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Holding Yourself Accountable
First, I want to start my blog by thanking you for joining me on OUR discovering wellness journey. It has been great seeing the engagement in the comments and communicating my knowledge with you. I hope you were able to take something away from reading my blogs. Holding yourself accountable can be very difficult for some people. In school and work I am great at this, however, when it comes to my wellness I tend to slack. Holding myself accountable to maintain a healthy lifestyle is very difficult for me! This is something I am continuing to work on every day. Below I am including some tips and tricks to…
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Putting Yourself First!
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Putting Yourself First!
Hello and welcome back! I am excited for you to be joining me for another week of discovering wellness. This is one of my favorite topics to discuss. Only you can prioritize yourself and importance. Below I have included one of my favorite graphics revolving around self-love. Don’t know where to start putting yourself first? I have provided some examples and tips below! Recognize and develop priorities Schedule time for yourself Set boundaries Learn to say “no” Set goals and live by them! These are just a few things you can do to start putting yourself first. If this is a concept you are unfamiliar with, it will take time!…
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Holding Yourself Accountable
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Reading Food Labels
The first step to developing a healthier lifestyle is being educated and knowledgeable on food labels. Food labels can be very misleading if you don’t know what to look out for. Below I have included easy steps and tricks to follow when reading food labels. Step One: Read the Ingredient List When reading the ingredient list be on the lookout for unfamiliar names. Most people aren’t aware that ingredients are listed in a specific order. Ingredients are listed from most to least included. A great thing to do is read the first three ingredients. If you recognize and approve of the first three ingredients, you are headed in the right…
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Meditation
Breath in and breath out. Meditation is an important tool to discovering your overall wellness. While eating good and exercising are great, you mental and physical health starts from within. Today, I want to share the importance of practicing meditation and some great meditation resources. Mediation has many great benefits! While meditation can feel silly at first, I encourage you to push past the “awkwardness” and commit to it. I gave up many times before mediation became beneficially for my mental health. Below are the main benefits of meditation: Better Sleep Reduced Stress Mindful eating – less stress eating Relaxation in social in physical settings Clear Mind – make better…
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Nutrition On-The-Go
Thanks for joining me for another week of, “Discovering Wellness”. So far, we have discussed dieting vs lifestyle changes, the importance of mental health, taking your workout to the next level, finding balance in nutrition, emotional intelligence, and at home workouts. I wanted to include a quick recap in case you are interesting in learning more about the blogs I’ve been posting! This week, I will be discussing how to maintain healthy eating within the busy society we live in today. Today, we are always on the move. Society is training us to pack our schedule with classes, work, meetings, sports, etc. Keeping up with your nutrition can become difficult…
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At Home Workouts
This week I am going to be discussing ways to exercise within the comfort of your home! Keeping your body moving is so important!! Moving keeps your blood flowing and muscles strong while improving your coordination, stability and balance. Exercising will also help enhance your mood and energy. These all contribute to your overall mental and physical wellness. At home workouts can look many different ways. I am going to provide a few examples of staying healthy and moving at home! 1.) Find workouts on YouTube! YouTube is a great place to start. Over quarantine a lot of trainers released a variety of different workout series. Below I’ve provided a…
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Taking Your Workout to the Next Level
Welcome back!! I’m so happy you are back to learn more about “Discovering Wellness”! This week I am going to be focusing on taking your workout to the next level. Side note, I am not a fitness God by any means, so this blog will be most beneficial for beginners, or those of you like me who workout a couple days a week. I am going to start off by sharing some tips and tricks that work best for me! 1.) I believe hydration is key! Staying hydrated is so important! Being dehydrated at the gym will lead to a poor workout and is also very dangerous. 2.) STRETCH! Stretching…
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Importance of Mental Health
Mental health is by far my favorite thing to discuss! Mental health should not be a taboo subject. We all struggle with mental health in some way, shape, or form! About five years ago, I was at a really low place in my life. I wasn’t sleeping, had high anxiety, and felt very emotionally drained. I was lucky enough to have a great support system to provide me with the help I needed. I started going to therapy…BEST DECISION EVER! I am obsessed with theory! Finding someone to discuss the good, bad, and ugly with is so important. I used to hold everything in and feel stuck in my life.…
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Dieting vs Lifestyle Changes
Welcome back! Thank you for joining me for another week of “Discovering Wellness”! This blog will be discussing the importance of dieting vs lifestyle changes. If you’re like me, the word “diet” is very taunting! We are trained by society to be on all these different diets, pills, and workout plans. We are overwhelmed with the pressure of being on the keto diet, a sugar-free diet, Weight Watchers, the Mediterranean diet, and so much more! I am a stronger believer of ending all diets! Why? Keep reading! From a young age I was surrounded by advertisements and comments from those around me about the new and best diets. I have…
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Emotional Intelligence
Welcome back!! Emotional intelligence is something I’ve been so excited to share with you! I recently took a course on emotional intelligence and learned many valuable lesson and tools to improve myself mentally. Emotional intelligence is broken up into 4 different categories. The four quadrants are self-awareness, self-leadership, social awareness, and relational management. While each quadrant is important and relates to one another, it is important to master each quadrant one at a time. This is something that takes LOTS of time! I took this course over winter and am still working on mastering my own emotional intelligence. I am going to discuss each quadrant in more detail below! Self-awareness…
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Finding Balance in Nutrition
I hope you have enjoyed tuning into my blog the past couple weeks! This week I am discussing, “finding balance in nutrition”. Side note: this will be different for everyone!! We all have different body with different goals, but I am going to make suggestions that a majority of you can apply to your own lives! Below I have included 10 suggestions on finding balance in your nutrition! #1 Know the difference between being hungry and being thirsty This was a huge turning point in my nutrition journey! I was eating great and exercising but wasn’t seeing the results I was hoping for! I learned I wasn’t drinking enough water.…
