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5 Evidence Backed Ways to Lose Weight Fast
Americans spend more than $60 million dollars on weight loss products and supplements each year, according to U.S. News and World Report. That's a lot of people spending a lot of money on weight loss programs and supplements. Many don't realize the productivity rule...
Hanging On to Summer with Recipes to Make Your Mouth Water
This is a guest post by Renee Tarantowski Baude. Summer is fading. Kids are going back to school, and Fall is right around the corner. If you're not ready to give up Summer yet here are recipes that will make your mouth water. Disaster Averted with a Lemon and...
Sleep: Restoring Both Mind AND Body
This is a guest post by Amy Highland. Most aspects of your health that are impacted by sleep. Appetite control, metabolism, emotional stability, and muscle recovery can all be benefited by getting more sleep. But what does sleep do exactly? How does it help? What...
My Unexpected Collision With Yoga
A guest post by Mike Brennan. How does an overweight, middle-aged man come to create yoga art? (It has nothing to do with being creepy, either.) That’s a great question because I would never have thought I’d end up here. I’m more of the movies/pop culture/video games...
Why You Need to Start Showing Up
A guest post by Laura Peill. This is a letter to all of those people who are at a place where it is time to start. At a place where they know, there is a leap coming, or a dive into the unknown, or the need for a change. Or for the people who have made the leap and...
6 Ways To Improve Your Bladder Health
This is a guest post by Ren Williams. The bladder is an overlooked but vital organ in the human body. Often we only think about its health when something goes wrong. But it’s important to look after your bladder now to avoid complications later in life. There are...
How a Little Faith in Strength Training Improves Your Life
This is a guest post by Dave Kwiecinski. Your New Love -- Strength Training?!? My job is to get every single one of you to fall in love. With strength training. Huh?? Why? Only because every single research study comes to the same conclusion: Strength training...
7 Ways Writing Guarantees a Healthy Life
This is a guest post by Frank McKinley. What do you think about when you hear the word healthy? Maybe you picture someone buff in designer gym clothes pumping iron at the gym. Maybe it’s someone who takes power naps every 3 hours and is always chipper,...
6 Habits That Help You to Reduce Stress and Live Healthier
This is a guest post by Cori-Leigh Mann. Life becomes out of balance when we find ourselves stuck in a constant state of stress. In the long-term, continual stress wreaks havoc on both our minds and bodies. While we can't avoid all stress much of it can be diminished....
Living Centerpieces
This is a guest post by Renee Tarantowski Baude. When I look back I can easily see how I was practicing mindfulness. I didn’t call it that? I used words like centering, peacefulness, beauty and ease. This is part of a post that I wrote in 2013. Five years ago seems...
3 Ways We Can Set Ourselves Up for Success in Our Fitness Journey
This is a guest post by Brandon Weldy. Running is my jam. I also listen to my jams while running. I guess that means I jam to my jams doing my jam. Ever since I ran track in the eighth grade I have been hooked on the sport. I took pride in my ability to perform well...
3 Easy Ways To Feel More Alive Than You Do Right Now
This is a guest post by Brandon Weldy. Running is my jam. I also listen to my jams while running. I guess that means I jam to my jams doing my jam. Ever since I ran track in the eighth grade I have been hooked on the sport. I took pride in my ability to perform well...
Set Yourself Up for Summertime Success with Strong Routines
This is a guest post by Michael Shook. There is no doubt the digital world we live in is taking a toll on our lives. The energy we invest into keeping up with our emails, texts, and social media notifications comes at the expense of the other more “real” parts of our...
How I Answered the Call to Give Up “Stuff” and Gained Freedom in the Process.
This is a guest post by Teresa Colon. Summer is right around the corner, conjuring up images of kids running through sprinklers, ice cream smeared over laughing faces, and kids riding bikes through neighborhoods with their friends. No matter what your visions of...
What I’ve Gained from a Twenty Year Yoga Practice
Here’s how we downsized and earned a wad of cash My family is leaving to hike El Camino. To get ready we downsized our possessions until they fit in a storage unit because we're not sure when we'll be back. Do you have extra stuff laying around? Some of it is holding...
What Makes a Person so Happy His Heart Sings?
This is a guest post by K. Kris Loomis. Art by Mike Brennan I recently posted a picture of myself on Facebook, a picture of me in a yoga posture. I rarely post pictures of me doing yoga because I figure most people are about as interested in seeing pictures of my yoga...