Stress Management

6 Restorative Exercises to Relieve Stress and Help You Slow Down
Living in today’s world can feel very overwhelming with our daily to-do list that never seems to end. You cross one thing off only to add two more tasks to complete. As a single working mother, I know how hard...
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7 Tips to Improve Your Self-Care (When You’re the One Who Takes Care of Others)
You creep quietly towards the bathroom, holding your breath as you silently pray you’ll miss the creaky floorboard. Closing the door with a click, you breathe a sigh of relief. You made it to the bathroom without waking the kids!...
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5 Surprising Benefits of Strength Training
When we first think of strength training, the gains that come to mind are typically restricted to the gym: following a progressive overload program allows us to lift more from week to week, and depending on our goals, we can...
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How to Help a Client Who Struggles With Consistency
It was 2009. My husband and I were running our fitness boot camps and had just had our first child. I knew I didn’t want to travel anymore to speak with a new baby at home, and decided to focus...
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Why Therapy Can Be Beneficial for Everyone
If you’ve ever had an issue, experienced intense feelings, or otherwise felt human at some point in your life, you’ve probably wondered, “Should I go talk to someone?” For many of us, the follow up to that initial thought is...
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Self-Care Is an Act of Survival
As women, we all serve in multiple roles during any given day. We may serve as mom, daughter, significant other, sister, boss, co-worker, entrepreneur, activist, or friend, among others. Many of us have been programmed to believe that all those...
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How to Combat Stress Eating
Disclaimer: the intent of this article is to give proactive suggestions to women to help prevent seeking self-comfort from food during occasional increases in chronic stress. For a list of behaviors that may indicate the need to consult with a...
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How to Fit in Your Workout as a Busy Mom
Mothers are the lifeblood of most families. Whether you're a work-at-home or work-away-from-home mom, you’re busy! To say that fitting in some exercise between doctor appointments, runny noses, homework, soccer practice and 15 loads of laundry is challenging would be...
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How You Cope With Stress May Be Hindering Your Fitness Progress
It’s no secret that chronic stress doesn’t do us any favors—least of all when it comes to our fitness. Not only does it contribute to widespread inflammation and fat retention, and increases in catabolic hormones that break down those hard-earned...
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