Healthy Life Toolbox, Tool #9 – Focus on Action, Not Motion This month we’re talking about simple tools you can use to make progress on the healthy or positive changes you’re making this year. I’m calling this set of tools the Healthy Life Toolbox. Whether you’re working on physical or [continue reading]
Easy Meal Prep Lunch – Zesty Bean Salad
Okay friends, I’m taking a short detour from our Healthy Life Toolbox series to talk about the recipe that is saving my life (slight exaggeration!) right now. I want you to know about this Zesty Bean Salad because a) it’s easy, healthy and delicious, b) it illustrates perfectly how healthy [continue reading]
Expect to Fail – Healthy Life Toolbox, Tool #8
Healthy Life Toolbox, Tool #8 – Expect to Fail Say what now? We’ve been talking all month about making healthy, positive changes this year, and I’ve been sharing some practical tools that will help you as you begin to make those changes. I’ve been encouraging you to really go for [continue reading]
Focus on Action, Not Inspiration – Healthy Life Toolbox, Tool #7
Healthy Life Toolbox, Tool #7 – Focus on Action, Not Inspiration Several days ago we talked about resistance, a series of feelings, thoughts, and actions that kick in automatically, as soon as you start to make any kind of positive change in your life. Resistance can take the form of [continue reading]
Overcome Resistance – and Don’t Let it Scare You – Healthy Life Toolbox, Tool #6
Healthy Life Toolbox, Tool #6 – Overcome Resistance – and Don’t Let it Scare You Everything we’ve talked about so far in the Health Life Toolbox series is about playing the “head game” of making healthy changes in your life. Don’t worry – we’re going to talk about taking practical [continue reading]
Embrace Uncertainty – Healthy Life Toolbox, Tool #5
Healthy Life Toolbox, Tool #5 – Embrace Uncertainty I know from my own efforts to make positive changes in my life, and from talking to women and reading comments from readers, that many of us feel uncertain. We don’t know exactly what we should be doing. We wonder if what [continue reading]