It all starts with awareness, be aware that you are not eating a healthy balance of fruits and veggies. There’s no shame in awareness, it’s the first step to a healthier you just admitting it and setting a goal to do something about it.

“I have learned a lot over the last two years, about my condition and about life in general. I want to encourage anyone who might be going through something similar. Here are some things that I have found to be essential in living with fibromyalgia.”

You can recover from the abuse. Eliminate the abuser from your life. Do not look for closure. Forgive them to release yourself, and rebuild your mental health with help. You are wonderful, you are amazing and your deserve so much better. That is really the reason you were gaslight…because those people resent you and target you.

How do I know how many calories to eat to lose weight? Take your current weight times eight and nine – that should be your calories/food goal for the day.

So, what happens when you get the call, for whatever reason – “Your test results have come back positive”. What do you do?

The beauty of these exercises is that you can do them at home with body weight, gravity, and a few simple resistance items like free weights and a resistance band.

Building the positive mentality of gratitude will help your mind, body and your soul.

Simply: we are referring to what we “settle” for – for what we put up with when we think of set point. This is changeable!

Our social networks and connections have drastically changed, and we must adapt.  Many who have poor coping skills or aren’t as flexible have the greatest difficulty with the changes. 

Yes, we need to eat a healthy diet, and also have our cheat days, celebration foods and not restrict ourselves to a joyless life that cuts out all the foods associated with family gatherings. Today I want to focus on the “grazing” we do.

Journaling can be done in many ways. The purposes vary greatly and can be as unique as everyone reading this is.

We can move our set point up, and it can also move down based on life experiences, stressors and our ability to realize we are stuck and need to address why we settle for a certain ceiling in our daily lives.

Tabata is typically done with a series of exercises. You can build your own Tabata workout by selecting one or two exercises per circuit. You can complete as many rounds as you can tolerate to begin using only one exercise or you can alternate between two exercises if you choose.

Being involved in your neighborhoods and community, being the hands and feet of Jesus on this earth, and promoting the rights of all people equally, helps improve mental well-being for many. It can also help reduce the suffering of others from outside concerns.

Make the food look enticing or attractive! We all are tempted by sight and smells. When food looks good our brains are triggered and we want to eat it!

Break it up - take 8 breaks of 200 steps throughout your day to get in an extra 1,600 steps!

Cell phones are a conversation killer. 85% of users will check their device while speaking to someone, which affects social well-being dramatically.

Practice breathing several times a day as a reset. “Stacking” breathing with another habit that you already do. Habit stacking can be a great way to remember to incorporate breath time into your day.

How often do you come home from a challenging day, and do what you intended to do when you were at peace last weekend and decided, this week I’ll start…or restart? If you’re like many people, your good intentions are paving the path to hell as the old saying goes.

Something to remember when you start exercising for any reason…we all need to walk before we run. If you are sedentary, build up your fitness level gradually.