Fuel Your Inner Drive
The state of flourishing through fitness, food and body image. Our thoughts, examples and advice for creating a healthier body and lifestyle.
During the summer months, I get really excited about produce. Here in Minnesota, our season for fresh local produce is fairly short, so when it hits, all I crave are veggies. That time is right now. Am I the only one that is giddy about this? It also happens to be hotter than hot in [...]
So what am I passionate about? Ever since I can remember, I have been intrigued with health. Once in college (and able to actually choose my classes!) I took everything from anatomy to psychology to learn more about the human body and how to be healthy. It was like I couldn’t learn enough! After my [...]
This is my fourth week of providing Weekly Fuel to you. The goal of the Weekly Fuel is for you (and me) to take “bite size” steps of adopting healthy habits that will ultimately enhance and improve our well-being. Let’s recap the past month and get a status check on how we’re doing. The value [...]
Note: This blog originally published in July 2011. Why isn’t everyone in therapy? It’s a question I ask with tongue in cheek; I happen to love therapy and my therapist, and I’m in for regular tune-ups on a monthly basis. But I’m also serious. Every relationship has issues, and with over half of marriages ending [...]
Can we chat about sex? I’m not sure if it’s a Minnesota thing or just my particular circle of friends, but no one really talks about sex. I mean really talks about it. People joke about it and may make a comment here and there, but there are very few people I know who will [...]
I recently read an article in Forbes referencing 10 tips for fighting stress with healthy habits from the American Heart Association (AHA). I really like the list that the AHA put together on fighting stress. It includes some expected tips like daily exercise and getting enough sleep. Then it has some unexpected tips, like “accept the things you [...]
Note: This blog originally published in February 2011. I grew up wanting a dog and begging for one every birthday, Christmas and any day I felt I could possibly win my mom over. We dog-sat, loved my aunt’s dog as our own, and even had rabbits, but we never had a dog. I still don’t [...]
There is a fine line between passion and obsession especially when it comes to health. For the obsessor, it is hard to detect when you have crossed over, going from healthfully enthusiastic and motivated to narrowly focused and closed to alternatives. For everyone else, the writing on the wall is clear; “Danger! Health nut on [...]
Guess what’s been on my “to do” list for at least 8+ years: practice kegel exercises. Yes indeed, I cannot seem to get this item checked off my list. Kegel exercises are an easy, simple and healthy habit to incorporate into our lives. Yet I think most of “us” women have a hard time getting [...]
Note: This blog originally published in May 2011. I used to exercise only indoors. I didn’t want to be on display, huffing and puffing, in the larger world; I felt more comfortable in the sanctity of the gym, with the other huffers and puffers. No one paid any attention to me, and that was the [...]
