Okay, decision making time: What outfit should I wear? Should I have iced or hot coffee? Is it smarter to take the subway or drive to work? And this is just in the first ten minutes of your day. During one day, the average person makes 35,000 conscious decisions. Needless to say, it can become overwhelming [...]
Self-care habits are essential when it comes to taking care of ourselves. And by habits, I’m referring to routine lifestyle activities you can incorporate into your day to cultivate a pervading sense of wellness and balance. Developing a self-care habit is one of the best ways to nourish the soul and uplift the spirit. When [...]
With the New Year approaching, many of us are thinking about resolutions and how to create positive change in our lives. Since losing weight is the most popular New Year's resolution, I sat down with Brigitte Zeitlin, MPH, RD, CDN to learn more about the food-mood connection, weight loss tips and how to develop a healthier [...]
At some point, many of us have considered taking a social media break. Ever experience that wave of anxiety after seeing a photo of your ex pop up on your feed? Do you find yourself compulsively checking your Instagram to see how many likes you’re getting or who’s looked at your story? After browsing through [...]
Have you ever wondered why change is so hard? Why do we struggle to close the gap between where we are and where we want to be? Let’s say you want to lose weight. Your thought process may look something like this: I need to lose ten pounds. Oh no, my trip is in a [...]
I’ve been a perfectionist for as long as I can remember—always caring about what other people think, worrying about being judged, and overanalyzing everything. As a kid, I never raised my hand in class even if I was 99% sure I knew the answer. In my success-driven mind, every bad score on a test meant [...]
"We've all fallen. And we have the skinned knees and bruised hearts to prove it. But scars are easier to talk about than they are to show - and rarely do we see wounds that are in the process of healing." - Brené Brown Throughout our lives, we’ve all experienced failure, disappointment and heartbreak. But [...]
