The nutritional wellness pillar. This one is so closely tied to all other pillars (affects mental health, physical health, need appropriate finances to afford healthy food, etc.) but is also so important on its own.

Sleep! The institution of restoration that we all require. But how do we achieve the optimal level of sleep and what will that mean for us? Get cozy and let’s dig in.

The 8 pillars of wellness…what are they? How does one achieve them? What do they mean and what do they bring to our lives? I hope to answer these questions and more in a pillars of wellness series focusing on each pillar individually as well as how to bring them all together in our daily lives and routines.

Healthy habits, we all strive for them and, let’s be honest, at some point all miss the mark. This is normal. Don’t beat yourself up about though, because it is also easy to get back on track with a few simple steps. Let’s back up and start at the beginning…

Do you ever sit down with every intention of doing your journal entry and then suddenly your mind is blank? Like a desert mirage, just barren when only moments earlier you were hanging out under palm trees in an oasis. You are not alone.

So often we get caught up in diet to lose weight or even for physical/health issues. But, did you know that what we eat can affect our mood and mental health?

Exercise…we all know we need it and so often we dread doing it. But why? Is it that we do not like the exercises we are doing, think we don’t have enough time in our day or are not seeing the results we want quick enough? So how do we get around all of that and do the thing we know we need to do.