“Happiness is morning and evening, day time and night time too. For happiness is anyone and anything at all that’s loved by you.” ~ Charlie Brown (You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Lyrics by Clark Gesner) We’re into the home stretch of January. Those shorter days can start to wear on your psyche. My favorite […]
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Stretched Hips are Happy Hips
By Gillian Pieper | Published:It’s the icy season. Even our friends in Texas get icy roads and sidewalks this time of year! Dealing with ice is all about balance and flexibility. To keep you safe, and supple, in the wake of a potential slip, here are two excellent stretches for the hip muscles. These will keep you flexible at […]
Read moreGet Out of Bed!
By Gillian Pieper | Published:So the days are shorter… But who says we have to hibernate? January, historically, has been a busy month. For example, it’s inauguration day today, and on this day in history, JFK said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country” (1961). Also on January 20, […]
Read moreWhat’s Your Health Dream Today?
By Gillian Pieper | Published:It’s a favorite holiday of ours: Martin Luther King day. We celebrate the strength he brought to the civil rights movement, and the charge toward diversity. Isn’t’ that what health is all about? Diversity – variety, accepting many different forms, keeping it interesting (after all, familiarity breeds contempt ass they say), being opening minded, being […]
Read moreBaby I’m Cold Inside
By Gillian Pieper | Published:A storm is a-raging here in the Northeast and it made us think about the “COLD,” or always being cold. There are a few of us who are hot boxes (my teenagers with their rampant hormones for one, and my friend Mary who is in a perpetual hot flash – oh cruel Mother Nature). Then […]
Read moreStretch and Strengthen Back
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Above all… Protect your back when doing chores. In the Northeast, we’re dealing with snow. Raking is always a back tenser, and lifting anything, whether at home or work, can be a tricky, potentially back tweaking act. There are many variations of our favorite back pleaser but all-in-all we call it the “Superhero” and it […]
Read morePick Up Your Feet!
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Try this… Get up, take off your shoes, walk down the hall, and come back. But wait, as you walk, pay attention to your stride. How do you step? Watching a CBS news story on running last fall, I realized that good (safe) runners make an effort to pick up their knees and then gently […]
Read moreStrength Through Push ups — The Greatest By Far
By Gillian Pieper | Published:You can spend lots of money on exercise machines and equipment and pills throughout your life. I can guarantee that all of them combined will not be as useful as the totally free and utterly doable PUSH UP! I put it in caps because it really is the granddaddy of them all. I’ve been putting […]
Read moreTo Resolute or Not to Resolute
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Happy New Year! Tonight you’ll be enjoying the end of year festivities, we hope. Tomorrow, you’ll be planning for what comes next in 2011. Will you set resolutions, or are you one of those in the room who says, “I don’t do resolutions”? No matter how you frame it, I bet you’re thinking about how […]
Read moreParty Season Get Real Strategy
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Given what we wrote on Wednesday, today’s post may be a non-issue but take a look at our strategy anyhow. We love handy hints and we believe repetition makes a lasting impression (even when your mind is at its dullest – or especially then. That’s an old Oscar Wilde saying). So… It’s the party season. […]
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