by jayme | Jun 24, 2011 | Happiness, Individuals, Inspiration, Motivation, Physical Activity, Rain, Self-caring, Smart Women Don't Diet, Strategies, Women's Health, Women's Motivation, Women's Self-Care
Yesterday I had planned to fit a short walk in toward the end of my work day. I was about to leave when it started to pour. I felt immediately bummed and commented about it on our wonderful and growing Facebook community for women that promotes self-care as essential...
by jayme | Mar 1, 2011 | Resiliency, Strategies, Women's Motivation, Women's Self-Care
Tara Parker Pope reported on new and very important research (for both women and anyone interested in helping individuals change their behaviors for good. ) This work Tara reports about on self-compassion is hugely important! These insights needs to be integrated much...
by jayme | Feb 21, 2011 | Women's Health, Women's Motivation, Women's Self-Care
Smart women don’t diet reflects a new mindset toward self-care, in general, and physical movement in particular. This new mindset reflects a new type of smarts; one that uses one’s own inner wisdom as the most important guide for initiating a lifestyle change such as...
by jayme | Aug 28, 2009 | Women's Health, Women's Motivation
At lunch last week, my friend Isabella told me that she wasn’t exercising because she’s just lazy. My response? “Isabella, I don’t believe in lazy”. I’ve found that when women say they are too lazy to exercise it’s usually a smoke screen for what’s really going on....
by jayme | Aug 17, 2009 | Exercise Intensity, Strategies, Women's Motivation
Have you wanted to know why women gain weight after menopause? In this post, you will learn about important research on this topic as told to me by Dr. Heidi IglayReger of the University of Michigan. So far, this is what we know: As you might be aware, estrogen, the...
by jayme | Mar 31, 2009 | Eating, Weight Loss, Women's Motivation
I invited Maryann Tomovich Jacobsen, MS, RD, to write a follow up to my October blog post, “Why demonizing food often defeats us.” My former post explained the psychological reasons why avoiding “bad” foods and using “shoulds” for eating often backfires. If you missed...
