Mental Muscle Wellness

Dimensions of Wellness

Points of Gratitude: A Holiday Meditation

December 3, 2019
Many other fitness and wellness bloggers out there are filling their sites and social media channels with tips on how to slim your calorie count during the holiday season or exercises to tone your legs for the New Year’s Eve dress. I am of the opinion that the more info out there to help stay
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Nutrition and Eats•Recipes

A Stuffing Recipe That Won’t Leave You Stuffed

November 26, 2019
Happy Thanksgiving, friends! I hope that your year has been filled with amazingness. I am swinging by today with a recipe that is beloved in my house. I made this stuffing the very first Thanksgiving my husband and I were married and we look forward to it every year. And this particular recipe is so
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Dimensions of Wellness•Planning and Programming

Working Out and the Holidays

November 19, 2019
Well, friends, we are getting to in the thick of that time of year. The time of year when, at least if you live in a place like I do, the weather shoos you inside and the short days are less than motivating. Even thinking of working out during this season seems to cause more
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Nutrition and Eats

The First Step to Intuitive Eating

November 12, 2019
Intuitive eating is a hot topic among the nutrition and fitness crowd at the moment. It sounds good in theory… just listen to your body and eat what it tells you. But to us, who have had diet, and by that I mean deprivation, culture driven into us for so long, the idea of just
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Cardio•Wellness Toolbox

Low Intensity Steady State Cardio

November 5, 2019
It has been a hot minute since I have posted anything cardio related around here. I want to change that today. And I want to change that by talking about a type of workout that hasn’t gotten much love lately. Low intensity steady state cardio.
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Dimensions of Wellness

The Scariest Part of Halloween

October 29, 2019
Halloween is about ghouls and goblins. It’s about dressing up and pretending to frighten your friends and family. It’s about watching creepy movies in the dark. But, as an adult, none of those things are the scariest part of Halloween.
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Nutrition and Eats•Recipes

Slow Cooker Burrito Bowls

October 22, 2019
There is something about late October. Family schedules usually pick up in craziness. The weather is noticeably cooler and the days are shorter. This is usually the time of year when we start craving comfort foods. This is also the time of year when families start to look for easy to make meal options that
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Yoga

Modifying Pyramid Pose

October 15, 2019
Communicating modifications for yoga postures is tough. Many instructors use vague language. After all, yoga is about connecting with your own body. Looking up poses online can be a downward spiral enough to put you off downward dog forever. In fact, I started this series because most postures are easily modifiable in a variety of
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Dimensions of Wellness•Nutrition and Eats

Dieting vs Diet

October 8, 2019
Diet. What do you think of when you read that word? If I had to guess I’d say things like salad, juice cleanses, and deprivation, probably come to mind. In our modern society diet is a word that has come to denote the act of controlling our nutritional intake for the sake of a goal,
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Planning and Programming•Strength Training

Strength Training Umbrellas: Fitness

October 1, 2019
Well friends and lifters, you have made it to this, the last in my series, of strength training umbrellas. And I saved the hardest to define for last: fitness. I use the term umbrellas to define broad categories, or general goals, that strength trainers tend to go for. These umbrellas can help you make decisions
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