacks get a bad rap, but sometimes, you need something to hold you over between meals. Fortunately, snack time doesn’t need to set you back from your goals. You have plenty of healthy options, many of which taste even better than the classic snacks we’ve come to enjoy. These are some healthy options I recommend … Continue reading 5 Healthy Alternatives to Our Favorite Snacks

For many Americans, having a healthy relationship with food feels like an uphill battle. Over half of those polled in a recent food health survey by the International Food Information Council feel like doing their taxes is easier than figuring out what they should be eating. Americans are so preoccupied with this that their ability … Continue reading How to Improve Your Relationship with Food

Everyone knows they need to exercise, but typically, people have one goal in mind: lose weight. What if I told you that exercise can do so much more than shrink your waistline? Regular exercise contributes to your health in so many ways, it should be a no-brainer for anyone looking to get healthy.  Makes Your … Continue reading Understanding How Exercise Impacts Physical and Mental Health

If you’ve ever been on a weight loss journey, I bet you’ve read some bad nutrition advice. With the popularity of fitness and weight loss influencers, you can find all kinds of advice around every corner. You can even find studies that seem to completely contradict each other. This makes it hard to know what … Continue reading 5 Common Nutrition Myths (and the Truth Behind Them)

Navigating mental illness means taking a tough journey. For many, it’s one of the most difficult things they face in life. Most people will recommend therapy to anyone struggling with mental health. Therapy can help, but it’s not as simple as showing up. To get optimal results from therapy, you need to put in the … Continue reading How to Get the Most Out of Therapy

When you decide it’s time to lose the weight you’ve been carrying, it can be a difficult time for your self-esteem. Now that you’re finally measuring your weight and noticing the habits that have gotten in your way, you may be appalled. In wondering how you “let yourself” get to this point, you may overlook … Continue reading How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy

Reaching menopause often feels like going through a second puberty. You experience wild fluctuations in your hormones with symptoms that aren’t all that unfamiliar. When you start having hot flashes, mood swings and fatigue, you know that perimenopause is here. Perimenopause is the stage before menopause that can last anywhere from a few months to … Continue reading The Connection Between Menopause, Hormones and Weight Loss

Weight loss can be life changing. Health problems that have been ailing you can get better or disappear. Clothes start fitting better. Exercise gets easier. By changing one aspect of your life, it can feel like more than the weight you lost has been lifted off your shoulders. One change you may not fully anticipate … Continue reading When People Treat You Differently After Weight Loss