Let’s talk mental health in kids. Some of our kids are facing serious mental health challenges because of the pandemic. They are either doing school remotely or are wearing masks all day, and all of them are being asked to …
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Simple Rules of Motivation
Everything boils down to choice. You can drag yourself up the same way you can drag yourself down. It is a choice you have to make every, single day. Whenever you are faced with this conflict of choices, bring with …
“Cheat Meals”
Why is it that we use the same word for eating a piece of cake and committing infidelity? What if we stopped using the word cheat to attach morality to our food choices?
How to Get Up When You Slip Up During Your Weight Loss Journey
There’s a saying that goes, “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” While this saying is true… what they don’t tell you is that while taking the stairs, you can trip and fall. You’ll …
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Motivation: Winning The Battle In Your Head
Motivation is a funny, complex thing. The thing that motivates one person is always different from that of another even though they are working for the same thing.
Simple Rules of Motivation
Everything boils down to choice. You can drag yourself up the same way you can drag yourself down. It is a choice you have to make every, single day. Whenever you are faced with this conflict of choices, bring …
Wednesday Recipe…on Thursday
Have you ever heard of Monkey Salad before? It’s a weird name for a fun fruit-and-nut salad that contains bananas.
Monday Motivation…Nourishment
Too often we’re scared of failure. We don’t like being embarrassed by our own mistakes and we don’t like it when we are less than perfect. So we avoid placing ourselves in situations where we can’t control the outcome …
Just Sit There!
We are busier than ever. We have more activities, less time, more interruptions, less focus. I don’t know how you feel, but we all have incredibly busy lives and probably feel like we always are doing something and never have …
Is this about right?
We are a society built upon immediate gratification.
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