There is so much pressure on parents these days. What shots to give (or not give), organic food or conventional, scheduled nap times or intuitive, germ-friendly or germ-ophobe, you make the best decisions you can even when it means they may not be the perfect decisions and sometimes your friends, social media, and parenting manuals […]
Read More“You should be dead by now.” That’s what the doctors told Hugh after some tests were run on him following a series of ischemic strokes. He got some of his affairs in order on the outside chance that he not survive his surgery and he went in for an aortic valve replacement and quadruple bypass […]
Read MoreI woke up yesterday morning: bright-eyed, well-rested. I didn’t even need my alarm clock. Sebastian slept through the night without a stir and Marissa slept well also. My morning coffee was on point, I got some reading in, got my email inbox to zero, washed up without delay and got to work with time to […]
Read More*The title of this post was inspired by the George Michael song of a similar name* Julie first heard about me after hearing me on Heather Robertson’s podcast, Half Size Me. If you’d like to hear that episode, you can find it here. Like Heather and myself, Julie also hosts a podcast of her own […]
Read More*The title of this post was taken from the Pearl Jam song of the same name* When my son, Jackson, was about to be baptized in the Catholic church, I went to my Dad to get a better understanding of what that all meant. For the record, I grew up as something of a denominational […]
Read More*The title of this post was taken from the Sam Cooke song of the same name* Are your social gatherings and business trips getting in the way of your weight loss goals? I can assure you, you are not alone. Many of our clients are busy, working professionals. They attend charity events, business luncheons, and […]
Read More*The title of this post was taken from the Beatles song of the same name* Are you simply showing up or are you improving? Sometimes the act of progress is being able to say “I did that” today and check it off the list. But sometimes, active improvement is what helps you take things to […]
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*The title of this post was inspired by The Fall album of a similar name* Last week, upon the release of episode 107 with Mark Young, my podcast Revolutionary You! reached a milestone of 50,000 downloads. Depending on your perspective, that’s either a large or small number. For me, it’s very special. When I started […]
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*The title of this post was taken from the Judybats song of the same name* I have a client who I will refer to as Jane. When we did our initial consultation, Jane requested that she not know or see what her scale weight was. Historically, I have not seen great results occur when clients […]
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*The title of this post was taken from the Placebo song of the same name* I will never be able to overstate this: If you want to be successful at weight loss and ultimately, weight maintenance, it will not come by accident. You are going to have to plan the majority of this. That can […]
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