Our ancestors may have had to garden to survive, but these days, many of us choose gardening to thrive. Not only is it a great way of providing yourself and your family with delicious, nutritious produce or beautiful fresh-cut flowers, but there are tremendous physical and mental benefit to be—pardon the pun—reaped. Just the act of being outside is good for both the human body and mind. Being exposed to the sunlight and feeling like you’re part of nature lowers your levels of the stress hormone cortisol, lowers your blood pressure, and strengthens your immune system. All that vitamin D you’ll be soaking up with the sun’s rays will boost your mood, potentially reducing a dependency on anti-depressants, while also making you half as likely as someone with low levels of vitamin D to develop heart disease. People these days spend so much of their time indoors it’s actually harming […]

You want the glow, right? And you want to feel on top of the world when you get out of bed in the morning, right, too? Not to mention, you want more energy and a beautiful, toned body.  You know, and I know, to have these things, you have to move that body of yours, no matter what shape you’re in now. But how? How do you get the glow when you just can’t get motivated? How? Here’s my secret: Start Small. Forget jumping into an intense bootcamp or CrossFit class. If you want to do those things, start small first and work up to it. To get to the point where I’m exercising consistently, I like to start with manageable amounts and then expand from there. For example, when I get back into a daily jogging plan, I usually start by pushing myself to run two miles for several days, then […]