By Rebecca Jones You count calories, exercise regularly and try to eat unprocessed nutritious foods and yet those stubborn last ten pounds just won’t come off. You may be sabotaging your diet without even realizing it. If your weight loss has plateaued you might have fallen for one of these 5 diet traps. Not Getting … Continue reading 5 Ways You May Be Sabotaging Your Diet →

By Rebecca Jones Let’s face it some foods are just healthier than others and when it comes time to make that choice in the grocery aisle it can be hard to know what to pick. These eight foods are so packed with nutrients and health benefits that no shopping cart should hit the check outline … Continue reading 8 Foods Every Woman Should be Eating →

By Rebecca Jones It seems these days that there is a natural remedy for virtually anything that ails us. From vitamin A to Zinc your local health food store has more pill bottles than your average size pharmacy but do they really work? While some supplements may be little more than snake oil the following … Continue reading 6 Natural Remedies that Really Work →

By Rebecca Jones With every passing day, as the sun gets brighter and the air gets warmer, it’s getting harder and harder to lock yourself inside a gym for hours at a time. The good news is that it’s just as easy to squeeze in a workout outside as it is in. Give your membership … Continue reading 10 Ways to Move Your Workouts Outside for the Summer →

By Emily Murray Most of us can still recall sitting in a classroom or maybe even reading the side of a cereal box and seeing the iconic food pyramid. We were told that this was the basis of how proper nutrition should work for our bodies and to our chagrin, most of our favorite sweets … Continue reading Goodbye Food Pyramid, Hello ‘MyPlate’! →

By Rebecca Jones Happiness is often elusive in an era of uncertaintity, financial worry and pressure both at work and at home. Often times we find ourselves trapped in a spiral of negative emotions and experiences that seems virtually overwhelming. The good news is that there are a million small changes we can make throughout … Continue reading 8 Ways to Make Yourself a Happier Person →

By Rebecca Jones Just like your body needs energy to work properly so does your brain. When two o’clock rolls around and you feel your will to be productive fading don’t make the mistake of grabbing a processed sugary snack that might make you feel better in the short term but will ultimately leave you … Continue reading 6 Foods That Will Make You Smarter →

By Rebecca Jones Perhaps there is no truer slogan in America than “sex sells.” From TV shows dedicated to the hi-jinks of Playboy bunnies to bikini models in beer commercials, our country seems obsessed with all things sexual in nature. And yet we also live in a country that shies away from any open and … Continue reading A Wall of Silence: The Danger of Sexual Repression in America →