Balance Your Life
New Year, New Way to Talk to Yourself
The beginning of the New Year commonly has individuals making resolutions and desiring new and better things to occur. For many people, these resolutions tend to fizzle about a month later. There may be many reasons for this, for example, lack of time, motivation, energy, etc. Perhaps one way to manage the distress, disappointment, or guilt that may
The Art of Gratitude: Some Thoughts
I was going to post on reframing and affirmations. I decided to add those in the coming weeks. Given we’re smack dab in the middle of holiday season, I thought it more fitting to post about the concept of gratitude. “Gratitude” is the art of being grateful for “something”. In these days and times, this can be challenging
Mindfulness and Meditation for Stress Relief
I attended a mindfulness lecture a few weeks ago, which I thought was quite fitting with this month’s topic on meditation. Hearing the speaker discuss mindfulness affirmed how valuable this particular technique can be and the variety of ways that it can be used. Mindfulness is one skill that plays a part in the meditative
Looking to Rejuvenate? Just Exhale.
Exhale Spa, Located at 945 North State Street, is a Health & Wellness hot spot offering spa therapies, core classes, yoga classes, acupuncture, nutrition coaching and more! Chicago is one of eighteen Exhale Spa’s locations nationwide. It isn’t hard to see why, due to their merging focus on ‘mind and body wellbeing and fulfilling the
This All-Natural Probiotic will Benefit Your Health!
Natren’s all natural probiotic will benefit your health and is Chickago approved! Natren, Inc. has developed products with a holistic approach to health and focuses on prevention care. The creditable Natasha is constantly asked to educate medical professionals around the world about the benefits of probiotics. Her knowledge and success with probiotics is shown in
Food For Thought
Dr. Perlmutter, co-author of Power Up Your Brain: The Neuroscience of Enlightenment, dishes out the incredible science of the impact food on the functioning of your brain. This book undercovers the strong connection and how vital it is to not only eat healthy for your body, but for your MIND. The functioning of your brain is aided by eating
The Physical Side of Stress
During this time of the year, most people focus on issues like weight, nutrition, smoking, etc., that affect our bodies and out physical health. We want to “do better”. But did you know that stress can have a detrimental effect on our bodies as well? I often encourage people to consider looking at how they
Looking for Balance? She Will Help You Find It!
January 2011 has come and gone. Being a busy, ambitious, strong Chicago chick makes it easy for us to lose track of those New Year’s resolution to eat better, exercise more, lose weight. Does that sound familiar? It is understandable, considering we are human…cookies never stop being delicious! Well, here is the good news, you
A Very A’peel’ing New Juice Bar!
Jump start the New Year with 100% natural & organic juices at Lincoln Park’s new, and only, juice bar PEELED! One of the many perks about the juice bar is its perfect location, 1571 N. Sheffield Ave. Chicago, IL 60035, neighbors like the Lincoln Park Whole Foods. Owner, Keith Pegues, states the variety of juices
Aligned Perfectly with your Health!
After two weeks of unbearable back pain from a severe car accident I knew I needed to see a doctor. I didn’t want to go to a doctor that was going to give me a bunch of pills to take until ‘it got better’. I wanted someone to listen to what was wrong, have concern
