Health + Fitness

The importance of recovery days cannot be overlooked. In most health-focused conversations, people and experts are often quick to focus on cultivating habits around physical activity, movement, or nutrition. While both of these are important (very important!), there’s something that gets easily overlooked: rest days. I was totally caught off guard when I got my […]

Body disconnection is all too common in a world that has trained women to ignore, repress, and control their bodies. Instead of hearing what your body has to say, you learn to follow external cues and guidance. And I know that maybe this doesn’t sound so bad—why not listen to the experts?—but it is problematic

While guilt is a normal emotion we all feel—toxic guilt isn’t something you should have to deal with. Guilt is a complex emotion that you feel when you’ve done something wrong. As a child, and even as an adult, this is important. Guilt teaches you the difference between right and wrong, supports the development of

We think about body image affirmations a little differently here at Lindywell. I use them often while guiding our workouts. Members will hear me say: “Meet your body where it’s at,” or “Take a moment to thank your body for all it’s done for you today.” I say this to remind them that, not only

Self-trust is critical to the success of your wellness journey for so many reasons. First and foremost, in our culture of influencers and “health experts,” it can be overwhelming to know who or what to believe. I’m a trained professional in the health and wellness space, and I still find it hard to know what

The term “principles of neuroplasticity” is less complicated than it sounds. It simply means the brain can change, both structurally and functionally, to help you recover from head injuries, cope with traumas, or even create healthier habits. This ability to change the brain is called neuroplasticity and it hinges on the idea that you have

I’m not going to tell you that saying gratitude affirmations is the cure-all for feeling grateful. Quite the opposite. It takes intentional and consistent practice to turn your affirmations into something meaningful and impactful. I talked about this in a recent blog post about cultivating an attitude of gratitude. In doing this, you not only

An attitude of gratitude is exactly that; it’s a way of thinking and being, rather than something you “do” here and there. This mindset may not come naturally to everyone, however (it certainly didn’t for me!), so that’s why it’s something we need to cultivate with intentional practice.  While there are many ways to cultivate

When you think of the term “wellness journey,” what comes to mind? Perhaps a Rocky-like montage of working out at the gym, pumping your fist in the air, dripping with sweat? While movement is absolutely part of a wellness journey—and sweaty, hard workouts are once what I thought of too—what comes to my mind what