Do you ever feel like the holidays are literally killing you? From the overindulgence of food to the endless list of duties that you feel you will never get finished to keep up with tradition, your neighbors and the expectations everyone else around you has set for you!

Instead of just checking off the boxes this year, what if you could shift the way you look at it and only do the things that have true meaning behind them.

Now you can!

  The Reality All too often we are looking outside of ourselves to feel like we are MORE in life. We think that once we have more, somehow we will feel more. In reality, it is quite the opposite. If we can be more and do more we will feel more and this will result…

      Recently as we were with one of our coaches, Brent Turley, he was talking to us about the pains that we face in life. He pulled out his phone, dialed his teenage son and asked him this one simple question, “What are the two pains in life?” His son, quickly, without hesitation…

How many times have you been tempted to try the next quick-fix idea when it comes to wellness? How much time, money and energy have you wasted on getting quick fix results that slowly faded away as soon as you went back to your old habits. We often get focused on superficial goals of weight…

It’s that time of year again…sniffles, sneezes, and coughs! I don’t know about you, but the thing I hate most about having a cold is the medicine head that comes with it! So many times it is worse than the cold itself. Before you run to the medicine cabinet, try some of these simple tricks…

Healthy Summer Eating One of our favorite parts of summer is enjoying all of the fresh, local produce that is available at our farmer’s market every Saturday morning. We go down each week to pick the freshest flavors available for our cooking that week. This style of eating is one of the best ways to…

Feeling Stressed Out? Summer is often portrayed as a relaxing break for us, and maybe in fairytale land, it is. But let’s get real! If you are anything like our family, it can leave you feeling extremely overwhelmed, stressed out and exhausted. After all, the kids are out of school and your daily routine is…

Using Mind Over Matter To Beat Cravings and Gain Control of Your Food We all know too well that midafternoon slump that can find its way into the 3 o’clock hour and leave us searching for an energy boost. Often that leads us to cravings for sweet or salty snacks that generally do not serve…

So You’re Having A Bad Day… It happens to all of us at some point. No one is immune from waking up sometimes on the wrong side of the bed, feeling cranky, down, depressed, tired, or just a little out of sorts. Mood changes are a natural part of being human. What isn’t natural is…

What’s Cooking  In Our Summer Kitchen? Summer is in the air and the farmers market is open which means a delightful trip every Saturday morning to see what the local Amish farmers have brought to us for the week. This weeks delight was a bunch of beautifully purplish red beets with healthy bright greens on…