Taking back my health doesn’t mean giving up baking holiday cookies!

Doing something all in is easier than doing something halfway. Digging deep to summon energy opens up a whole reservoir of it, just waiting to be tapped. This works for everything.

If I can’t go for a run, I still go for a walk. There is always something I can do to keep moving.

I learned how to avoid what I call the Deprivation Rubber Band – how to make my good eating sustainable so I don’t “snap back” into bad habits. Every February I have a Wisconsin State… Top 25 Lessons: #17

Sharing the Top 25 Lessons I learned from taking back my health #16. The power of planted seeds: a not unkind co-worker commenting on the large amount of food I’d chosen for lunch, a masseuse… Top 25 Lessons: #16

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