Feeling anxious is a necessary, although uncomfortable, part of being alive. When you feel symptoms of anxiety, it’s your brain’s natural response to stressful, scary, or threatening people, places, and things. This accurately named stress response (which includes an adrenaline rush) can help us when we need to increase our…
In life we make commitments. Most often when people think about the concept of commitments they think of relationships or even marriage. But there are tons of commitments that can be made over the course of a lifetime. It can be a commitment to your career, to travel, to your…
Rachel Saintfort lost more than 100 pounds in less than 12 months. She did not lose weight because of a challenge, or because of a new year’s resolution that she wanted to keep, but she did it out of love for her daughter. Rachel’s weight loss transformation began in January…
How do we deal with those constantly repeated activities that hold us back from our full potential? Bad habits can range from minor tics (such as biting fingernails) to damaging behaviors that can disrupt your whole life (such as chronic procrastination or overeating). Everyone falls into harmful habits from time…