Jackie
10 More Gifts To Give To YOU
Part 2 of 2: Sometimes the Things We Need Most Are These Intangibles. Are you budgeting and shopping and ordering and wrapping and just...
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Insights into fitness, spirit, & striving for wellness in all ways
Jackie
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
20 Holiday Gifts-to-Self
Part 1 of 2: 'Tis the Season to Take Care of Yourself, too Recently, my son mentioned that he sometimes goes back and watches bits of...
Jackie
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
Add Accountability, Enjoy Results
Improve Health by Tapping into the Cooperation Instinct Some respected experts believe homo sapiens to be a “hive” species. Because many...
Jackie
- Oct 20, 2021
- 3 min
Bump Down Blood Sugar
Take control with these less obvious actions. If a doctor has recently warned you that your blood sugar is creeping upward, then most...
Jackie
- Oct 6, 2021
- 4 min
One Habit that Truly Improved My Sleep
Does the thought of sleep make you smile & look forward to this evening, or does it fill you with a sense of dread and frustration? For...
Jackie
- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
Hiking Season Has Arrived!
Tips for switching your workout to the trail Hallelujah, what you might call “peak hiking season” has finally returned! Every September,...
Jackie
- Sep 8, 2021
- 3 min
Change Is Not Easy
To make it last, avoid the quick-fix mirage. When’s the last time you made a quick fix that worked? Forget stuff like correcting your car...
Jackie
- Aug 25, 2021
- 4 min
Exercise: Forced or Freeing?
What's REALLY driving your workouts? Here it is, raining on a precious summer morning, and here I am, churning away on the basement...
Jackie
- Aug 12, 2021
- 4 min
Jump for Joy—And Fitness!
The ups & downs of the rebounder craze Well, it’s official—My home gym now includes a trampoline. It's a mini one, only about 38 inches...
Jackie
- Jul 28, 2021
- 4 min
Ward Off Low Back Pain
These 6 Simple Practices Can Prevent Discomfort At some time or another, just about all of us deal with some form of lower back...
Jackie
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Sneak in Some Nature Time
Even short periods outdoors improve wellbeing. A couple of weeks ago, I sadly pulled our bird feeders down before they began to bustle...
Jackie
- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
Fitness, Fatness, Weight Loss & Common Assumptions
Here's something that often slides under our radar, a prevalent assumption that kind of rumbles under the surface as we work to be...
Jackie
- Jun 16, 2021
- 3 min
Don't Skip the Stairs
—Taking Them Boosts Fitness— We hear a lot about the importance (and craze!) of tracking our daily steps, but rarely do we hear that we...
Jackie
- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
Still Not Exercising?
5 More Reasons We Quit & How to Get Going Again (Part 2) Just about every single exerciser quits their routine at some point in life,...
Jackie
- May 20, 2021
- 4 min
Did You Quit Exercising?
Why We Give Up & How to Regroup (Part 1 of 2) Were you exercising like a champ pre-pandemic but stopped amidst the sludgy angst of the...
Jackie
- May 5, 2021
- 3 min
Is Gardening a Workout? YES
When I suggest people count bouts of yard work as workouts, they raise eyebrows. Really? Gardening is just a necessary chore (if you have...
Jackie
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
The Fiber Factor
—5 Fabulous Reasons to Eat Enough of it— Dietitians harp on it. Cereal boxes brag about it. But WAY more than most Americans overlook...
Jackie
- Apr 7, 2021
- 5 min
Key Immunity Boosting Behaviors
— For the “COVID Era” & Beyond— It’s possible you’ve thought more about your health and immune system during this past “year of COVID”...
Jackie
- Mar 31, 2021
- 7 min
50 Tips! Words of Wellness Advice
—It's our 50th post! Packed with 50 suggestions for preserving wellbeing– Wow, a year has passed, along with 50 posts from SomeBODY...
Jackie
- Mar 24, 2021
- 3 min
To Succeed, Plod with Pride!
Want good health? Opt for steadiness. I remember the first time my hubby referred to me as a “plodder.” Not a plotter, like a sneaky...
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