The holiday season brings plenty of joy… and plenty of temptations! Parties, travel days, and once-a-year foods can make it tough to stick to the habits you’ve built. But healthy living isn’t about perfection. It’s about staying consistent and intentional, even when life gets festive, or your schedule gets blown apart. Here are 10 simple
In Digital Exhaustion: Simple Rules for Reclaiming Your Life, researcher Paul Leonardi offers practical strategies for staying energized in a world that never stops buzzing. Here are six highlights you can try today: Stop Using Half Your Tools Too many apps scatter your focus. Keep only the ones you use often. Delete or mute the rest.
Are you feeling SAD already this year? Maybe not. It’s probably too early for full-blown Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). But as days get shorter, nights get longer, and the holidays creep closer, it’s not too early to talk about exhaustion. We all get tired, but sometimes that fatigue runs deeper than a few late nights.
Want to know something that’s similar to paralyzing fear and almost as destructive? It’s self-judgment, being so hard on yourself that you lose positive perspective and lose motivation to keep trying. For instance, do you ever tell yourself you’re not good enough for a healthy life? That you’re too this or not enough that? That
As Halloween approaches, it’s the season for ghosts, goblins — and sometimes, a few fitness fears that feel just as haunting. For many adults over 50, fear can quietly keep them from getting started or sticking with an exercise routine. Maybe it’s been years since the last gym visit, or perhaps it feels intimidating to
September is a time of change, as temperatures get cooler, days get shorter, and leaves start to fall. As the famous words – from the Bible and a 1960s hit song – tell us, “To everything turn, turn, turn… There is a season… and a time to every purpose under heaven.” So, what can we
Healthy Aging Month was established in 2003 by Healthy Aging magazine, which offers these 10 suggestions for reinventing yourself in a healthy manner this year. Add Play to Your Day Pickleball, dancing, or tossing a frisbee… any movement is more fun when you enjoy it. Try Micro adventures Hike a new trail, visit a museum,
For years, Cindy Dallow thought endurance sports were all she needed to stay healthy. The longtime triathlete and PhD in nutrition could bike for miles, run 10Ks, and finish Ironman events — but she couldn’t do a single push-up. “I didn’t see the point in resistance training or going to the gym,” Cindy says. “I
Jay Clark sees a similarity between fear and faith. They both are based in the belief of a future that hasn’t happened yet. “Fear believes in a negative future; faith believes in a positive future,” says Jay, 61, a positivity speaker who advises non-profits. “So, we want to drive people towards having faith that they
Darlene Sims’s doctor recently told her she was on the verge of developing type 2 diabetes and should start taking medication. Darlene, a 58-year-old educator, said no way. “I convinced my doctor to give me six months to take care of this through diet and exercise,” says Darlene. “And I’m getting there.” Darlene’s fitness journey