Our mindset matters all year round. But the holiday season is a perfect time to evaluate where our mindset currently stands, and how we can work on developing it. Our mindset - and how we are thinking about our health and fitness goals - influences how successfully we navigate this season, and where we end up on January 1st.

As a parent, it can be a challenge to make sure your kids are eating well. Being responsible for feeding yourself is one thing… but making nutritious meals for an entire family (sometimes with picky eaters) is another.

TDEE stands for total daily energy expenditure - or in other words, "calories out." And while there are a lot of online calculators out there to help you figure out a ballpark estimate of your TDEE, it's hard to calculate exactly because there are so many factors that go into it. And it's NOT just what you burn in your workout class.

Okay, maybe that’s a little unfair… Can some sleep supplements work? Sure. But there are dozens of supplements out there that claim to help you fall asleep faster, sleep deeper, and recover better. And most of them don’t do much of anything. 

Can you think of a time where you wanted to do something, but didn’t - because you were scared? I’m grateful that our minds are trying to keep us safe; but if we’re not careful, they can keep us from growing too.

There’s no one right way to get movement in. The important thing is that you find something that you 1) truly enjoy and 2) can be consistent with. It’s the same thing with nutrition.

If you’ve made it to this page, it’s safe to say you care about your health and wellness. So when you’re setting new goals - either for a new calendar year, or simply for a new phase of life - you probably add a few health and wellness goals to the mix.

We’re heading into the fall/winter season where many of us are spending lots more time around both immediate and extended family. And maybe this year, you’ve been working on healthy lifestyle changes and you’re worried about what your friends and family will think.

As humans, it’s so easy for us to wait until the next milestone to get started towards a goal we want to achieve. But these future dates we set for ourselves to get started? They’re totally arbitrary.

I turned 30 this week! And just like that, it seems, an entire decade has come and gone.