Your mind can be your best friend or your worst enemy in making healthy lifestyle changes. Let’s make it your best friend.
In that week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve we’re in that holiday spirit, having fun, enjoying family and letting go of the usual routine. But let’s admit it. We are starting to consider those New Year’s resolutions, trying to determine if we’re really going to make any this year. After all if you’re like…
By guest author Susan Russo “What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I realized it sooner.” -Colette The other day I was listening to someone complaining about how they have to sell their house and downsize to another house in the $250K range. (Poor thing!) Many people are experiencing a shift in their…
Guest author: Tammy Matthews The real secret is that whether you feel sad, broke, lonely, overweight, depressed, overwhelmed or hopeless, you have the power within yourself to change the way you look at life and ultimately the power to change your life. Oftentimes we spend too much time thinking about the negative parts of our…
Guest Author Willie Horton Once our day gets going it is the easiest thing in the world to get swept away by the routine, the urgent (which, by the way, is quite different from the important), the latest minor crisis (which probably seems major at the time) or, most common of all, the endless stream…
How does your mind react to goal setting? Does it say, “no way” or “yes, I love to set goals?” I must admit that my mind balks at goal setting right now because I have been an over-achiever in my past. I’m enjoying a more relaxed approach to living now. But I do have goals…
Your mind’s humming along not even thinking about the things that have become your daily habits (whether good or bad habits). You grab a doughnut with your coffee at the service station on your way to work. In the lunch room someone left some brownies out on the table to share. You pop one in…
What’s one of the first obstacles your mind brings up when you consider embarking on developing a new healthy habit? “I don’t have enough will power to: Eat vegetables Find out if I have food allergies Walk around the block every day Take a few supplements twice per day Do whatever it takes to convert…
You are uniquely-you. No one else in the universe has exactly the same DNA as you. Realize how special you are. You are called to a special purpose on this earth at this time and this season. Now wrap your mind around that truth. How wonderful that you are eager to walk out that purpose….
When you start a weight loss program, don’t you just love to run to the scales naked every morning to see how many pounds you’ve lost? Of course, we all do that! And we most likely run back to the scales after we’ve pooped to see if it’s inched down a little bit more. There’s…
Our minds develop ruts in the way we think. Understnding the way the brain works helps make the conversion to positive, optimistic thinking.