What’s micro-resilience and how can it help you minimize the impacts of daily stress? Let’s think of micro-resilience this way: What’s the normal way you live your life? Do you power through your emotions, fatigue and stress? Do you end up collapsing at the end of the day? Do you believe in pushing yourself to prove yourself […]
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Compliments are great, right?! Of course, we want to tell someone when they look great. Who hasn’t complimented someone who has obviously lost a significant amount of weight?! We probably all have. But we may be doing more harm than good… In 2013, after finishing nutrition school, I weighed the least I’ve ever weighed, which was far […]
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Kale’s all the rage. Everyone’s talking about it because it’s healthy. But do you want to know what’s even healthier than kale? Having a good relationship with food! I used to think that because I loved eating healthy food I had a healthy relationship with food. Over time, though, and with further education, I had the courage […]
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Support a healthy body image by following these body positive social media feeds. Fill your feed with realistic and positive images of bodies and health. The messages that you see and hear everyday matter and influence how you feel about your own human body. Pick the ones that speak to you and resonate with you and make […]
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I am standing for anyone who has struggled with a self-esteem issue like me, because all bodies are valuable. To support self-acceptance, draw a heart on my body. Amy Pence Brown Taking A Stand If you haven’t seen Amy’s incredible display of humanity and self-love, I highly recommend you take 4 minutes to watch her video. I had […]
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When we were born, we instinctively knew how to eat. But as we move through life, we are impacted by the messages from the world around us. We’re taught over and over again about what to eat. And the “what” we should eat shifts year after year. These lessons come from family members (more often than not […]
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The High-Fact Diet Do you ever feel burdened by the fact that you know so much about nutrition? This is what is called a “high-fact diet”. Many of us are almost too well educated about what we eat, and this is actually creating stress in our bodies. And yes, I am speaking from personal experience. If we […]
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Metabolism and the Mind The satiated man and the hungry man do not see the same thing when they look upon a loaf of bread. The great poet Rumi It’s true. We all come to the table with different perspectives and life stories. I like to think of this as a direct reflection of how everybody’s metabolism […]
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Vitamin P. Pleasure. We need it. Without it our lives just aren’t complete. And neither is our metabolic potential. Pleasure, a Study Let me share a scientific example with you. Scientists conducted a study around the relationship of iron absorption and pleasure. Their test subjects included a group of women from Sweden and another group of women […]
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I love fitness. I loved it so much that I made it my career as a former Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. While I still love moving my body, my perspective on fitness has changed. Fitness has gotten entangled with diet culture. We’re told to: Get a beach body. Earn and burn your food. These statements seem benign […]
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