11 “Real” Tips for a Heart Healthy Thanksgiving

Okay, so let’s get real about Thanksgiving and trying to maintain your heart healthy habits.  Thanksgiving is a celebration built around food.  Which, in itself, isn’t a problem, but that celebration has morphed into a non-stop parade of overindulgence. That is a problem. A turkey dinner doesn’t have to derail your healthy eating habits.  Spending…

How To Have a Low Stress Holiday Season

What are your 3 goals for this holiday season? The quick downhill run to the first of the year can be a stressful and healthy habit challenging period of time.  How do you keep holiday stress at bay, maintain your healthy habits, and enjoy the season more? Set some goals! That’s right! As odd as…

Ho Ho NO! Busy Woman’s Guide to Sanity During the Holidays

There’s so much to do! Holiday cards, cookies, decorating, last minute details… Stressed out by the Holiday Season? Maybe it’s time to focus on what is truly important to you and say no to the distractions.  Here’s a tip to stay sane this season: For some fantastic tips on being productive (and sane) this season,…

Unplug and Pay Your Body Back™ This Holiday

Take advantage of a few days off from your regular routine to unplug and let your body catch up with all you ask it to do! Most of us use some sort of electronic devices to stay connected. These days one hand-held device can allow you to take calls, send e-mail, update your Facebook, LinkedIn,…

How To Pay Your Body Back™ After The Holidays

Are you feeling a little “out of whack” after the holidays? This is a challenging time of year for busy women to stay healthy.  Our regular (and hopefully healthy) routine is interrupted by added stress, hectic schedules, and an abundance of naughty foods! Your body got you through the holidays, with all that entails. Don’t…

Busy Woman’s Guide to Less Stress This Holiday Season

Feeling a little like Charlie Brown this season? Does it seem all the things on your to-do list are drowning out the real spirit of the holidays? Christmas and Hanukkah festivities can leave you feeling less than warm and charitable and the economy adds another level of stress as well. What to do? Here are…

Busy Woman’s Guide to a Healthy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. We will have 19 people around our table on Thursday and we are truly blessed to have so many members of our family together. Yet, large family gatherings, cooking large meals, and “together time” can be stressful. Not to mention what it can do to your healthy eating…

Tips for a Sane Season

Feeling a bit out of control? Is there to much on your to-do list? Here are some ideas to stay sane: Take stock: What is really important to you? Are you making 35 dozen cookies to mail out to friends because it makes you feel good or because you feel obligated? Hold onto what truly…

Sane New Years Resolutions

How long do your New Year’s resolutions last? A few weeks? A few months? It is often hard to keep a resolution – sometimes because we defeat ourselves from the start by making too large of a commitment. Resolutions are really commitments to ourselves. Things we choose to change or do to improve our lives.…