Tag: inspo
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Are Your Basic Needs Being Met?
This afternoon when I was walking Franklin, my crazy one-year old doodle, it started raining. Sprinkles turned into a full on downpour, and we were running! When we got inside, Franklin was so excited he was running around the apartment with a huge smile on his face which got me thinking: What makes Franklin happy?…
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How Being Happy Lost Me 35 Pounds
Before I share my story, I want to provide a disclaimer that this is not a lose weight fast story. This weight loss process has taken me over five years. My story starts the summer after my freshman year of college when I was an overnight camp counselor. During my three months as a counselor,…
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5 Lessons from “Healthy Habits Suck”
Heathy Habits suck. Agree? If so, these lessons may be helpful to you. In the book Healthy Habits Suck, Dr. Lee-Baggley gives us the following practices and ideas to help us maintain our healthy behaviors. 1. Healthy habits go against our human nature which is why it is hard for us to stick with them…
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Diving into A More Focused Life
As our lives become busy with the demands of work, relationships and other obligations, we begin to live in autopilot. Our lives become routine and before we know it, we don’t have enough time or money to do anything that we actually want to do. A few weeks ago, I felt myself falling into this…
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Take Care of What You Already Have
In the age of consumerism, we are constantly being fed new trends and technologies that make us feel a need to stay current. Instead of working with what is already in our possession, we take it for granted while lusting after the new and shiny thing that is someone else’s. This mindset spills over into…