What if This Were Finally the Year?

What if this were finally the year you took control of your life? Statistics show that only 8% of people tend to accomplish their New Year resolutions. They are not, in general, smarter, richer, or more talented than the other 92%. The only real difference is that they take action. What if 2019 were the … Continue reading What if This Were Finally the Year?

Dealing with Counter-Productive Habits

Spring is when a middle-aged woman's fancy turns to mending the ravages of winter – the all-too-obvious results of months of comfort food, sun deprivation and less exercise. Add in stress from family or work and overeating from the spring holidays, and most people are feeling less than optimal these days. Tight clothes and reduced … Continue reading Dealing with Counter-Productive Habits

Prep Week – Cleaning Up Some Counter-Productive Behaviours

This week is prep week - just flooding my body with nutrition and cleaning up my behaviours. I don't know about you - but I know I have developed some counter-productive behaviours that are not enhancing my health and happiness. I'm grateful to say that I haven't smoked since 1991, but staying up too late, … Continue reading Prep Week – Cleaning Up Some Counter-Productive Behaviours

Starting the New Year Off Right

Everyone makes resolutions this time of year - even those whose only resolution is not to make any. There's just something about a crisp new planner, an empty calendar, and the struggle to remember to write a different year on things. While for many reasons the real beginning of the year is in September, that … Continue reading Starting the New Year Off Right

Looking in the Funhouse Mirror

Have you ever noticed how gym mirrors tend to distort, like funhouse mirrors? If you are short and solidly built like me, you don’t find much fun in that kind of mirrors – for some reason they never make you look taller and slimmer than you really are. My personal solution to those mirrors has … Continue reading Looking in the Funhouse Mirror