wellness
Bitesize Health: A Simple Guide to Kids Nutrition
Let’s be honest: feeding kids is one of the most rewarding and yet challenging parts of parenting. Between ever changing appetites, hectic schedules, and the constant lure of sugary snacks, trying to maintain a “balanced diet” and feed them well can feel like a full-time job (you didn’t apply for). The good news is that…
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Why Sleep is a Nutrition Strategy, Too
Most people think of nutrition only in terms of food choices, but true nourishment goes beyond what is on our plates. As a foundational pillar of wellness, sleep is one of the most underrated tools for supporting our health and well-being. Adequate sleep helps regulate appetite-controlling hormones, cravings, supports efficient digestion, and helps to maintain…
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Is Your Gut Trying to Tell You Something?
An imbalanced gut doesn’t just show up as gas, bloating, or constipation — although those are common signs. It can also affect your mood, energy levels, stress, focus, and cravings (especially for sugar). Some signs your gut might need a little love: • Feeling down or unusually anxious • Brain fog or trouble concentrating •…
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Bring It Back to The Basics
In a world of ever-changing health messages and diet plans vying for our attention along with the demands of life it is easy to lose sight of our most basic needs. Staying hydrated and nourished are essential to our overall well-being. These two seemingly simply elements are foundational pillars to a healthy life, and often,…
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Welcome to 2023 | Wellness Connection
There’s just something about saying hello to a new year. It’s a fresh start, a blank canvas waiting to be filled, it’s mostly unscripted, full of hope, possibly adventure, and all too often the new year starts with goals- resolutions-and a list of should/should not’s related to diet and health. Instead of forcing yourself and the start of the new year into a set of rules and restrictions, or the top diet trend, try something completely different that is kinder, gentler, and sustainable through the year and beyond. This year what if you focus on the things you CAN do to become the healthiest version of yourself.
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New Year New Way to Health and Wellness
January 2024 | Wellness Connections By Linda Wilcox “What we think, feel, and believe about the physical body informs how we live in and through the body.”-Cultivate Well This time of year, the promises of quick fixes and fad diets are plenty and seem to come and go as quickly as our New Year’s Resolutions.…
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The Perfect Way to Wrap Up Summer
August is National Wellness Month, making it the perfect time to focus on caring for you and yours with healthy routines. Incorporating small changes and wholesome habits into your daily routine all month long is the perfect way to wrap up summer and impact your health in positive ways.
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Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle for Health and Wellness
The Mediterranean Diet really isn’t a diet in the sense that it is full of rules and restrictions but finds its roots in the traditional eating habits of people that live in the surrounding region of the Mediterranean Sea like Italy, Greece, and Liberia. There is not a single definition of the Mediterranean Diet because it focuses on overall eating patterns and healthy lifestyle factors across many different Mediterranean countries. Without strict formulas and calculations, the Mediterranean diet is flexible and can be customized to your individual needs.
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Let’s Talk About Ozempic
May 2023 | Wellness Connections By Linda Wilcox Ozempic has become popularized in the media and is the new hot celebrity trend for weight loss transformation. As Ozempic is being prescribed to more and more people, it might be a good idea to talk about it and understand what it is, how it works, and how…
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Financial Wellness
Money may be a little more on everyone’s minds this month with Tax Day right in the middle of April. Just like the need to eat and sleep, money is a piece of our everyday lives that plays a role in our overall wellness. Wellness is more than just physical health – it is multi-dimensional including physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, social, occupational, and financial health. Each area is interdependent and influenced by the others. When one area is out of balance or not working well, the other areas are affected, and all are vital for optimal health and well-being.
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