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Feeling Overwhelmed? Strategies to Keep You From Crying

Has life ever had you feeling overwhelmed? I don't think there's anyone who has never felt overwhelmed at some point in time. Women are especially prone to overwhelm. Why? Even though most women now work outside the hone, the sad fact is the majority of the household and childrearing responsibilities still rest on the shoulders of women. We may be bringing home a paycheck but we aren't getting much help at home. Feeling overwhelmed can happen for time to time. Special circumstances, like planning a wedding, can create some temporary feelings of overwhelm.

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The Secret to Staying Youthful

Would you like to feel less stressed? Would you like to have more energy? Would you like to live a long healthy life? When asked these questions most people say YES. Who wouldn't want to be more relaxed, have more energy and live a long healthy life? One secret to having all of this in your ...

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Practical Solutions to Eating Raw Foods

You may be wondering, what does it mean to eat raw food? This diet consists of eating unprocessed, uncooked fresh raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Some people on a raw food diet will prepare food in a dehydrator, but the food is never exposed to temperatures above 116 degrees Fahrenheit. ...

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Staying Younger Longer

Have you ever had the experience of someone being genuinely surprised that you are as old as you are? What a boost to the ego! We all want to look young for our age. In fact, looking younger has turned into a booming industry. Plastic surgery. Botox. Rejuvenating face serums. Chemical peels. It ...

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Simple Technique To Reduce Stress

"The foundation of prosperous health depends on the basic ability of getting oxygen to the cells, and deep breathing is the simplest, most fundamental method of accomplishing that." Robert Fulford, DO Very few people regularly take deep breaths. Most of us are under a lot of stress and as a result take very shallow, fast breaths. An effective way to reduce stress and oxygenate is to take slow deep breaths throughout the day. Every cell in our body needs a constant supply of fresh oxygen to stay alive and work efficiently. Oxygen is the most vital nutrient for our body.

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Help! I'm Trapped In A Middle-Aged Body!

It happened the other night. My husband and I were watching TV. When I got up from the couch, I ended up hobbling along like an 80 year old woman after hip replacement. What's going on? This has happened before. But how long ago? When did it start? I'm not 80, I'm only middle-aged. This ...

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5 Habits To Skyrocket Your Energy

The most common complaint we hear from our health coaching clients is lack of energy. Everyone seems to be burning the candle at both ends. Our lives are filled with activities from the moment we wake up until we fall into bed in the evening. We find ourselves running on the treadmill of life, not sure if we are really getting anywhere. Have you ever felt like this? Have you ever wished you had the energy to get you through the day? If you implement these 5 habits into your daily routine, you will start to notice a significant boost in your energy.

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Do You Want to Be the Next Biggest Loser?

Are you a fan of the Biggest Loser TV show? Many of our clients love that show. It is very inspirational to watch people working so hard to achieve their weight loss goals. Who would have thought anyone could lose 100 pounds in just 8 weeks thought diet and exercise alone. It shows what the ...

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If You Don’t Take Care Of You, Who Will?

Face it, ladies, we have a natural predisposition to take care of others. Usually to the point that we put others before the care of ourselves. The problem with this is…if you don’t take care of you, who will? Then there are those elusive Somedays. “When the kids go off to college, I’ll have ...

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Feeling Guilty About Those Resolutions?

It’s been almost a month since we made our New Year’s resolutions. How’s it going for you? Not so good? You’re not alone. We start with good intentions but it doesn’t take much to derail our plan. We’re going to take a look at two reasons why our resolutions have failed and then we’ll come up ...

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How Health Coaching Makes You A Winner

With the coaching field expanding so widely, there are now a lot of specialty coaches out there. One field that is growing is the area of health coaching. How do you go about choosing a coach that can help you reach your goals? What should you be looking for? There are two key elements in ...

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How To Get Fit Living In A Fast Paced World

Are you a busy, professional woman or owner of your company? Do you run from morning until late in the night keeping up with all your obligations and responsibilities? When was the last time you made time for yourself? Most women keep putting off their health and wellness until sometime in ...

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The Sneaky Way to Lose Weight

Weight loss is, quite simply, about the numbers. How many calories in verses how many calories burned dictate your weight. There are two ways to shed extra pounds; either cut back on calorie consumption or move more to burn off more calories. Moving more doesn’t mean you need to train for a triathlon. There are plenty of opportunities to increase activity during the course of a day. And it may not be as hard as you think. If you could burn off just an extra 100 calories a day you could lose 10 or more pounds over the course of a year.

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Is Stress Making You Fat? Probably

Do you find you’re stressed out a lot? Are you also gaining weight? There’s a definite connection between the two. The American Psychological Association did a survey of more than 1,800 people last year and 43% of the respondents reported to overeating or eating unhealthy foods in response to stress during the previous month. Women were more inclined to do it than men. There’s new research about stress and snacking the sheds light on the biology behind it and also shows how to combat the problem.

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Lose Fifty Percent More Weight – At What Cost?

If there was a way you could boost your weight loss efforts by 50%, would you? Your first thought might be. “What’s the catch?” In this case we are talking about the weight loss drug Alli. Alli says you can lose 50% more weight using their pills. Before you run out and buy yourself a package let us take a closer look at the Alli program. For starters, the Alli packet says that you should start exercising and eating a low-fat, low-calorie diet. The fact is, if you started exercising and eating a low-fat, low-calorie diet, you would lose weight. So why take the pills?

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The Miracle of 100 Calories

What do you think of when you think about losing weight? Does your mind immediately conjure up images of being on a diet: meager portions, calorie counting, not being able to have any of the foods that you love? If you are trying to lose weight in that way it can be discouraging, but did you know that there is another way? A way where you are not feeling deprived, where you are not looking at meager portions, or left counting calories? It is the magic of 100. That being 100 calories.

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