by Tamara Jacoby, Eco-Adventurer | I’ve seen photos of myself as a child. I’m always the little girl with dirty knees, pigtails and chocolate ice cream smeared on her face. Since those photos were taken every cell in my body has changed, I am no longer that person. However, last week that little girl and I were re-introduced…

by Tamara Jacobi, Eco-Adventurer | I’m fairly certain that everybody has bad days. Yes, even those ridiculously peppy people that we all know occasionally wake up with a storm cloud over their head. It’s simply part of life. Not every day is going to be filled with sunshine and rainbows (surprise?). There’s really nothing wrong on those bad days, they’re just bad, and they often pass quite quickly…

by Suzie Cooney, Featured Athlete | As we settle into the New Year, it’s a time for many of us to take special inventory of family, life and our own personal health…

by Daisy Lee, Certified Advanced Qigong Instructor | The Qigong Balancing Movement is a simple and effective exercise to build physical immunity, support mental focus and maintain or regain emotional stability. Whether done at the beginning or end of your day, it is a great stand-alone exercise for helping to calm the mind…

As the season’s change, it’s important to nourish your body to maintain or improve your overall health and fitness. Here are some tips for nutrition, prevention and training as we transition through fall…

From a life coaching perspective, each season provides a natural flow for us and the body intuitively knows how to follow that flow — if we can learn to tune in and listen. In fall, nature models to us to prepare for the winter months…

by Maggie Jacobus, Tierra Magnifica
What is your dream? Are you living it? If not, what’s holding you back? A long-term dream of mine was to live abroad with my husband and children. I longed for unstructured time with my three boys; I yearned for the freedom to experience new cultures, places and people. What held me back from my dream was fear…

by Colleen Cannon, Women’s Quest
Before you start going crazy with hard core New Year’s resolutions, take time to make a little space for some fresh new insights. A good way to do this is to clear out any grudges, resentments, fears or blocks that could be keeping you from getting what you want in the New Year…

by Mayachela (Maya) Garcia, CSCS
I keep this post-it on my cork board as a reminder of how far I have come. The 30% refers to my body fat seven months after my son was born. In the spirit of the new year and renewing our healthy lifestyle, let’s talk about how some (not all) of us relate to food…