Why is it so hard to love ourselves no matter what? We know that loving ourselves is a prerequisite to loving others, as well as treating ourselves kindly and compassionately. Yet literally everyone struggles with this on some level. Cue up habits. Loving yourself needs to be a habit that you place a high priority on. As in we only … Read More
Episode 79: Three Terrible Taboos to Avoid for Better Aging
How do you picture your future life? Do you want to be the person who is slowly dying, in pain, and watching life from the sidelines? Or do you wanna be the person who has gusto and who lives life on her own terms until the very last moment? I think we can all agree that we’d like to actually … Read More
Episode 77: Five Reasons Why Your Willpower Fails and What to Do About It
This is the week (End of January beginning of February) Where New Year’s resolutions most often become a forgotten promise. It is the time when the excitement of a new goal has worn off and the new behaviors are just so damn hard. For midlife and Gen X people women, who have experienced this willpower failure, over numerous years, this … Read More
Episode 74: 5 Quick Tips to Make Your Goals FUN
Goal-setting might feel like a punishment. Because oftentimes the required behavior to meet your goals as stated, can be nasty. But it can also be fun. It all depends on how you look at it, and how you go about naming your goals. In this episode, I talk about how goal setting actually needs to be smart and fun, and … Read More
Episode 71: Happiness is Not Passive…2021 Birthday Episode
Happiness doesn’t Come to you. Happiness comes from you. Have a listen to Judy’s birthday episode and see why she omits the “What-the-hell-effect” from her mindset. The “What-the-hell-effect” is when you decide to throw your healthy living behaviors away until the new year. It means you are giving up. It means you are choosing instant gratification often followed by guilt … Read More
episode 70: Why we forget: A Book Review of “Remember” written by Lisa Genova
Our brains are literal miracle workers. Every day our brain does many different things. our brain helps us comprehend, and feel, and smell. It signals an urge for things like chocolate and sleep. It detects pain and pleasure, helps us balance, produces language, and feels empathy. We need our memory to learn anything. In fact, we use it every … Read More
Episode 69: Toxic Positivity
Pushing positivity at the wrong time can be detrimental to us and also ruin relationships. Sure a positive outlook can be helpful, except when we force it on others like a veneer coating. When we push negative emotions away we avoid dealing with them and they always come back to haunt us. Negative emotions can keep popping up like a … Read More
Episode 68: Stop thinking of Fitness as a Hobby
Investing in your health bank is a lot like investing in your financial nest egg. Think about it this way. What good is having ample finances if your midlife health and fitness are preventing you from enjoying your hard-earned nest egg? Your future brain, bones, and heart are depending on you to make choices that can optimize your ability to … Read More
Episode 67: Why Black Friday Fitness Sales are Unauthentic
Episode 67:Why Black Friday Fitness Sales are Unauthentic Have you ever bought something just because it was on sale and never used it? If you have {and who hasn’t?} it feels yucky to have wasted your money.Now think about all the fitness and diet sales that pop up from Black Friday to January first.It happens every year.People invest huge … Read More
Episode 64: Carrot or Stick What Really Motivates You?
Listen Now: Show Notes: Are you more motivated by carrot or the stick? Well when it comes to working on fitness for women over 40, you may be surprised by what can work be helpful. This episode is taken from pieces of training I have done with midlife women working on healthy nutrition habits. Carrots and sticks have a place … Read More