Mental Muscle Wellness

Body Positivity•Mental Health

Impressions from Germany Part 4: Body Confidence

May 19, 2020
May is Mental Health Awareness month and I will be publishing content that focuses on mental health topics. To read past posts, click on the Mental Health tab under the Dimensions of Wellness Menu. I have yet to address one of the biggest impressions Germany left on me: body confidence. This, along with body positivity,
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Dimensions of Wellness•Mental Health

The Real Investment in Self Care

May 12, 2020
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and as I always do, I concentrate my content on some of the mental health topics during this time. You can check out past content by clicking the Mental Health tab under the Dimensions of Wellness Menu. Awhile back I was scrolling through YouTube and this video popped up
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Dimensions of Wellness•Mental Health

A Phone Call With My Past Self

May 5, 2020
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and here on MMW, as I always do during this time, I concentrate my content on some of these topics. If you would like to read past content, click the Mental Health Tab under the Dimensions of Wellness Menu. I got the idea for this post from a YouTuber
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Nutrition and Eats

The Protein and Calorie Tango

April 28, 2020
A little while ago, I posted this article about simplifying protein intake. And even that post was fairly complex. Part of the reason why is that, as I stated, there is just so much conflicting information out there. Another reason is that it is hard to be straightforward when discussing protein. It is convoluted and
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Yoga

Modifying Eagle Pose

April 21, 2020
I think it’s time to get back to business. I know many of us have kicked our yoga practices up a notch or started ones as an outlet during the last month or so. And as such, it’s always great to remember that most of the yoga poses can be easily modified for beginners. Today
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Body Positivity•General Fitness

All Exercise is Medicine

April 14, 2020
Hello Wellness Warriors! For today’s post, I want to take a broader look at exercise. So often we get caught up in short term goals and exactly what type of exercise is the “best” for helping us. But the truth is all exercise has value, especially with a long game perspective.
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Dimensions of Wellness

Links and Loves #7

April 7, 2020
Hey wellness warriors! I’m coming at you today with the latest installment of things that I am loving or have caught my eye in the past several months. As always nothing is sponsored, just my own enthusiasm for sharing! I have written ad nauseum about gratitude practices, but I feel the need to give it
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Travel

Impressions from Germany: Moving to Another Country With a Child and Not Losing My Mind

March 31, 2020
My original intention was to post this particular article much later in my Impressions from Germany Series, but current situations being what they are, the content is relevant. So I am publishing this article now in hopes that my experiences and thoughts can help calm some of the anxiety that many parents are now feeling.
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Cardio•Strength Training

HIIT Coronavirus Where It Hurts

March 24, 2020
I hope that everyone out there in internetland is doing well and has found some sort of new, albeit very weird, normal. Most other wellness and fitness gurus are jumping in to provide templates for meal planning and prepping or at home workouts under shelter in place and social distancing circumstances. So, I thought I’d
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Dimensions of Wellness

We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Program…

March 17, 2020
Whew. Well, last week certainly took a very quick turn into crazy town. Luckily, my husband and I were paying early attention to the news and were pretty well stocked up on supplies before the Great Toilet Paper Run of 2020. On the other hand, we also fell into the group of universities that decided
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