The Energized Woman

Archive for January, 2010

Below is a link to a list of great ways that you can pamper yourself, and some of them might be ones that you hadn’t previously considered.  I encourage you to read through the list, look at your upcoming schedule for the week, and block out time to do one of these.

http://www.myhealthtoday.com/pamper-yourself-with-these-10-ways/

After you’ve given yourself some pampering, leave me a comment to let me know what you did and what it felt like, and when your next pampering session will be!

We all only have so much time and energy on any given day.  In order to say YES to our own health and well-being, it is essential that we say no to other requests and demands for our time and attention. 

This is a challenging task for many women, and in February’s issue of “O Magazine” Oprah shares more about her own journey with saying no in order to say yes to taking better care of herself on a daily basis (last page of the magazine).  If you struggle with saying no in your life, you’re certainly in good company.  And I love this line from Oprah:

“Making a priority of taking care of myself is – for sure – going to make for a better me.”

Listen in to today’s audio blog to hear more about how you can become more comfortable using the word no.

What will you say no to today, in order to say yes to you?  Please share by leaving a comment.

Certainly with the realities of modern living the pace of life has increased and there’s always more to do than there are hours in the day.  However, sometimes the development of the habit of being busy, busy, busy, actually turns out to be a defense mechanism for us. 

Sound like this might be true for you?  Tune in below to hear more.

Do you have days that are action-packed and you’re on the go a lot? Are you wanting to eat healthy, but when you’re not at home you find it much more challenging? With these five nutritious snack options, you’ll go through your days with increased energy and avoid those nasty energy dips that show up after consuming something heavily processed and full of chemicals.

What’s also great about these five snack options is that they will truly satisfy you and keep you feeling full, so you won’t need to reach for something else that’s less healthy an hour later.

1. ALMONDS and DARK CHOCOLATE

This is one of my all-time favorite snacks, and it really is so healthy for you. The almonds are a great source of calcium, and the dark chocolate (look for 70% cocoa content) provides antioxidants and helps to improve your mood.

2. GRANNY SMITH APPLE with NUT BUTTER

The apple provides a good source of fiber, and this specific type doesn’t impact your blood sugar as much as some of the other kinds of apples. It’s a great combination with a nut butter (not a nutterbutter;-), because the protein and healthy fats in the nut butter balances out the sugar from the apple and leaves you feeling satisfied and comfortably full. Some options for nut butters are peanut butter and almond butter. (Note: Opt for organic apples whenever possible, to avoid the pesticide residues that are left on an apple’s skin.)

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Have you made a New Year’s Resolution to lose some weight and really focus on your health and take better care of yourself?  If so, I’d love to assist you with reaching your goals.  One of the ways to increase your chances of losing weight and keeping it off is to make sure your metabolism is working as efficiently as possible.   Toward this end, our most recent teleclass offers some great strategies and suggestions.

You can tune in below, or to download the call to your MP3 player please click here. (Just scroll down to the 1/11/10 episode).

We will be conducting a teleclass every other Monday evening on health-related topics.  Hope you can join us.

Have a topic in mind that you would like us to consider covering during one of our Monday teleclasses?  Leave a comment below to let me know!

On this week’s edition of the Be Well Wednesday audio blog, I continue the discussion around priorities, with a specific focus on where you are on your list of priorities, if you’re on it at all. 

This is an area that I continue to revisit over and over again in my own life.  You know, I consider myself to have been a pretty good student in school, but in life I don’t seem to be passing as many tests!  Instead, the same lessons continue to show up, even after I think I have learned them.

If this an area that continues to be a challenge for you – putting yourself on your list – you’re definitely not alone.  I talk with so many women who have difficulty with this.  I hope that the perspectives I share on today’s audio blog will be of value to you and help support you in your journey to take better care of yourself and to make your health and well-being a priority.

What is one thing that you can do today to show yourself some attention and care?  After you do that thing that you’ve identified, leave me a comment to let me know what that was like for you.

When was the last time you had fun?  Has it been a while?  We all get so bogged down with our responsibilities and our never-ending to-do lists.  Listen in below for some encouragement and more about why scheduling in some fun on a regular basis is so vital to your overall health and well-being.

What is one thing (hopefully you’ll do more than one;-) that you’re going to do this week to have some fun?  Please leave a comment and let me know.

Do you wake up in the morning already feeling tired? By the end of the day, are you so exhausted that it’s all you can do to sit on the couch and flip through channels? Do you feel like any "get up and go" that you used to have has got up and went? If you answered ‘yes’, you’re definitely not alone. The lifestyle that people lead these days is a prime setup for leaving them feeling drained and energy-depleted by the end of the day.

Just for a moment, I would like you to visualize your own internal energy gauge, similar to the fuel tank gauge in your car. At the end of a typical day, what does your energy gauge indicate? If the needle moved a bit, but you still ended up in the quarter or half tank range, then you probably have some good habits in place already. But if the vision that you saw was the gauge on empty, then perhaps it is time for you to consider a lifestyle makeover. Read on to see if you can identify with any of the following habits that can lead to these deficiencies.

1. Not enough sleep

Are you staying up late, night after night, to try to get more done on your to-do list? Has your body been signaling you that it needs more rest, but you continue to ignore it and push past the exhaustion? When you begin your day in an already fatigued state, it is very difficult to make up for this as the day progresses. Certainly losing some sleep occasionally is a fact of life, but if you are chronically sleep-deprived your energy will never reach its optimal levels.

Consider going to bed earlier whenever possible, as even an extra hour can do wonders. Also, where in your day can you build in some downtime or extra rest?

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If losing weight is on your list of New Years Resolutions, then you’ll want to tune in to this information-packed teleclass.  During the call my co-host Theresa and I revealed some great tips that might turn out to be just what you need in order to be more successful in your weight loss journey, and in keeping the weight off long-term (which is what we all really want anyway, isn’t it?). 

You can listen in below or click here to download the recording to your MP3 player (just scroll down to the 12/28/09 episode).

Interested in learning more about weight-loss related topics, tune in for our next free teleclass on Monday, 1/11/10, at 8:30 p.m. eastern time.  This upcoming teleclass will focus on metabolism.  You can get the call-in details for Monday’s class here. 

We will be conducting a teleclass every other Monday evening on health-related topics.  Hope you can join us.

Have a topic in mind that you would like us to consider covering during one of our Monday teleclasses?  Leave a comment below to let me know!