Personal Wellness
Prevent Osteoporosis with Aligned Posture
I'm worried about osteoporosis, as are many of my clients. Osteoporosis is a thinning of the bones, which increases the likelihood of fractures and can lead to disability and death. The diagnosis of osteopenia also denotes decreased bone mass and is a precursor to...
Improve Core Stability and Posture with Diaphragm Training
The diaphragm has a dual role in the body: respiration and posture. When these actions occur simultaneously, we improve our core stability. This is particularly evident in the lumbar spine. My last blog, My Low Back Hurts Because I Can’t Breathe, described the...
Enhance Your Self-Worth in 2014!
Do you ever feel like you're not enough? That you should be doing and giving more? I do! Where does this come from? Why do we feel inadequate despite our achievements? Perhaps we have bought into the beliefs spread through our society in the self-sacrifice or...
Transitioning Through Loss
Two week ago my mother passed from this life. It has been a difficult period and a dramatic transition that has been defined by changes like helping my Dad pack, sell and toss over 50 years of life together. This blog contains advice that I wrote after my beloved dog,...
4 Steps to an Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle
At the 2013 Sun Valley Wellness Festival, I attended a presentation titled "Leading the Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle" with Dr. James Rouse. Dr. Rouse is an accomplished naturopathic physician, triathlete, speaker, author, and more. After you finish reading this blog, I...
Book Review: Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
"We can experience wildly strong emotions (provoking our bodies into an accompanying uproar) linked to mere thoughts." In other words, we activate the stress-response in our minds in response to our thoughts. This is the message shared by Stanford University professor...
Energy Management Brings Success
Popular thinking says that time management brings increased productivity and success. Yet the authors of The Power of Full Engagement believe "Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance." Has this ever happened to you? At the end of a long...
Be Still to Improve Your Performance
With the abundance of self-help resources available today (more than at any other time) on so many health and wellness topics, why aren't we thriving as a nation? This is the essence of the question Garret Kramer posed to start his presentation, "Why Stillpower Always...
What Are You Afraid Of – Can You Handle It?
Do you fear... Injuring your body or suffering pain while participating in sports or activity (e.g. cycling, walking, cooking, weight lifting, gardening...)? Losing your job and having to relocate? Being last or not finishing an athletic...
Transform Your Life with Supportive Affirmations
Your thoughts and internal dialogue creates your reality and influences your attitude, behavior, and outcomes. Take a moment to notice what is going through your mind right now as you start reading this article. You might be saying … I really should be working and not...
Myths of the Aging Physical Body
The messages you hear about aging and your physical body are very negative, provoking fear and dread of advancing years. You are bombarded with ads about drugs, surgery and the latest technology that can make you younger. Aging is inevitable! How you age though, is...
Overcome Stress by Invoking the Relaxation Response
The Stress-Response and Relaxation Response are opposite pathways of our autonomic nervous system. When one is engaged the other is inhibited. The Stress-Response activates the sympathetic nervous system while the Relaxation Response empowers the parasympathetic...
Book Review: Younger Next Year for Women
Although this book review is of the women's version of the book it is applicable to men as well. Men will enjoy the first book, Younger Next Year. Co-written by internist Dr. Henry (Harry) S. Lodge, M.D. and his patient, 73 year old Chris Crowley, Younger Next Year...
Self Control is Exhaustible!
"What looks like laziness may actually be exhaustion." This was one of the lessons from the book Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard. I listened to this book last year and recently attended a Wellcoaches class on the book which prompted me to write...
Making Successful Transitions
The month of January is a time of natural transition where we say goodbye to the previous year and excitedly enter into the new year. It is the one time on our calendar that as a society we vow to make positive changes and take action. If the timing is right and...
Meet Jessica!
I believe we are designed to move and play throughout our entire lives. I don’t buy into the idea that we should slow down with age, or that pain, injury and physical restrictions are unavoidable aspects of growing older. So, here’s my philosophy. Our mental mindset, combined with the physical position and condition of the body that we bring into any activity (from walking to skiing to everything in between), determines our chance of hurting when we move. If we have a positive mindset, and if we have proper positioning and move with correct body biomechanics, all activities should be possible.
This is the goal I have for everyone: to overcome pain and limitations so you can Stay in the Game for Life!
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