Happiness Day

What makes you happy? Today, March 20, 2014, is International Day of Happiness! The United Nations have come together to reclaim happiness: Advertisers tell us that happiness comes from buying and consuming their products. Celebrities and the media pretend it comes with beauty & fame. And politicians claim that nothing matters more than growing the…

How Well Are You Juggling?

Today Eliz is presenting Juggling Stress at West Georgia Health’s Heart Truth Luncheon and asks, How Well Are You Juggling? Are you managing the stress of work and home well, or feeling overwhelmed? Here is a quick quiz to help you gauge your stress level. How often do you feel compelled to take on every…

Busy Woman’s Guide TV: Stress Management

The Busy Woman’s Guide to a Healthy Heart is hosted by Eliz Greene and produced by Ty Bergeron at MPTV channel 10/36 in Milwaukee. This episode focuses on stress management with guests Berni Xiong, the Shin Kicking Life Spark and Health and Wellness Speaker Wendy Naarup. Life is not about perfection. It is about moving…

Juggling Stress In Saginaw

Today I’m presenting Juggling Stress at a Women’s Wellness Event as part of Covenant HealthCare’s 28 Days/28 Way for a Healthy Heart in February.  True to form, I’m juggling home and travel. I often joke about how as women we often need to figure out what other people are going to eat to be able…

Take A Stand For Your Health

Don’t Just Sit There! Heading to the gym every morning may not be enough if you sit at your desk all day!  Recent studies show among people who exercise regularly, those who sit most of the day have larger waists and higher blood pressure, blood sugar, and lipid levels than people who don’t. Americans spend…

Not My Job

Did you make a new years resolution? I didn’t. Why not set a theme for the year, rather than making yet another New Years Resolution? Years ago I gave up making New Years Resolutions.  They don’t work for me.  I have, however, developed a habit of choosing a word or phrase to be a theme…

Heart Month and March Events

Guess What!? Eliz may be speaking in a town near you! We often joke how hard it is to get a good picture of Eliz in action! This is just an example of how animated her presentations are.. want to see for yourself? In the next few months she will be speaking in Connecticut, Minnesota,…

Embrace a Sense of Humor: THE PITCH

My husband returned from physical therapy today asking, “Where is The Pitch picture?” Suspicious of his intentions, I asked why he would want it.  Evidently he shared the story with his therapist, to the therapist’s great delight.  For years I’ve been telling the story – and always say Clay thinks it is funnier than I…

Standing Meetings

How much time do you spend in meetings each week? Are too many meetings hurting your health? American workers report wasting nearly 3 hours per week in meetings. Nearly 50% of people report “too many meetings” as the biggest time waster at work. All of these meetings can have an impact on your waist as…