Affirmations and Visualization Techniques for Weight-Loss

Promoting the idea that only a restricted diet could produce a slim body became ingrained in our consciousness years ago, when “eating less” was tagged as the key component to weight loss. Decades later, people are still attempting to lose…
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How Food Choices and Lifestyle Habits Influence Our Appetite

Weight loss and health success is all about staying the course. That means understanding the many things that influence our energy intake, which in turn influences our body weight. Our hunger level comes to mind first because it plays a…
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Awakening Through Motion: Finding Peace and Power in Your Body

In our vast world of cultural differences, there’s one thing we all share in equally – the wealth of knowledge gained from medical research, scientific tests and University studies. It doesn’t matter what nation or country we call home; we…
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Epigenetics Changes Everything

Genes have become the “fall guy.” They are the “go to” excuse for disease, disability and eventually death. Truth is, genes do not determine your level of health and longevity. It is imperative to understand that it is normal to…
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Priorities – Health and Fitness Matters

The priorities we place on everyday tasks and activities and the values we associate with each one of them is determined by the programs running in our minds…our “mind software. For better or worse, truth is, our deep-seated food and…
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Health Benefits of Chia and Flax Seeds

The best things really do come in small packages. There are two little seeds that offer incredible overall benefits…everything from unbelievable good health to high energy and effortless weight loss just by replacing about half of the processed or refined…
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Hormones, Health and Happiness

Happiness matters Happiness is a joy-filled, contented feeling; the result of whatever mental and emotional state we entertain. It is the reward factor for all the thoughts, feelings and emotions that drive our ship. When we recognize happiness as a…
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Determined Commitment: Turn Dreams Into Reality

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” This empowering quote reminds us that the first step toward any goal, vision, or dream begins within. Our internal drive, not outer…
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Gardening and Longevity Go Hand in Hand

In all five Blue Zones, people garden well into their 80s, 90s, and beyond. Whether it’s growing vegetables, herbs, or fruit, the act of tending the soil and harvesting from it offers far more than just food. Scientific research confirms…
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Controlling Blood Sugar Is the Key to Longevity and Vibrant Health

Although our bodies are incredible at keeping sickness at bay, true, lasting health is a gift we give ourselves through the small, consistent choices we make each day. The lifestyles we live—our food, our movement (or lack thereof), and our…
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