Preparing for the Holidays: Strategies for Mindful Living and Restful Nights This particular group has been together for almost two years, meeting weekly over Zoom. This sample was from our latest meeting on Tuesday, November 12th. The conversation revolved around the benefits of morning routines, the impact of strength training […]
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The other day, I heard a woman use this phrase when talking about eating a croissant. I immediately had a visceral response. “No!” I wanted to yell at her. “There’s no guilt! Just enjoy that delicious flavor and texture of the croissant. Savor it.” Of course, in reality, I said […]
It struck us as funny that day that one of our colleagues came in with an experience she had at a restaurant meal with friends recently. When she was talking about wellness with her friends and mentioning meditation practices, the woman declared that “meditation is dead,” meaning passe or not […]
We interviewed Sydney Lee, a colleague and founder of Spa Tonics and the Relax Spa Shot, a delicious all-natural nutrient dense tonic formulated to promote full body & mind relaxation. Whether taken for the simple purpose of promoting relaxation or prior to a spa or massage treatment to maximize therapeutic […]
What does it mean to be truly healthy? Eating a “clean” diet and exercising regularly isn’t the whole picture. What does a truly healthy person do as their everyday habits? We discuss what it means to have whole-person health and a new offering this spring to help you achieve true […]
Sometimes, in the midst of the world full of wounds, we forget to tend to our heart. It might feel to tender or overburdened. So we turn away from it, filling our lives with other short term ‘hits’ or bursts of ‘happiness’ from all sorts of diversions in an effort […]
Winter Solstice As we welcome the winter solstice, we are reminded to honor our connection to Mother Earth and the natural wonder all around us. It is a time to celebrate the change in seasons. In the northern hemisphere, it is the longest dark night and shortest of daylight. The […]
Less Stress + More Out of Life In this exclusive interview with Jamie Sussel Turner, M.Ed, PCC, a professional coach, speaker, friend and award-winning author of Less Stress Business: A Guide for Hiring, Coaching and Leading Great Employees, we discuss her newest book, Less Stress Life: How I Went from […]
Judgment is a Curious Thing by Wendy Bright-Fallon The battle goes on in our head all the time – the constant, relentless, ceaseless chatter of judgment. About you, me, her, him and them. Destructive. Judgment is not a comfy bedfellow. It sneaks up on us – the not measuring up, […]
In this podcast, we discuss the messed up culture of dieting, the ‘idealized’ woman shape, deprivation, and our philosophy about how these ideas aren’t sustainable.
Charles R. Swindoll, an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher once said, “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” I liked that quote so much that I ripped the page out of my inspirational quotes calendar and taped it to my […]
-by Debbie Peterson Something I tell my clients over and over again but often forget to do myself is to be kind to myself. I suppose that goes to show how much easier said than done some things are. I have several reminders in places around my home and work […]