Does Your Hair Need a Visit to the Grocery Store?

How does your hair feel after you dye it? I am pretty sure it doesn’t feel entirely good. When we dye our hair, lots of chemicals come in contact with it and there is when the change occurs. If you are in love as I do with Fantasy colors (purple, green, pink) then you dye your hair white often enough to damage it. But don’t worry, I found awesome treatments with 100% natural products that you can buy at the grocery store. (more…)

Finding the Balance in Your Relationship

I'm sure you've heard plenty of sayings growing up such as “what you see is what you will get”, “what goes around, comes around”, and “what you give is what you get”. There are many variations of these sayings that have been passed from family member to family member. They have been repeated so many times that most of us grow tired of hearing them and think they are cliché. (more…)

Learning Proper Snacking Techniques

Food is where nutrition begins. The food you eat follows a procedure that has been prescribed in the human body to provide nourishment. Food is broken down in the tissues of the body and energy. Many of the food and nutrition articles that you read today reveals that the actual science of nutrition is concerned with everything the body does when it comes to carrying out all of the functions in an efficient manner. (more…)

Quitting With E-Cigarettes

Smoking. The stigma, the smell, no one likes it. Let's be honest, not even smokers enjoy that dirty burnt scent. Not enough Axe cologne could dent the ashy smell.

As a smoker of 4 years... Yeah I know, I hate it... But as a smoker, I have learned, that every cigarette packs an unreal amount of subconscious disappointment. (more…)

Running Today Let´s Eat First.

When I talk about going on a run, food always comes to mind, not because I am longing something to eat, but because I always ask myself if I should eat before running and if so, what kind of food? (more…)

Five Ways to Fit in Exercise When You Work From Home

Working from home is great - you can work when you want, wherever you want, even work in your pajamas! The downside, though, is that many work-from-home jobs involve lots of sitting down and between working and running a household, it can be easy to let other things like exercise slide. (more…)

Unexpected Changes…

I had an idea in my head when I was in my 20's of what my life would look like by the time I was 40. It was really neat and tidy and full of accomplishment with little worry. It's funny how what we sometimes think will be our reality doesn't exactly pan out the way we plan. My husband told me once that he read somewhere that "If you want to make God laugh, make plans." As I look back on our lives over the past 20 years I see just how true a statement that is! (more…)

When Love Goes Out the Window

Love is an extra-ordinary feeling that can make or mar your life. It is the most powerful emotion that humans can feel. Yet, it is also something that makes our heart weep. (more…)

Choosing Healthy: The Smokers’ Guide to a New Life

Letting go of a habit will never be easy. I started smoking when I was 17 years old, and for almost 8 years, I could not stop inhaling and exhaling the cancer sticks. Whenever I am stressed out or feel the urge to release all the challenges I’m going through, I smoke. Just sharing this story actually makes me teary eyed. It was a struggle for almost a decade. I wasn’t mindful of the people around me. Smoking for me is something I used to really need. I used to smoke a pack and a half a day. It was gruesome. It makes me sick just by imagining it now. (more…)

How to Defeat Awkward First Dates by Being Active

In order to develop a great relationship you have to make it through the first date. It can be really awkward trying to decide where to go and what to wear. Instead of tying yourself down to a dinner table and awkward conversation try doing something fun. All you really have to do is (more…)