Lifestyle

Nutella: The Cure For Everything

Warning: this post is about medical stuff and science. Although it might not be what you want to read from a blog that’s supposed to be relaxing and not headache inducing, you will learn valuable information that will change your life. So if I were you, I would put my glasses on and take notes . . . Wouldn’t it ...

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Can I Be Mindful Without Meditation?

By Cara Maksimow, LCSW, CPC Mindfulness seems to be everywhere lately. Just today I read on the Action for Happiness Facebook page and mindful.org that the UK became the first country to publish an all-party parliamentary report on the benefits of mindfulness. That is huge! Just a few weeks ago my 11 year old was excited to tell me they

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Three Simple Ways to Eat Better in 2016

The New Year is here!  I don’t know about you, but I find the fall to be the craziest time of the year – school starts, the Jewish holidays follow close behind, then there’s Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the non-stop December celebrating (which for me also  includes one of my daughters’ birthdays!).

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8 Tips for New Runners

Some of you know that besides nutrition counseling, I am also a running coach.  This is the time of year when many of us think about how we want to be healthier or more active in the new year, so I’m sharing a few tips for new runners.  Many of these are things I wish I knew before I started ...

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