It is easy to say you want to be stronger or eat healthier. The challenge is starting to establish the habits necessary to accomplish and maintain those goals. Follow these tips to set yourself up for success. You can do this! S.M.A.R.T. Goals S.M.A.R.T. stands for specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-based. Take the time…
After the festivities of the winter holidays, and eating our hearts out with candy on Valentine’s day, it’s always a good idea to give your body a little bit of a break, and a boost, with a soup filled with warming vegetables and broth. This recipe is deliciously simple, and can be made…
There are very few places that we can still think of that are unreachable, timeless and unforgiving. We can travel to so many places and climb mountains, go zip lining in forests, even jump out of airplanes – but to say the Sahara Desert conjures up, to lots of us, the image of a…
“The idea is to live your life in a way that makes you feel lit up. Alive. Full fledged. Beautiful. Know and find what nourishes you inside out, bones to skin and then build your world from that alone. All else is not part of your revolution. Or your ultimate evolution.” – Victoria Erickson…
Sometimes you know exactly in which direction your life is taking you. Something grabs you by the hand and from the very first moment you know it’s right. Every step you take from then on is leading you toward that one goal until you arrive triumphantly at your destiny. This is not one…
5 years! Anyone who has had cancer knows what that means. It’s a big marker to get to cancer free, and I just had my 5 year anniversary this past May. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May of 2013. I was lucky because I was diagnosed early during a routine mammogram.…
I have always had the urge to travel. Whether I am touring castles, taking a ferry across the Baltic sea, or wandering around a small village next to the Vistula River, I am in constant awe of my surroundings. I try to soak everything in; the murmur of voices having a conversation in another…
It is always a challenge to stay healthy as the cold starts to creep in. Most of us get the urge to curl up on the couch with some hot cocoa and not move for most of the day. This increases our chance of illness, while negatively impacting our happiness and self-confidence. The good news…
I was never really a fitness or gym guy, but I have always enjoyed being active. I am one of those guys that could probably lift weights for years and add a little mass, but it would take the commitment of a bodybuilder to see a big change. Trust me, I have a brother-in-law that…
