Mind and Body Exercise

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020Exercise Workouts of the Week

Workouts of the Week, 4th Edition.

One month into our workouts of the week! Where is time going?? Enjoy! I love this weeks Thoughtful Thursday! Movement Monday For time:30-20-10Calories on bikeAir squats Complete the calories, do the squats, & repeat. If you do not have a bike, use whatever machine you have.If it is a treadmill and it does not have calories then,Run/sprint .5 miles, .25 miles, .12 milesIf you are not up to running yet, then fast walk up a significant amount of incline for 4 minutes, 2 minutes, 1 minute. Tummy Tuesday Repeat from last week! Read that post for more details. But this …

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020Goal Setting Mindset

Consistency in times of Inconsistency

Consistency is the achievement of a level of performance that does not vary greatly in quality over time. Consistency is also the way in which a substance holds together. Like when I only put half the flour in my chocolate chip cookies, the consistency is pretty sticky. Here is my remix of Rachel Hollis‘ Consistency talk during her Rise X Live virtual conference. You can check out my other posts, like this one, for other info from this conference. Intensity is not as important If you are working towards a goal, working on your habits or routines, or finding your …

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020Workouts of the Week

Workouts of the Week, third edition.

Welcome to Week 3 of Workouts of the Week. I love putting together quick “Movement Snacks“. Plus exercise and movement is so good for us, both mentally and physically. I had fun running through these workouts. Let me know what you think and post your how you did below! Movement Monday 2 rounds, count your total reps 30 seconds of max air squats30 seconds of rest30 seconds of max burpees30 seconds of rest30 seconds of max lunges30 seconds of rest30 seconds of max push-ups30 seconds of rest We have done these movements the last few weeks, but if you need …

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020Exercise Workouts of the Week

Workouts of the Week, second edition.

Happy May everyone! Where has the time gone?? I cannot believe we are already in the month of May. But here we are and here is another new week. Let’s get after it. Here is another “Workouts of the Week” post, including physical and mental exercises. Now, these workouts are short, less than 15 minutes, so don’t forget about Movement Snacks. I suggest incorporating these into other daily physical activity. Even if you are just starting out, then these are perfect to incorporate with walking, jogging, yoga, Youtube dance tutorials, or whatever else! The possibilities are endless. Movement Monday I …

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020The Science of Well-Being

3 Contributing Factors to Happiness

Do you feel clueless about what is going to make you happy? Especially after reading my last few blog posts? Don’t worry, we will get into specific exercises to help retrain your brain around all of the biases, adaptive behaviors, and mispredictions/miswanting/misconceptions our brain has on happiness. I want to introduce Sonja Lyubomirsky, who wrote a book, The How of Happiness, A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want. She has done research to sort this all out. And to try to answer, what makes us happy: 50% Genetics– a set point for happiness 10% Life Circumstances– Things we …

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020Friday Thoughts

10 Facts Everyone Should Know About Low Back Pain

If you know me outside of this blog, you may have heard me at some point say that “I wish I could do a Ted talk”. I wish I could get on top of a stage, without nerves, and educate everyone on the power of exercise, Physical Therapy, and how strong our minds and bodies really are! For now, it all starts here on this blog. Today I want to talk about 10 facts everyone should know about low back pain. My first posts on this blog have been all about mindset. But I also want this blog to be …

March 10, 2020March 8, 2020Rambles

International Women’s Day and Our Household

After I wrote Friday’s post, I realized that Sunday (today) is International Women’s Day. Therefore I felt I should dive deeper into the topic of being independent, not being comfortable in asking for help, and how it relates to International Women’s Day. Reality After mentioning that it is International Women’s Day to my husband he had a remark. This was something along the line of; “Why do women always think that what we (men) do is bad, am I that way to you?” Side note, this is not the direct quote, but it was along this line (I can’t recall …

March 10, 2020March 6, 2020Friday Thoughts

Independent But Asking For Help

I like to think of myself as an independent female. When something needs to be done around the house, I find myself doing it before my husband can notice. I take pride in all of the years I was single and moved to a new state. Asking for help is something I struggle with. I need to learn to be independent but still ask for help when needed. During the worse times of my eating disorder, asking for help was not even a thought. To my mind, I was doing the right thing for my body. I was in control …