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Six Ways Taking Care of Your Health is Exactly Like Working With a Financial Planner

I recently met with a financial planner who takes a very accurate bird’s eye view of one’s complete financial picture. The experience made me see the parallels of working toward a healthy financial and physical future – both require regular investments NOW with a huge payoff later. Continue reading →

Guest Post: Dr. Nicole LaVoi on Physical Activity in China

Today’s post comes courtesy of my friend Dr. Nicole LaVoi – an expert in youth sport, coach and sport parent education, and girls’ and women in sports – who offers her thoughts on exercise, health and obesity in China after a recent trip. Continue reading →

Less Fat, Less Stress: Who Wants In?

When it comes to calorie intake, the message often revolves around total taken in – as long as you consume fewer calories than you burn, you will reduce body fat. Unfortunately, calories in/calories out is not all there is to the equation as timing also plays a critical role in body fat and resiliency. Continue reading →

Sandbag Workout

Did you know that resistance training helps with your resilience? More muscle mass allows insulin to do it’s job better, so your blood glucose levels are better regulated. Big swings in blood glucose increase stress on your body. Here’s a way to do full body resistance training using a sand bag – it’s like an entire rack of dumbbells in a bag! Continue reading →

Resiliency Challenge: The Big Turn Off

There’s something many of us do on a daily basis that can take 22 minutes off our lives for each hour we do it: the sedentary act of watching TV. Your challenge this week is to minimize your television watching. In the process you’ll also be minimizing your exposure to junk food marketing and advertising, poor health, low energy and more. Continue reading →