New Year’s resolutions have been around seemingly forever. According to Merriam-Webster.com: “New Year’s resolutions have existed since the early 19th century, and perhaps as far back as the late 17th century. Not only were people making resolutions 200 years ago, but they were also breaking them and using them as excuses for bad behavior before the New Year, much like …
There Will Never Be a Perfect Time to Start.
There will never be a perfect time to start. Life never really slows down or gets less stressful. There’s always another obstacle, another crisis, another emergency, another obligation. In order to change long-term, we have to figure out how to do it in the midst of everything else going on in our lives. Of course, there are some exceptions, like …
Creating a Healthy Lifestyle is a Skill
Knowing what to do and actually doing it are two different things. Eating healthfully is a skill. Exercising is a skill. Changing lifestyle habits (sleep, stress, etc) is a skill. And as with all skills, change doesn’t happen overnight or without effort, consistency, and persistence. You didn’t learn how to ride a bike in just one …
Got Burnout? Complete the Stress Cycle to Feel Better Fast
The past several years have been doozy, amiright??? Between the pandemic, social injustice, politics, inflation, and more, we’re all feeling stressed to the max. And we can feel how it’s taking a toll on our mental and physical health. I’ve been trying to learn everything I can on how to deal with this chronic stress for both myself and my …
Ditch the “New Year, New Me” Mindset
It’s difficult to avoid the “New Year, New Me” messaging that’s so pervasive this time of year. New Year’s Resolutions are being made, and the multi-billion dollar diet industry is in full swing. We can’t avoid the WW commercials, the fat burner supplement magazine ads, or the articles online about “finally losing the weight for good.” All very …
How to Believe in Yourself When it’s Hard
Like anything, venturing out into the unknown, especially when it takes a lot of hard effin’ work every single day to get there, is tough. It’s frustrating. It’s defeating at times. We can develop self-doubt and feel like a failure. Because with any amount of success there will be failures — a lot of ’em. We can take them personally, and …
How to Make Fitness a Doable Habit + 3 Quickie Workouts
It’s easy to think that we just don’t have the time or energy to even think about it right now, but that’s kind of a cop-out. We all have a few minutes each day that we can carve out for the things that recharge us. It’s our all-or-nothing thinking that sabotages us. We think if we don’t have an hour …
5 Ways to Actually Become Someone Who Works Out [Motivation For the Rest of Us]
There’s this misconception that fitness is an all-or-nothing pursuit. We see friends and fitness celebs on social media constantly posting about their workouts and we marvel at their discipline and motivation. But this is deceiving. Just last week, I was talking to a friend and he made a comment about me “working out all the time.” And I’m thinking, …
The Problem With Progress
Do you ever do this? You dial in your diet and start a new workout program, and you’re feeling good. You’re motivated to make a change in your physique and really make it stick this time. You faithfully hit the gym several days a week, and shovel in veggies and protein like it’s your job. Your clothes …
The Pursuit is the Point.
Focusing too much on the desired end result is a surefire way to be miserable and struggling unnecessarily. None of us decides one day to lose X lbs. and then, poof! It’s gone. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of steps in between to accomplish any worthy goal. And it’s those sucky moments of …
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