GRATITUDE JOURNALING

GRATITUDE JOURNALING

How do you talk to yourself in your head, ie what do you tell yourself? Evolutionarily as humans, we are hardwired to focus on negative outcomes. As hunter gatherers negative events could result in loss of life or harm to our group. The issue in modern day is that...
QUICK FIX CULTURE VS LIFESTYLE CHANGES

QUICK FIX CULTURE VS LIFESTYLE CHANGES

Why do we gravitate to the quick fix? So much of our culture, particularly in the health and wellness space, there are frequent promises of losing incredible amounts of weight in weeks or even days. Many who click the link or find themselves on the Grapefruit diet are...
EXERCISE FOR MENTAL WELLBEING

EXERCISE FOR MENTAL WELLBEING

Mental health has been pushed to the forefront of our focus in the last year as the pandemic placed most of us at home, in isolation from our normal patterns and social situations. Many of us had a significantly larger amount of time to sit at home and think. Along...
WHAT IS A HEALTHY BLOOD SUGAR?

WHAT IS A HEALTHY BLOOD SUGAR?

What is considered a health blood sugar? What is hemoglobin A1C? Blood glucose aka blood sugar is a measure of your blood glucose in that specific moment of time. So, what time of day in relation to when you last ate is important to note when you’re looking to see if...
PLANNING FOR SUCCESS! MEAL PREP, PART 2

PLANNING FOR SUCCESS! MEAL PREP, PART 2

Third Step: Grocery Store List & Trip After you’ve made up a plan for your meals for the week, it’s much easier to make a grocery list. The first week you are transitioning into preparing all your meals like this, I encourage you to keep it simple. One breakfast...