Treat Exercise as Your Prescription for Improved Health

Be purposeful and intentional with exercise. Exercise is an important part of life.  You can manage your exercise as you would manage advise from your doctor.  Sometimes it takes a professional to give reminders of what is important.  When it comes to your health plan, treat exercise as your prescription for improved health.  When I […]

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Resistant Bands are a Great Option to Strengthen Muscles

Did you know that maintaining and growing muscle mass is one of the keys to aging in a healthy manner?  Lifting heavy weights is one method to develop muscles.  Another great alternative is using resistant bands. They provide similar gains when toning muscles.  They are great for workout variety and are light and easy to […]

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Benefits of the Morning Routine

It is morning, you open your eyes and what is the first thing you do?  Run to the bathroom? Get caught up on social media?  Grab a cup of coffee?  Do you do the same thing every morning?  Are you consistent with your routine?  There are benefits of the morning routine. Reasons for Morning Routine […]

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Loops Create the Habits that Make Up Our Lives

Believe it or not, we develop habits just by living.  We live in “loops” or repetitive cycles that help to reinforce who we are.  We can unknowingly develop these cycles.  Loops create the habits that make up our lives. Being aware of routine loops and how they are formed helps us to understand our habits.  […]

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“There’s No Such Thing as a Healthy Snack”

Many times, when I pick up a book or listen to a podcast I hear repetitive or contradictive information.  What is right and what is wrong?  At the end of the day, we all have to choose what right for us and what works for our body.  Personally, I am a huge believer in the […]

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I Invest in My Fitness While Spending Time Being Active

I am an active person. I do some sort of exercise first thing in the morning and then stay active throughout the day. Getting up and getting going is who I am.  As the years fly by, I now look at exercise as I invest in my fitness while spending time being active. One of […]

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Failures are Some of Our Greatest Forms of Feedback

Failure might be too strong of a word, but the concept is still on track.  Feedback is a good thing.  Our challenges, lack of success, or frustrations can be a great source of information. Without guidance, there is a lack of confirmation on the outcome.  Feedback is a key component in processing and evaluating effectiveness.  […]

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Stretch Your Way to Flexibility

I noticed a great deal of stretching from our dogs, Maggie and Molly.  After a nap, they would stretch and stretch before getting up on their feet. It seemed they used stretching as a relaxing way to get ready for the next activity.  Do humans engage in the same amount of stretching? Do you stretch […]

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A Runner No More; Time To Move On

I am a runner.  It gives me an identity. It is who I am. I have been a runner for over 30 years.  (I started at birth- Haha).  I love to run, to get up early in the morning and run through neighborhoods before the world and sun wakes up. Running is a GREAT way […]

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A Limiting Belief Can be a Mindset Challenge

What we tell ourselves daily really does matter. We listen to and believe our self-talk.  This inner voice becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy. I define self-fulfilling prophecy as what happens in our lives that is influenced (positively or negatively) by our thinking.  Keeping this definition in mind; a limiting belief can be a mindset challenge. […]

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