Emotional Wellness

I read an interesting study the other day that uncovered something pretty incredible about how our bodies work. 

Take a look at this…

Scientists gave a group of people a shake to drink.

Half of the group was told the shake was LOW in calories and nutrients...

While the other half was told it was HIGH in calories and nutrients.

As you might have guessed, everyone was given the exact same shake.

Now here’s where it gets interesting. 

The group who thought they got the low-calorie shake was …

I’ve got a big confession for you today … and yes, this happens to coaches, too.

The other day I was just not into being “healthy.” I wasn’t in the mood for the lunch I made … the dinner I planned … or getting outside for some fresh air.

I don’t know why, exactly, but I was dreading it, and I kept finding things to do INSTEAD of what I had originally planned.

It wasn’t because I needed a day off. It was just one of those days.

So here’s what I did …

I laced up my sneakers and went outside f…

Did you know that reports of anxiety are up 25% over the past couple of years?

I personally think this number is low since anxiety shows up in different ways for different people … and it’s not always easy to recognize it as anxiety.

A few ways it can show up: feeling restless or agitated, having headaches and/or unexplained pains, trouble focusing, feeling tired, disrupted sleep, worrying, or rolling the same-old, same-old thoughts over and over in your head.

One of the best natural ways to …

Has this ever happened to you before? 

You’re planning on making dinner after work … but as soon as it’s time to start cooking, you start to think:

• I'm too tired
• I don’t know what to make
• I'm too hungry to wait that long
• I have too much to do
• I'm stressed
• I really just want to watch something on Netflix
• etc.

And you’re tempted to give in and hit the drive-through (or make the takeout call). 

I get it! 

By the end of the day, making dinner can seem like a LOT of effort in your head…

If you've ever had a stressful day (or year) that affected your eating habits, you are NOT alone.

In a study, more than 75% of adults said that stress played a role in their eating during the past month.

This included overeating eating junk foods, or not eating. Many of them said it happened weekly.

They also said it made them feel sluggish, lazy, disappointed in themselves, and/or irritable.

The good news is that I have a few tips below to stop stress from getting in the way of your results…

We all have that one thing (maybe more!) we are great at. 

• Nailing that headstand in yoga class
• Keeping our checking/savings accounts balanced
• Home DIY projects or organization
• Cooking a big meal

It’s true, you might have some natural talent for those things. But the reason you got “great” at them wasn’t because of the talent.

It was because you gave them your attention and energy. 

You also probably had some guidance (whether you know it or not!).

It could have been learning from a …

Let’s hop into your DeLorean and travel back in time… not too far, just a couple of months.

Back to when you set your goals for 2022 at the beginning of the year. 

What does the version of you from two months ago think about how much present-day version of you has accomplished so far this year?

Are you happy and excited about your progress? 

Or are you thinking, “Here we go again.”

Either way, it’s time to turn that DeLorean around and come back to the present… because it’s time to:

GET TO…

What if I told you that changing ONE WORD can change your entire outlook?

Here’s what I’m talking about.

Let’s say you’re at a big holiday party and you’ve just finished eating dinner. 

You’re comfortably full and feel great… and then you notice dessert.

You know that after you eat it, you won’t feel so great. In fact, you’ll feel blah, bloated, and ready for a major nap!

And that’s just in the short term. You also know that stacking dessert on top of a big meal won’t help you meet your goa…

A study by Healthline found that when it comes to health and finances, not only do 44% of people think the holidays are “somewhat stressful”...

18% of them classified them as “very stressful”!

The holidays can be the "most wonderful time of the year"...but they can also be the most stressful. 

I have to confess...I used to hate the holiday season. Holidays meant I had to DO more and thus, was under MORE STRESS.

I wanted to make everything absolutely PERFECT for EVERYONE.

I was overwhelmed w…

Why is it so challenging to quit overdrinking? The simple answer is – the desire to drink is programmed into our brains as an automatic habit.

When we want to change a habit, we need to realize that the same things that haven't worked for us in the past aren't going to work now. We need to change what we’re doing and use the power of our brains to become more conscious of our automatic programming.

We give up on trying to cut down or quit because we don’t have the right tools to succeed. We do…