Health and Fitness

As a certified health and brain health coach, I love reading about the most up-to-date findings on steps we can take toward living healthier and happier lives. Research supports my belief that we can actually get better as we age. And I love to learn that we…

Not long ago, I was biking the back villages of Cambodia and hiking the temples of Angkor Wat in 100-degree heat – sweaty, sun-soaked, and completely alive. We hiked for hours through jungle trails, feeling strong, free, and unstoppable…

If I had a dime for every time someone told me, “I’ve tried everything and still can’t lose weight/get fit/tone my arms!” I’d be writing this from my own private island in the middle of the South Pacific. Such is not the case…

As we move through the later chapters of our lives, we often find ourselves reflecting more deeply on our experiences and relationships. One important but often overlooked shift that can dramatically improve our emotional and physical health is learning to observe rather than judge…

Is anxiety causing you to lose sleep? You may be constantly worried, haunted by fears and feeling overwhelmed. Perhaps you are lying awake at night with the worst-case scenario playing over and over in your mind. This can leave you feeling exhausted and hopeless. If that is you…

The medical field of aging is relatively new. It wasn’t until the last century that we saw an exponential increase in human life expectancy and as a result, we’ve only just started to study aging. And there is still a lot of gray area…

Years ago, a client I’ll call Susan “confessed” to me that she’d eaten a bag of potato chips the night before her visit with me. She felt guilty and ashamed about blowing her diet which then spiraled into her feeling like a failure who could never lose weight, which led her down…

I was walking by a storefront and noticed my reflection. My shoulders were rounded, and I wasn’t standing tall. When I think of good posture, I think of my second cousin, Nicole. She was a ballerina in The Phantom of the Opera and still practices ballet. When she stands…

If you give a visual check of your fridge and pantry, it is more than likely that your pantry may come out as better stocked. This is probably true in most cases because there are other items stored besides food on the shelves. Take a second to look and inventory…

was sitting on the floor in my living room, phone in hand, legs crossed in that way where one foot always falls asleep. It was early. Groggy, with coffee in hand. I hadn’t even stretched or washed my face. Just grabbed my phone and started scrolling…