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Insights into fitness, spirit, & striving for wellness in all ways


Make Anger Work for You
When the Fitness Process Makes You Mad, Make Use of the Feeling Sometimes people think I’m mad when I’m working out. Most of the time, I...
Jackie
Mar 17, 20214 min read


Want to Prevent Chronic Disease?
Prioritize these 5 Behaviors, says CDC Are you managing an ongoing health challenge? You're not alone. Chronic health conditions are now...
Jackie
Mar 10, 20214 min read


Spring Cleaning for Wellness
What are you ditchin’? Here are 8 suggestions. Ah, we’ll soon have that old spring in our step as we spring back into action while spring...
Jackie
Mar 3, 20215 min read


What’s Holding You Back?
5 Yes-No Questions to Investigate Obstacles People who proactively seek health & wellness ALWAYS face hindrances. It's just an expected...
Jackie
Feb 24, 20214 min read


What's Love Got to Do With It?
Feeding Yourself Like You'd Feed a Loved One Happy Valentine's Day, plus a few! Today, I jump on this opportunity to mention LOVE and...
Jackie
Feb 17, 20214 min read


5 Final Winter Wellness Tips
#4 in the Winter Wellness Series So far, in this winter wellness series, we’ve chatted about exercising outdoors, seasonal affective...
Jackie
Feb 10, 20214 min read


Winter Comfort Eating—Want to Curb It?
#3 in the Winter Wellness Series Winter infamously brings on lots of comfort eating for lots of folks. Warm chocolate chip cookies while...
Jackie
Feb 3, 20213 min read


Light Up Your Winter, Literally
Tip #2 in the Winter Wellness Series If you think seasonal affective disorder is all in someone’s head, I’m here to tell you, yes, it...
Jackie
Jan 27, 20214 min read


Cabin Fever? Exercise Outside
#1 in the Winter Wellness Series Well, they've been here for a while now—winter weather & shorter days. In fact, as of this post, there...
Jackie
Jan 20, 20214 min read


20 Meal Planning Pointers
Aiming for Weight Loss? Be strategic with these tips. If you’re trying to shave off pounds, then pre-set programs with ready made meals...
Jackie
Jan 13, 20216 min read


What to Say to Yourself When You Want to Skip a Workout
The phrases in your head can make or break motivation. No matter how much you tout your love of exercise (and believe me, I’m the queen...
Jackie
Jan 6, 20214 min read


Redefine the Resolution Process
The traditional approach often fails. Here’s a more promising one. As a new year approaches and an especially stressful one closes...
Jackie
Dec 16, 20203 min read


10 Holiday Season Fitness “Hacks”
Losing your "mojo" this month? Try these strategies. It happens to just about everyone at some point during the holiday season: We...
Jackie
Dec 9, 20206 min read

40 Wellness Treats
To Make Healthy Living More Fun & Luxurious ’Tis the season to...spoil everyone else! Where are YOU on that list? Here’s a great way to...
Jackie
Dec 2, 20204 min read


Gratitude: Surprising Health Benefits
Why We Should Give Thanks Year Round Yep, I did time this post with Thanksgiving, but its concept is even better applied at other times....
Jackie
Nov 25, 20204 min read


It All Belongs
—In the Spirit of Fitness— When it comes down to daily fitness routines, not to mention daily LIFE, we can quickly start railing against...
Jackie
Nov 18, 20203 min read


Let's Get Practical!
The 10 Basic Ingredients of a Wellness Plan Whether you’re getting ready to jump into a brand new plan to get fit or you're plugging away...
Jackie
Nov 11, 20205 min read


Super Human Syndrome
Physically Pushing Yourself A Little Too Hard? Caught myself doing it again just last month—believing myself to be just slightly super...
Jackie
Nov 4, 20205 min read


5 Flawed Fitness "Mistakes"
Have you accused yourself of these? Rethink them. Being fit requires so much effort and focus, why waste any energy? We often do, though,...
Jackie
Oct 28, 20204 min read


Sedentary? That’s Dangerous
Why You Should Get Up and Move, especially during a pandemic Until fairly recently in modern history, people never had to rely on...
Jackie
Oct 21, 20204 min read
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