Zoning Isn’t All Bad… There is a difference between being spacey, and drifting off to a far away refuge in your brain. Big difference. Have you got a task in mind that you’ve been putting off? I always have one I especially hate. There are so many tasks that the one I hate gets filed […]
Read moreSeptember 2010
First Anywhere Stretch
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Stretch & Strengthen Monday: Anywhere. Any time. Almost anyone. That’s the stretch we’d like to offer you. In fact, we plan to present you with a weekly stretch and/or strengthen exercise that you can do in a matter of seconds. If you add it up, over time you’ll have a library of many exercises you can […]
Read moreServing Up “5-A-Day”
By Gillian Pieper | Published:You see it everywhere – nutrition information based on ‘a serving’ of food. So…what exactly is ‘a serving’? The serving size of a food product can be confusing. You’ll read “Serving Size” on Nutrition Labels and then again on the Food Pyramid and each has related but differing meanings. The United States Department of Agriculture […]
Read moreSmile
By Gillian Pieper | Published:“Smile though your heart is aching…” Or scared, or over-worked, or worried, or angry, or… Sitting down to dinner as the “season premier” of Dancing with the Stars came on, I was feeling sorry for myself about my current load of stresses. Soft-rock crooner Michael Bolton was getting his critique from the judges when Carrie […]
Read moreThe Healthy Lunchbox
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Preparing nutritious lunches for you and your family can be really fun. The key is to focus on variation. Assembling lunch can be half the fun. Make it a Sunday routine where everyone helps chop or bag. Here are ten ideas for a healthy lunchbox so you don’t have to think: 1. Fold up a […]
Read moreBack to School
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Back to chaos! Here in the Northeast, the days are getting shorter and the weather is turning a bit cooler, even some of the leaves are starting to change. We’re getting cozy and scenic, and busy! As so many of you jump back in the hubbub of school and work, I’m thinking about a whole […]
Read moreA Healthy Worksite
By Gillian Pieper | Published:The environment in which we work often can undermine our best efforts to stay well. For example, a big bowl of candy at the front desk, snacks and calorie-dense drinks in vending machines, Sally’s leftover birthday cake in the staff room, all call out like sirens luring sailors to cliffs — plummeting you into an […]
Read moreOne Degree of Change
By Gillian Pieper | Published:One degree of change is a concept that we embrace here at PATH. In fact, the notion is a cornerstone of our vision and one that we share with our clients and longtime business partners such as Select Design. It goes something like this: you don’t have to be a sailor or a climate change […]
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By Gillian Pieper | Published:Take it from me – there is no wellness panacea! In other words, no prescriptive strategy can work for all people all the time. Change begins inside each of us in unique ways and takes an infinite number of routes toward success.
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