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Have A Balanced Plan
A balanced plan can help you reduce the chances of chronic diseases. By eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, reducing stress and getting plenty of sleep, you can form a balanced plan. 2020 brought tens of thousands of people enormous heartache,...
The Disconnect Conspiracy
Can you believe the nerve of some people to oddly suggest we turn off our cell phones or our internet for a few measly minutes, a day or the most horrific suggestion ever, while on a family vacation?! Truly, why? What good, could possibly come from such a daring feat?...
Benefits of Mindful or Mind-Body Exercise
Mindful or mind-body exercise is an activity that contains self-reflection, being in the present-moment and sensory awareness. It includes a perception and awareness of movement, spatial orientation, focus on breathing, anatomical alignment, and flow of one’s inherent...
Get In Shape! It’s Bathing Suit Time!
Wholly Cow! It’s May already. Winter? What Winter? Think we went from Fall to Spring in no time and now it’s almost Summer. Either way it’s the time when everyone is thinking about bathing suits and all those clothing items that won’t hide that Winter extra you’ve...
Fun and Motivation or Failure
It starts with excitement, motivation and desire. You start to feel good inside because you are thinking about it. Great! Step one achieved!Now what? How do you get to step two, three and so on? How do you turn that excitement, enthusiasm and desire into something...
New Year – New Opportunities
With the emergence of the New Year, comes fresh thoughts and opportunities. One of the first thoughts for many is to lose weight and/or get in better physical shape. Why not do this all year long? Why wait until the first day of a new year to create a new beginning?...
Being IRMAfied
On September 10, 2017 Hurricane Irma decided the Florida Keys was a good place to visit during the off season, a time when locals get to take a breath, catch up on everything and even get a little relaxation time in paradise. Although Irma herself has come and gone,...
How can you change a bad habit into a good one?
A habit is an automatic behavior pattern regularly repeated, reinforced and learned rather than being innate. The Basal Ganglia is the part of the brain responsible for forming habits and the development of emotions, memories and pattern recognition. So how do you...
The Impact of Exercise on a Cellular Level
If you thought exercise was about looking fabulous on the outside and cool workout clothes, guess again. There’s a lot more going on that you might not notice immediately. It’s all happening on a cellular level. Researchers, recently have indicated how exercise...
10 Principles of Intuitive Eating
10 Principles of Intuitive Eating Reject the diet mentalityHonor your hungerMake peace with foodChallenge the food policeFeel your fullnessDiscover the satisfaction factorCope with your emotions without using foodRespect your bodyExercise – feel the difference!Honor...