Practicing better nutrition habits is one of the areas where we tend to let challenges turn into excuses. “I don’t have the willpower. I don’t have the time. I’m too busy. I don’t have the patience. I like to enjoy my food. I don’t have the money. It’s too hard to eat better. I don’t …
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Nutrition: Who Do You Want to Be?
We each have some vision of what it looks like to “eat healthy.” But is that vision the same as what it looks like for you to eat healthier? Who are you when you think about the type of person you want to be with respect to what you eat? Who do you want to …
Who Do You Want to Be?
In our never-ending efforts to improve, get better, and to enhance our personal growth, we tend to start with what we want to do. “I will exercise more. I will eat better. I will be a better husband or father, wife or mother. I’m going to go to church more often.” But there’s a better …
Waiting for Results
Is your goal to reduce stress right now? Or is it to live a less stressful life? This is the question that many fail to answer when trying to improve their health habits or lifestyle. It’s almost always a choice between the here and now, and long-term health. Those of you who know me and …
Counter Stress Through Rest
The primary ways to counter stress are to exercise, eat well, and ensure you get enough rest. Exercise releases endorphins that quite literally make you feel better. Both exercise and better nutrition contribute to a better functioning body, which addresses one of the stressors that many of us have…our health. But sleep is one of …