8 Proven Benefits of Meditation

8 Proven Benefits of Meditation

There are actually nine primary types of meditation: mindfulness, spiritual, focused, movement, mantra, transcendental, progressive, love-kindness, and visualization. While each is slightly different and unique, they all tend to have the similar health benefits and those benefits are the topic of this week’s post. In 

How to Create a Workout Routine

How to Create a Workout Routine

So, you say you want to become a healthier person? Well, there are two main factors that go into creating a healthier you, diet and exercise. Diet and various types of exercises you can perform or participate in I have addressed in numerous previous posts. 

How Meal Planning Can Save You Money

How Meal Planning Can Save You Money

The number one rule when it comes to meal planning and saving money is: stick to the plan! If you spend 30 minutes or so each week planning out your meals and then cave when you pass your first Chipotle or Panera Bread, that’s known 

Best Mental Exercises for Your Brain

Best Mental Exercises for Your Brain

Yeah, I know your brain is not a muscle. However, your brain responds to exercise (of the mental variety) just like a muscle responds to physical exercise. When we exercise a specific muscle, say your bicep, it responds by growing larger, stronger and becomes more 

How to Beat the Winter Doldrums

How to Beat the Winter Doldrums

The term “doldrums” is actually a nautical one. It refers to an area around the equator that was notoriously devoid of wind during certain times of the year and back when ships were exclusively wind powered, this could cause problems. As a result, many a 

Some Things to Put on Your Winter 2022-23 Bucket List

Some Things to Put on Your Winter 2022-23 Bucket List

As is my wont, I’ll begin this post by defining a term from the title, in this case, “bucket list.” In years gone by, a bucket list was a list of things you wanted to do before you died or kicked the proverbial bucket. The 

Vegan Food Substitutes for the Holidays

Vegan Food Substitutes for the Holidays

What follows is a hypothetical holiday conversation between Olivia the omnivore and Victor the vegan: Victor entered his in-law’s home expecting the regular questions non-vegans ask of vegans. He wasn’t disappointed when the conversation inevitably turned to his veganism when Olivia asked, “I know you 

How to Get Your Diet Back on Track After Thanksgiving

How to Get Your Diet Back on Track After Thanksgiving

We all know that the Thanksgiving holiday is no longer restricted to just Thanksgiving Day. It has morphed into a week-long gluttony-fest that runs from the Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving all the way to the Monday after. It begins as we must take the Wednesday 

Healthy Eating Tips for Holiday Gatherings

Healthy Eating Tips for Holiday Gatherings

It’s here, six-weeks of parties, family gatherings, office holiday happy hours, omnipresent baked goods and alcohol and massive sit-down dinners where the table strains under the weight of the food upon it. All this after you’ve spent the last 10 months exercising on a regular 

How to Handle Your Next Snack Attack

How to Handle Your Next Snack Attack

You know it’s coming; your next inevitable snack attack. You might even know when and where, as these things tend to have a pattern. Every day, say around 3:30, you find yourself scrounging around the office break room, your fridge or pantry looking for something