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Today I Choose Joy
August 27, 2024
Depression, Disease Prevention, Habit, Happiness, Health Bank Account, Heart Health, Life Success, Mind Power, Motivation to Exercise, Self-Care, Self-Discipline, Stress, Wellness
Where does your inner compass lead you? Does it point to struggle, doubt, sadness, low energy, along with poor health with only sporadic spurts of happiness and clinging to hope?
Or does it point to ease, health, wealth and a…
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Addition Not Restriction Is The Best Approach For Healthy Eating
August 19, 2024
Disease Prevention, Foods that Build Lean Muscle, Health Bank Account, Healthy Balanced Eating, Self-Discipline, Weight Loss
Dieters and health-seekers talk freely about food elimination diets. They report leaving foods like grains, or dairy, or meats out of their diets. Or they advocate cutting carbohydrates or fats from your menu.
But have you ever considered a food…
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Transform Your Eating Habits: Focus on Adding Nutrients Instead of Subtracting Foods
August 8, 2024
Awesome recipes, Brain foods, Disease Prevention, Health Bank Account, Metabolism, Self-Care
A Healthy Diet
When it comes to trying to eat a healthier diet, many of us focus on subtracting the “bad” foods from our diet. We cut out sugar, fat, gluten, grains and processed foods, thinking that this will automatically…
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Better Eating Through Adding Healthy Foods Not Subtracting
August 2, 2024
Disease Prevention, Habit, Health Bank Account, Healthy Balanced Eating, Life Success, Metabolism, Wellness
We have all been there. Telling ourselves that we will eat ‘No more cookies’, ‘No more late night snacks’, ‘No more sugary drinks’. If you are anything like me, this usually lasts for about a week at best before I…
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Why Dieting Doesn’t Work, And What You Can Do Instead
July 31, 2024
Disease Prevention, Empowering Actions, Habit, Health Bank Account, Healthy Balanced Eating, Metabolism, Weight Loss
Diets Just Don’t Work
When someone mentions to you that they are on a diet, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
In most cases, we start thinking about what they aren’t allowed to eat on their diet and…
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Be Your Own Best Friend
June 24, 2024
Disease Prevention, Empowering Actions, Habit, Happiness, Health Bank Account, Life Success, Mind Power, Self-Care, Self-Discipline, Wellness
How is it that we can be a good friend to everyone but ourselves?
If you can be solid as a rock for others, then of course you can be that for yourself too.
In fact, you must be.
Sometimes,…
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Harness the Strength of Mind and Body Using Positive Affirmations
April 15, 2024
Depression, Disease Prevention, Empowering Actions, Habit, Health Bank Account, Healthy Balanced Eating, Life Success, Mind Power, Motivation to Exercise, Self-Care, Self-Discipline, Wellness
In the pursuit of personal growth and self-improvement, the transforemative power of affirmations as a tool/technique to strengthen both our mental and physical resilience cannot be overlooked.
Affirmations are a powerful and versatile practice with the potential to profoundly impact…
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Leptin: The Hormone Behind Hunger and Weight Regulation
April 14, 2024
Anti Aging Exercise, Belly Fat, Brain foods, Disease Prevention, Health Bank Account, Healthy Balanced Eating, Hormones, Self-Care, Self-Discipline, Weight Loss, Wellness
A recent survey showed that many people believe they are living a healthy lifestyle even though two thirds of us are overweight and one third of those obese. Most people believed it was a lack of exercise that contributed the…
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Strength Training Exercise For Body and Brain Health
January 11, 2024
Anti Aging Exercise, Belly Fat, Depression, Disease Prevention, Health Bank Account, Heart Health, Hormones, Metabolism, Mind Power, Motivation to Exercise, Proper Exercise, Sedentary Lifestyles, Self-Discipline, Stress, Weight Loss, Wellness, Youthfulness
It is a sad fact that 8 out of 10 adults do not do enough proper exercise. This means their muscles do not get worked anywhere near enough to keep vital “growth and repair” hormones stimulated and flowing. The growth…
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Yes, You Can Have a Garden
October 23, 2023
Brain foods, Disease Prevention, Foods that Build Lean Muscle, Health Bank Account, Super-foods, Wellness
If you have never grown vegetables before and always wanted to grow your own food, but don’t have the time or space for a full-size outdoor garden – container gardening is a good place to get started. You don’t need…
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