The interesting thing about stress in our lives is that we often contribute to it by how much we worry. When we place unreasonable expectations on ourselves or set artificial goals, we also set ourselves up for increased stress. Whether it’s the pressure to maintain an unreasonable diet, the expectation to follow someone else’s exercise …
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Better, Not Perfect Nutrition
We all have days or weeks where it’s almost impossible to maintain a healthy diet. There are periods of time when our schedules and the demands of life, family, work–or all three–prevent us from taking the time to eat a healthy breakfast, eat our “planned salad” for lunch, or cause us to grab a quick, …
Better, Not Perfect Fitness
Have you ever considered the week a wash since you didn’t start it off right with your exercise goals? Have you ever said to yourself, I overslept by 15 minutes…since I won’t be able to complete my full workout, I may as well just sleep a bit more and try again tomorrow? Have the first …
Be Better, Not Perfect
Over the past month, I’ve talked about maintaining consistent habits as you look to grow and improve certain areas of your life. One way to do that is through small steps, like we’ve discussed. But, I’d like to point out another important factor as we talk about consistency, and that is that sometimes we assume …
Small Routines to Grow Your Faith
Having belief through your faith isn’t always the hardest part of living a spiritual life. Rather it’s often practicing our faith that can be hard, and having a spiritual mindset, particularly in the challenging and rougher times of our lives. But it’s the seemingly little things that we do in our normal, everyday lives that …