Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude You have so much to be grateful for! How many times have you said this to someone or had someone say this to you? The importance of an attitude of gratitude, fortunately, is catching on. However it does often still take a back seat to our daily life stresses. Bad […]

“Use it or lose it” – The Importance of Active Aging   What is Active Aging? Active aging is the thought, idea, and actions of working with our bodies, not against them as we age. It is the self-promotion of our optimal quality of life, in our later years.  Life expectancy has reached all time […]

Monday Left Overs Not everybody loves Mondays but they are the beginning of a new week, one that will be filled with possibilities and challenges. How can we be fully present this week to savor the good stuff and work through the tough stuff? First we need to deal with the left overs from last […]

Mindful Meal Prep: How planning ahead can save headaches, money, and time. Most of us have been there. Rushing from work, or school, to appointments, or back and forth from soccer practice, to dance class, to the late night PTA meeting. All while in the back of our minds we are running that dreaded question…what […]

Nowadays, our routines consume most of our time, we rarely find the time to take care of ourselves. Stress, anxiety and pain appear as a consequence of the decisions we make to put our self-care last. While it is true that many of us feel we don’t have much time to take care of our […]

Winter weather is very harsh on the skin. The combination of windy, cold, dry weather outside and humidity-depleting heaters indoors works to drain our skin of vital moisture during winter months. First, brutal winter weather whips around your skin, with chilling winds drawing moisture straight out of your skin. Second, we compensate for lower temperatures by […]

Did you know that sunlight influences your overall well-being? In the winter, you may suffer from lowered spirits or seasonal depression due to a lack of sunlight. Most people feel the difference. The reduced daylight hours have a negative effect on many people, whose morale, energy level, and well-being drop as the daylight hours decrease. […]