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Mindfulness Meditation Video
Mindfulness-based stress management practice https://youtu.be/fmdbEB0bZiw?rel=0 Read more about how stress management practices help with health behavior change here. Check out another video for stress management: Box Breathing or Lengthening the Out Breath.
Mindfulness Exercise: A Healthy Hack for Stress Management and Creating New Habits
The causes and effects of stress have been studied extensively and mindfulness exercises are gaining a lot of attention- for good reason! They can support overall health in a variety of helpful ways. And much like physical activity, the positive effects of mindfulness...
Create Good Habits with SMART Goals That Set You Up For Success
It’s frustrating to set out to reach a goal and then discover that the goal wasn’t reached, even after effort was put into striving for the goal. The SMART framework can help with setting up an actionable goal and to evaluate where adjustments can be made which are more likely to contribute to achieving progress.
7 Ideas for Improving Your Wellness Without Dieting, Part 1 of 4
A quick fix isn’t likely to lead to long-term lifestyle change and could have negative health impacts. Instead, I provide guidance and support to participants as they learn from their current habits and identify where and how they might be able to do things differently while progressing toward their health goals.
7 Ideas for Improving Your Wellness Without Dieting, Part 2 of 4
It’s easy to accidentally choose a goal which doesn’t support long-term successful behavior change. This post explores considerations for goal setting, keeping self talk helpful and positive, and the role of mindfulness in health and health behavior change.
7 Ideas for Improving Your Wellness Without Dieting, Part 3 of 4
Starting with small changes to current routines and checking hunger/fullness feelings are two commonly under-appreciated aspects of health behavior change. This post explores those concepts as part of a series about working on wellness without dieting.
7 Ideas for Improving Your Wellness Without Dieting, Part 4 of 4
There are many important considerations when approaching health behavior change and being set up for success. These concepts are related to building a routine for movement and limiting distractions.
It’s Hard To Change Habits. A Registered Dietitian Health Coach Can Help!
There are many considerations for effectively changing habits, and it’s common for people to attempt to change habits in ways that are not sustainable. A trained and credentialed health coach can help individuals change their habits and achieve improved health outcomes.
What’s Health Behavior Change and Why is it Better Than Dieting?
We've all been catfished by diet culture. I recently watched some old episodes of the MTV show Catfish which tells the story of a new person in each episode who has fallen in love with someone on the internet but they are starting to suspect that something isn't quite...