Change your lifestyle to change how your body ages. We have more potential than ever to live long, healthy, active lives. Maintaining your Pilates body isn’t just about genetics—it’s about the choices you make every day. With consistency, mindfulness, and a few smart...
New programs to trade or recycle your worn gear. With extra time spent at home during the last year plus, your workout gear has likely gotten extra wear. If you’re tired of wearing the same tights but hanging onto them to avoid adding to landfill, you’ll...
Five ways to eat your veggies in the fall and winter. One of the best things you can do to maintain a healthy weight is to eat your vegetables. Admittedly, it feels harder to do in the winter when the farmer’s markets have closed and the produce is less...
Manifesting your dreams takes courage and persistence. Stating what you want to manifest in your life can be a scary question to answer especially if you’ve suffered a setback or the fallout of a major event. During the Great Recession my yoga instructor...
Self-care improves your health and wellbeing. Your daily habits shape your long-term health — that’s why doctors ask so many questions about how you eat, sleep, move, and manage stress. As we age, self-care check-ins become even more valuable. With every trip around...
Learn how to reduce your footprint not your style. I discovered a non-profit this week called Redress. The organization is working to reduce the environmental impact of fast fashion because too much of it is still ending up in landfill. ...
A happy mind leads to a more successful life. The Happiness MBA has wrapped up. It took me a while to sit with the information and distill my thoughts. I read the book Search Inside Yourself referenced in the course and read some of my earlier posts to better...
Learn how to develop a healthy need for control. Start by taking a test to determine whether or not your need for control is in the healthy range. Understandig your level of contrl is important because the way we respond when we don’t get what we want or how we...
Items to refresh and donate while spring cleaning. With so much time spent sheltered-in-place last year, your home likely needs a big refresh. I’ve been researching the average useful life of many household items lately to figure out which items need to be deep...
Happiness is the starting point not the reward. If someone asked you whether or not you are happy, how would you respond? Would you have to think about it or qualify your answer? If so, you’ re in good company. Reportedly, only 14% of the US population is...