Waking up early seems to be one of the most dreaded tasks in our time. Little do people know that adjusting one’s life to becoming a “morning person” brings about several health benefits. The Most Important Meal of the Day? One reason why waking up early is beneficial to one’s ...
Read More »Weekends made for wellness
Have you ever had a great week where you’re making healthy choices about every day? You’re eating well, cooking your own meals, getting to the gym, and then…the weekend rolls around. Ah yes, how I have a love/hate relationship with weekends. It’s easy to think of the weekend as time ...
Read More »Mindfulness and Exercise
What do you think about when exercising? Is it a time for you to let you mind wander, or do you tend to stay focused on the task at hand? I recently found myself becoming incredibly bored when working out and started to question if I could incorporate some meditation ...
Read More »Body Image, Weight, and Acceptance
Believe it or not, everyone has struggled with body image at one point in their lives. Humans like to be comfortable in their surroundings. When it feels like we are different from everyone else, it can lead to a downward spiral of self rejection and low self-esteem. Since body image ...
Read More »When Life Knocks You Down…Stand Back Up
Last week was one of “those” weeks. Nothing was going my way. Back luck was my middle name. Life just kept knocking me down. Check it out… Hurdle #1: Hanging out with my roommate in the kitchen. Making dinner, laughing and talking about the weekend. So I go to open ...
Read More »Gain Control of Your Ship and Set Sail Towards Happiness
For those of you reading this I am sure that you are asking yourselves, who is this person? Why should I listen to him? Let me begin by introducing myself. I am an average student, at an underrated university, with extraordinary ambitions. The principles that I am about to speak ...
Read More »Live in the Moment
At the current moment, I am sitting outside of my favorite local coffee shop. Even though it’s still technically winter, it’s 68 degrees out, I’m drinking an iced green tea, and there isn’t a cloud in the sky. It really couldn’t get any better than this. However, one thought keeps ...
Read More »It’s Out of Our Control
Sometimes life throws us a curve ball. Difficulties come out of left field and catch us off guard. Most of the time, it’s an event that we have no control over. And if you’re like me, someone who hates to feel as though they have no control over a situation, ...
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