WHY MY SIBO CAME BACK
When your gut gets stuck: What I learned about SIBO after hip surgery… After my hip replacement, I expected the usual post-surgery challenges: pain, swelling, restlessness, the humbling dance of trying to get out of a chair with dignity. What I did not expect was a gut rebellion. Like many people after surgery, I was […]
Why We Age – Part 2
Aging is defined as a progressive loss of physical integrity, functionality, and increased vulnerability to illness and death that begins on the cellular level. While aging itself isn’t a disease, the aging process represents a major risk factor for several chronic diseases and conditions, including frailty and lack of resilience. Research on the biology of […]
Why We Age – Part 2
Aging is defined as a progressive loss of physical integrity, functionality, and increased vulnerability to illness and death that begins on the cellular level. While aging itself isn’t a disease, the aging process represents a major risk factor for several chronic diseases and conditions, including frailty and lack of resilience. Research on the biology of […]
Fall Yoga, Meditation & Journal Retreat
Unchanged: Unchanged: move Unchanged:Restore your mind and body as Tom and Tina lead you through daily yoga and mindful movement designed to both inspire and calm the senses. Coming home to your body through guided movement and awareness is a powerful and healing act of self-love. Taking this time to move inward to reconnect your […]
Why Women Don’t Sleep
Sleep is a fundamental building block to health, yet 1 in 4 women suffer from insomnia. Most women will experience trouble getting to sleep, staying asleep, and reaching deep levels of sleep during their lifetime. It is a chicken and egg situation. Are your hormones causing poor sleep, or is poor sleep-disrupting your hormones? Usually […]
Why nature is my physician
My love of nature started in childhood as my parents insisted their three children play outdoors as much as possible. While we weren’t allowed to run wild, (you never wanted to hear my Mom’s frenetic bell ring because you were somewhere you weren’t supposed to be), we were given the freedom to spend hours rolling […]
Everything Changes
I know change is inevitable and yet, I still resist and deny it when it arrives. I’m not sure why I insist on giving change such a bad rap because, in truth, change has been my life long friend. Change helped me find the courage to leave an abusive man with no real home and […]
Why Eating Clean Isn’t Enough Anymore
I’ve been in the health and fitness industry for nearly forty years which either means I am very old or very wise; (I am very old.) During that time I have survived the low fat, high carb craze, the long slow distance theory of fat loss, and countless wasted hours planted on a spin bike, […]
GOALS: Overrated or Necessary
As someone who coaches people to help them make positive changes in their lives, it may seem curious that I am lukewarm regarding the subject of goals, goal setting and even, ‘goal tending.’
Not all goals are good, even when created from a place of sincerity. Some goals, in fact, can hinder our forward progress simply because they miss the mark. We think we’re sure footed on the path to the Summit because we can see the peak, only to find we’re off the trail, lost footing in scree, helplessly lost and frustrated. It happens. It’s happened to me, PLENTY of times.
The Problem with Discipline
It’s that time of year when we tend to get riled up and set all sorts of lofty goals for ourselves. In layman’s terms this is called New Year’s Resolutions… in my industry it’s more like a False Positive- that sudden jump in gym attendance due to this sudden burst of inspiration. Inspiration that peters out sometime between Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s.
If it sounds like I am being judgmental, I am not. I am just as vulnerable as the next person (perhaps more so) to the allure of making promises to myself that I do not keep. My Dad would have called this ‘putting the cart before the horse’ or ‘stepping in it because you weren’t looking’ or, if he were alive now, perhaps, ‘texting while driving;’ none of which are particularly safe or productive.
