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As I share my "Christmas Prayer" with you, I hope and pray that you are able to relax and enjoy the day, taking the expectations off of yourself and others that are unhealthy or unrealistic.  That you are able to love yourself and know that God loves you and can and will help you each… Continue reading My Christmas Prayer

Greetings, Our Tips for this week when facing the "food" part of the holidays: -       Chat a little more and eat a little less. -       Find a diversion when you’re ready to go back for another helping -- stop to chat with someone -       When you have finished your pre-decided amount of food, get a strong piece of… Continue reading Gifts of Love and Acts of Kindness

As we walk through the holiday season we need to keep in mind the importance of the “balance” in all areas to maintain physical, mental and emotional health. As regular exercise gives one a more positive outlook on life, helps to relieve stress, anxiety and depression, it becomes a must during the holiday season that… Continue reading Physical, Mental & Emotional Well-Being

The holidays can bring a great deal of stress to one and all. However, I have found one of the best ways to come out of the feelings of begin defeated and in despair is to revisit what we began last week - to start counting your blessings one by one. I know it may… Continue reading With Thanksgiving

As we continue moving toward Thanksgiving, it is a great time to “shift” our attitude from the “struggles” and the “dreaded things” that come with the Holiday season to that of “Gratitude” and all we have to be grateful for. There’s an old hymn called “Count your Blessings” and the chorus says to name them… Continue reading Breath and Give Thanks

We continue to find ways that can become habits without bringing “notice” to oneself that we’re adjusting our eating as I found that “well meaning” input often led to frustration and exhaustion as I started to “adjust” my habits. Everyone has an opinion or comment to make and most really aren’t that helpful and often… Continue reading Do It Anyway

Greetings, Now let’s make our connections with the events, feelings, food and habits that we need to look at. Event / Feelings Food / Habit Example: When I’m missing my Mother, I crave the foods we prepared together (which getting to buy things for her, cooking with included lots of white flour and sugar), or… Continue reading Looking at our Triggers and Begin making some “small” changes

Greetings, Unfortunately, while some of these memories and occasions bring a lot of joy and a much needed restful break, there are also the dynamics of past hurts and pain, loss of relationships to either death, divorce, misunderstandings that have not been mended, etc. Often distances have been created by changing where one works or… Continue reading Adding the “emotional” aspect we need to look at during the Holidays

The Stress that accompanies the holidays can be hard to maneuver through and as we do we often find ourselves overeating, not maintaining our exercise regimen and subsequently gaining weight. As we reach the season filled with holiday gatherings there are several aspects to what we face that can and will affect our eating and… Continue reading How to Survive the Holidays

Three steps to take as you begin to make changes and develop your personalized program to better health. ➢ Don’t force total denial of your favorite foods and all the adjustments at the same time, allow time to really get in the mode of changing one habit at a time. ➢ Understand there may be… Continue reading 3 Important Steps to Gain Success & Change the View You Have of “You”