Most people don’t think about how the food they are eating is affecting their immune system. While we’re currently focusing on things we can do externally (washing our hands like crazy, avoiding social contact and remembering to use our sneeze pockets) a balanced diet can absolutely help protect our bodies from the inside.
With most of us having more time on our hands, now is a great time to start thinking about nutrition. Here are our top 4 tips for creating a strong immune system!
Read MoreWhat are the first 3 things you do when you wake up in the morning. Do you start your day with an intention to make it the best day you can. Or do you (like so many of us) start the day with everyone else’s priorities.
If you’re starting the day by…
Checking your email
Cruising social media
Being woken up by a hungry offspring
Chances are the answer to that question is “everyone else's' priorities. While it’s easy to let our outside influences dictate our priorities, doing so leaves you feeling drained, unfulfilled and just generally frustrated.
What if you could start your day feeling inspired instead of tired. Feeling like you set a plan and actually accomplished it? What if you started the day better so your interactions with your spouse, your co-workers and your kids were the best they could be.
Read MoreI tend to learn a lot of lessons from watching our 4 year old son Garrison. I firmly believe that even though we like to think of ourselves as experienced, mature, intelligent adults who have way more figured out than our kids, for the most part we’re pathetically similar. Take an experience we had at a birthday party the other day. I’m sure this will be familiar to other parents out there.
Read MoreThe vast majority of people I talk to about their fitness habits admit that they go to the gym, but they have absolutely no idea what to do when they’re there. They spend some time on the treadmill, lift a few weights and basically log their 45 minutes and go home.
Read MoreAhhh, the season is upon us. The season of cookies in the breakroom, chocolates randomly appearing on your desk, social functions with cheese boards and cocktails, it’s the holidays.
Does this sound familiar?
Do you find yourself slipping through November and then completely falling off the wagon in December?
Do you start January 10 lbs heavier and regret the decision you made to let it all go?
This year, what about having a plan?
I’m not saying forgo every cookie at the holiday party while you munch on raw celery in the corner.
But, what about approaching this season with balance?
Here’s what I know, moderation works. November and December are probably not the times to start a hard-core eating regime, but there are ways to mitigate the damage.
Read MoreOne of the things that makes me cringe the most in the gym is when people tell me that something hurt for the whole workout, or has been hurting for weeks and that they’re just assuming it will get better.
Read MoreSteelhead are Rainbow Trout that are born in a river, migrate out to the ocean from thousands of miles away, swim back up the same river, then back out to the ocean and return. They continue this process until they die from the exhaustion of spawning, are killed or caught.
Catching a steelhead can feel damn near impossible. They call them the fish of a thousand casts.
Read MoreBetween raising 4 beautiful children, continuing my education and working I was looking to take on another goal! I wanted to get in better shape! I wanted something more in my workouts that would physically push me harder.
Read MoreEvery day at the gym is an opportunity for a new favorite memory for me. Sometimes it doesn’t happen and I have a bad day at the gym, but bad days just make the good days that much better.
Read MoreYou and I aren’t all that different than dogs. Depending on your position on our fur covered best friends, that may have been offensive. Sorry if so, but hear me out.
The memories are in the making daily as I continue to get to know this community. What I mean by that really points to the core of what I love about this whole thing. Every laugh about whatever. Every encouragement between buddies in class, every PR celebration or act of compassion for a fitful tantrum when things don’t go as planned. I
Read MoreOnce the direction is established, action must be the next step.
Too many people have shelves lined with self-help books and walls plastered with motivational posters. They visit blogs and websites that tantalize them with the things they want, they have friends on social media who are doing the things they want to do, yet they can't or won't do the first thing necessary towards achieving those things.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever flown on a commercial plane, you’ve undoubtedly heard the safety speech regarding life jackets, emergency exits and such. In that case, you’ve also heard and seen the demonstration about putting on your oxygen mask. In the end, they make mention that you must put on your own mask before assisting others.
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