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Live Life Like You’re At Your Goal Weight

By Mary Radovich What are you putting off until the scale hits that magic number? Buying new clothes? Going on a beach vacation? Dating? How long have you been waiting to engage in life, instead of living it? What would it be like to give up that goal weight and learn to live life each […]

Marriage: It’s an Art, Not a Science

By: Deborah Lukovich When it comes to relationships, rational thinking simply goes out the window. For couples, this can look like having the same argument over and over again or having a volcanic reaction over something trivial. After some time and space, you may feel remorse and apologize. You may even try to get to […]

Solstice Shadow Self

By: Melissa Hale Winter months are my favorite time of year, but it hasn’t always been so. As we approach the peak of darkness, the Winter Solstice on December 21, there is a natural desire to turn inwards, to become still and to sleep. This is nature’s way of taking pause after a productive spring, […]

Why the Holiday Season is the Perfect Storm for Dieters and Binge Eaters

By Mary Radovich Surely you’ve seen messages like this floating around recently: “10 Steps to Prevent Holiday Weight Gain!”, “Lighten Up Holiday Recipes to Prevent Holiday Pounds From Piling On!”, “New Year, New You!” Every year at this time, disordered attitudes about eating and weight are everywhere you turn, being widely disseminated by news outlets, bloggers, […]

Be Reckoned With

By Natalie Russell It is so easy to be wrecked with, rarely do we extend ourselves the conviction that we are a force that can wreck. In moments when we feel intensely, we label ourselves as reckless. We start to fear ourselves. We start to fear feeling. The moment that fear begins to creep in […]

Going Keto Won’t Help You Love Your Body

By Mary Radovich Lowering your carbohydrate intake to the point where your body has to break down fat sounds like a legit way to lose weight. However, the Keto diet, (or Atkins 2018 as I like to call it) is not the magical weight loss method that many celebrities, trainers, and maybe your friends and […]

Making Resolutions Work

By Lindsey Arens It’s that time of year again. Resolution time. January 1st , 2019, is just around the corner. Now is about the time when I start hearing people contemplating on the New Years Resolutions they plan to put into place for next year. Along with the resolution, I almost undoubtedly hear: “and this […]

The Art of Dating

By: Deborah Lukovich If you want a hint about what is happening in today’s culture, go to the movies. The Netflix algorithm does not disappoint. Recently, I noticed a movie called Newness about two millennials in LA navigating a social media-driven hookup culture. The movie captured brilliantly the sense that everything is up for grabs […]

This is Strength

By Emily Keeling & Natalie Russell How did she ultimately survive? She knew she deserved more. Driven, she aggressively pursued the goals of her life. She possessed an understanding of the world and developed self-compassion, but what good was any of that without strength? The ability to stare down adversity and take action. The difference […]

What Should I Eat?

By Mary Radovich Well…what do you want? What do you have? What are you doing? When is the next time you’ll eat? These are the things you should consider when deciding what to eat. Instead, many of us consider other things like “I heard this is bad,” or “this has too much sugar,” or “I […]