If you’ve been married more than a few years, you’d probably love to spice up your marriage just a bit. But then you realize that the thought of pursuing a sexier and more intimate marriage just seems exhausting. And maybe a little bit daunting. You start to think – what [continue reading]
4 Winter Self-care Tips for Women
My typical approach to winter is to power through – just keep going and it will soon be over! But this year is stretching my tolerance for winter about as far as it can go, and powering through just isn’t cutting it. We’ve had endless rain and weeks of gray [continue reading]
How Weight Issues Can Drain Your Energy
Here’s an embarrassing confession – even though I write about healthy eating and weight loss all the time (and work in a health field), I’ve been trying to lose the same 10 pounds for over 5 years. I know that 10 pounds isn’t a lot of weight, but it’s 10 [continue reading]
How to Create Energy and Passion in Your Life, Health, and Marriage this Year
At the beginning of January, did you make some plans for this year or set some goals? If you did, how’s it going? Are you on track? Do you need to get back on track? Or are you somewhere in between? (I’m somewhere in between.) Wherever you are, it’s a [continue reading]
Do One Thing for Your Husband on Valentine’s Day
Whether you love it, hate it, or barely tolerate it, Valentine’s Day is almost here. Whatever you think your husband may (or may not) do to celebrate, I want to encourage you to plan one thing to make the day fun or meaningful (or both!) for him. Whether you feel [continue reading]
4 Low-stress Ways to Start Eating Healthier
A woman emailed me a few months ago, after reading an article I’d written about healthy diets, and said, “I know what I need to do. I just can’t make myself do it.” She was a busy woman, wife, and mom, with lots of responsibilities, lots of stress, and very [continue reading]