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Insights into fitness, spirit, & striving for wellness in all ways
Jackie
Dec 15, 20214 min read
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...
Jackie
Dec 1, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20217 min read
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, 20213 min read
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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