By Kim Brame McGimsey, NBC-HWC In the beginning, I thought that health coaching was all about the client. My integrative health coach training experiences at Duke IM in the Foundation Course (2009) and the Certification Course (2010) were phenomenal and truly transformed my life. I not only learned and practiced the coaching skills, the coaching process, and how to effectively partner ...
By Kim Brame McGimsey, NBC-HWC Going into the past few “new” years, instead of setting “resolutions,” which, to some, is a dirty word, I’ve adopted the tradition of choosing a word or series of words to guide my intentions. For 2018, it’s “CREATE.” As I was pondering what that might look like for me, I remembered a recent training, offered by ...
With the approaching New Year comes the customary setting of resolutions to eat better, move more, and lose weight. Though, we all know how that usually goes... the gym is packed for all of January, but then most of us lose steam. Our fervor to keep our resolutions fades with everyday life's busyness and competing priorities. New Year’s resolutions generally involve ...
By Angela Kneale OTD, MA, OTR/L, NBC-HWC We see resilience in the natural world all around us – the tree that continues to reach toward the sky despite being scarred by lightning, the tall sunflower growing from a crack in the concrete, and the spring crocus blooming from beneath the snow after a harsh winter. As in nature, all people ...
By Mary Brantley, MA, LMFT One of the many wonderful things about meditation is once you end a formal sitting meditation the benefits do not have to stop. There are many different ways to meditate, to bring your attention into the present moment. One meditation that has benefits is loving kindness meditation. Some things we have learned from ...
The holiday season is about to start again. For many, one of their favorite parts of this time of year is the pleasure of choosing gifts for loved ones. Going into stores that sell whimsical knick-knacks and trying to find the perfect gift for a friend or family member. Increasingly, many of us are trying to avoid gift-giving to cause environmental ...
By Angela Kneale OTD, MA, OTR/L, NBC-HWC We spend our lives being human – experiencing joy and sorrow, laughter and pain, fear and excitement, challenges and successes, and work and play. Everyone makes mistakes and experiences setbacks. How we face and handle life’s everyday disappointments, as well as extraordinary disasters, matters even more than the fact that they ...
By Joanne Gardner, MS, RDN, LDN This is the perfect time of year to step back and be mindful of our perspective on holiday eating. Have you developed a pattern of bemoaning the end of the year weight creep? Perhaps it is time to decide if this approach serves you well. It may be more helpful to shift ...
It can seem impossible to eat healthily and exercise during the holiday season. Although most Americans gain only 1-2 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, some can gain 5-7 pounds . Even if only a few pounds are added yearly, they can impact our short- and long-term health and well-being.
By Riitta H Rutanen Whaley, MS, MSPH You have probably heard mindfulness described in multiple ways, depending on the context. In Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), we refer to it as an inherent ability to be aware of the present moment in a kind, open, accepting, and non-judgmental way. Mindfulness is a way of being that we already possess but ...
