Category: Recovery
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4 Steps To A Healthy Body Image + Fuller Life
We are often our own biggest critics. Especially when it comes to our bodies. How do we go about creating and keeping a healthy body image? Having a healthy body image means that you feel comfortable with how your body looks. While working on health and fitness goals, your body might not be exactly where…
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4 Foods That Can Reduce Stress
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something that we have recommended. Did you know some foods can actually help you reduce stress? Let’s look at 4 foods that can reduce stress. The stressors of the outside world have a direct…
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Cortisol – The Stress Hormone
Cortisol is the “stress” or “fight or flight” hormone and is released when we anticipate pain or discomfort. Let’s look at what cortisol does and how we can lower cortisol in our bodies. It helps fuel your body’s “fight-or-flight” instinct in a crisis, but cortisol plays an important role in many things your body does. For…
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February Challenge: It’s all about that LOVE
Happy February! Are you ready for our February challenge? This month we have two different challenges for the month of February. You can choose to do one or both. You decide. February Challenge 1: Self Care Challenge The first February Challenge is our Self Care Challenge. Self-care can be defined as the practice of taking…
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Meditation Challenge
Let’s meditate together this month! December is usually a busy and hectic month and 2020 has already had enough surprises of its own so let’s try to make this December as peaceful as we can by encouraging one another to participate in the December Meditation Challenge. It was two years ago that I first went…
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Why Gratitude is Essential
Gratitude is an essential element of a happy life. It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy. This quote reminds me that our mindset has a TON of influence on our lives, our happiness, our health, our success. Also, it reminds us that when we’re upset we have…
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I made my daughter skip school for a once in a lifetime field trip!
When you get a once in a lifetime opportunity you should always take it!
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One Month Water Challenge October 2020
I want you guys to experience all the amazing benefits of drinking ENOUGH water. Did you know that the average American drinks less than 2 cups of water a day?! WHAT? You know that can’t be good for your body! Drinking water helps with chapped lips, dizziness, muscle cramps, feeling tired all the time, your…
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Texas to California Family Road Trip, Days 1-5
This trip took place in July 2009. So most people would probably think we were crazy for taking a family of 4, which included an 8 year old and a 2 year old, on a 19 day road trip from Texas to California and back in a Mini Cooper, but call us crazy because we…