Sharing the Top 25 Things I learned from taking back my health: #15: Do what you have to to break a bad habit. When I started smoking again, I bought a pack in the morning,… Top 25 Lessons: #15

Dragged out the ol’ CD player and grabbed my arsenal. Let the Holidays begin!

I’d always known that my dad taught me to live with gratitude. But I came to realize how much he’d taught me about changing my behaviors: simply stopping things that were bad for me (“I’m… Top 25 Lessons: #14

Sharing the Top 25 Things I learned from taking back my health: Affirmations are powerful. They’re a mechanical process, not new age speak. Even if you don’t believe affirmations change the subconscious, they still serve… Top 25 Lessons: #13

One thing I do to maintain healthy eating is find ways to avoid the Deprivation Rubber Band (so depriving myself that I “snap back” into bad habits). Every August I will absolutely have a Wisconsin… Staying the Course

Just prepared some questions for a book group’s upcoming meeting. I’ve love to join yours and hear about your experiences. Just reach out: kathyb@kathybauernfeind.com 1. What are some ways the author learned to control excess?… Book Discussion Questions

#12:  I learned how powerful using delayed gratification can be.  As I wrote in the book, I don’t know how other people learn this.  I actually looked online to see how parents can teach their… Top 25 Lessons: #12

People have asked how I pieced together all the details of my health journey.  The same way I took back my health:  step by step by step by…

One of the things I did to take back my health was follow Jeffrey Fox’s advice to “do something hard alone”: I chose early morning runs. Just one of the rewards.

Just shared this excerpt with a friend confronting the colon prep demon for the first time: “High-intensity training makes me tough. And speaking of tough, I simply must share my colonoscopy prep story—yes, really! This… YOU CAN DRINK IT!