Just how much can women affect their odds of getting breast cancer? More than they might think, according to a study published in Breast Cancer Research. While it’s true that having a mother or sister with breast cancer increases a woman’s odds of contracting the disease, even these women can lower their risk. Research suggests […]
Category: Nurturing Yourself – Wellness
The journey to looking, feeling, and being your very best isn’t necessarily long and hard. Small shifts in our behaviors and thoughts often bring profound results. Keep in mind that the path is not the same for each person. Your choices, your actions, and your lifestyle need to work for you. So let’s explore your options so that you start nurturing yourself.
Just How Helpful Are PSA Tests?
It’s said that we all have a cross to bear, and in the health arena, it appears to be true. Women have mammograms and men have PSA tests, both of which have caused some controversy over the years. Most recently PSA testing has come under fire, with U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommending that men […]
Exercise Preference Assessment
The key to regular exercise is doing something you really enjoy. I’d like to share an assessment I have developed to help my clients figure out the best types of activity for them. If you want to actual form, contact me. Otherwise, take a piece a paper and create your own form. Begin by listing […]
More Ways to Eat More Vegetables
How did your vegetable eating go last week? Do you know what the most frequently eaten vegetable in America is? Potatoes. Do you know how they’re most often consumed? You got it – French fries. We can do better than that! In case you need more ideas, here are 13 more ways to enjoy vegetables […]
25 Ways to Eat More Vegetables
Vegetables are an essential component of your diet if you wish to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. They add lots volume and nutrients, with very few calories, a smokin’ deal! And they’re so versatile that you’re sure to find ways to enjoy them if you set your mind to it. Here are the first […]
Exercise and Vegetables – Your Best Friends?
Exercise is like vegetables in many ways. Both are good for you and something mom wanted you to have every day. They each make it easier for you to achieve and maintain a healthy weight and avoid countless chronic diseases. So why do we resist them so much? From my coaching experience, I’ve found that […]
Free to Look, Feel and Be Your Very Best!
“Every choice you make has an end result. “ Zig Ziglar Happy Independence Day! Today I recognize and celebrate your freedom to choose to look, feel, and be your very best. As Zig Ziglar reminds us, every choice has an end result. The good habits I work with my clients to create are just a […]
Don’t Exercise!
When would I ever advise you not to exercise? I can think of two situations. The first is if the doctor tells you not to, due to illness or injury. My number one rule is to follow your doctor’s advice. If you don’t want to do as your physician instructs, please find another doctor, one […]
Be Well by Showing Up
“You’ve got to be in it to win it.” That was slogan of the New York State lottery when I lived there in the 1990s. I think we can say that about everything. In fact, it seems to me that we get halfway to success just by showing up. What does it mean to “show […]
Tune Up Your Habits
Over the years, most of my clients have gotten frustrated at some point when the pounds stopped dropping. They would complain about the dreaded “plateau.” In the weight loss world, we know that weight does not change systematically, in a nice linear fashion. We could see no movement on the scale for a week only […]