Lifting Your Spirit

Winter can be dark, heavy, and oppressive but it can also be refreshing, magical, and inspiring.  When the blues begin to define you, it is important to embrace new habits that shake off the lethargy and lighten your mood.

Hydrate.  The air is dry and the cold does not always make water seem very desirable.  Fill up a water bottle with room temperature water, make a pot of tea, or prioritize drinking water through out the day.  Your body needs water- not juice, coffee, or other beverages.  Pour a tall glass and drink the whole thing.

Make your bed. When you are busy, have a lot to do, feel stressed, or cannot seem to get out of bed, this is a good place to start your day.  Accomplishing this simple task will set you up for making other small accomplishments or just getting your day on track right from the start.  
 

Take a shower. Warm up and wake up your senses.  Maybe add some aromatherapy oils to your shower to perk up your mood.  If you already shower every morning, take a rinse before bed at night.  The heat will get your blood flowing and relax tension that is stuck in your muscles.  Take it to the next level and stretch a little and take some nice deep breaths.
 

Get active.  If you are overwhelmed with a busy schedule, build in a 10 minute walk before work, after work, before bed, or during a lunch break.  Start your morning with sun salutations and light stretching. Get a gym membership and take 20 minutes on the treadmill after you drop the kids off at school or before you make lunch.  Take a walk around the block or do twenty jumping jacks in the living room to get your heart pumping.  Look up exercises on YouTube. Sign up for Zumba. Walk in place during television shows if you are really feeling stuck and lethargic. Whatever it takes- MOVE YOUR BODY.
 

Change your environment.  Get out of the same old routine.  Drive to a new destination, check out a museum, try a new restaurant, go to the library, work from a coffee shop, make plans with a friend… Get out of your rut and the four walls you are used to.  Sometimes a fresh environment can inspire a whole new perspective.  

Woman Up!

We are so excited to participate in this year's Woman Up Health and Lifestyle Expo!  

Join us at the Wisconsin State Fair Expo center on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 from 10am-4pm to experience a day of health and wellness, fitness and finance, shopping, food and drink samples and so much more! Mingle with over 250 vendors and watch expert presentations in Health and Wellness, DIY, Finance, Fitness, a Fashion Show and more!

Visit us to receive exclusive promotions and a chance to win $100 Outpost Gift Card.

For advance tickets

Cultivating Joy Workshop: January 26th

Join our health coach, Kerri Weishoff, for an evening of Cultivating Personal Joy

Learn how you can empower yourself to be calmer, have more energy, and navigate daily challenges.  Explore an introduction to mindfulness, breath work, and simple affirmations to guide you in staying balanced in every day life.

This is a free event, but registration is required.  Please register at the Greendale Library, or call: 414-423-2790.

Nutritious Holiday Specials!

Nutrition Package Holiday Specials:

We want to help you feel absolutely amazing this holiday season! 

NEW Client Package = $225

Save $40 AND feel great! New Client Package includes an initial health assessment and nutrition consulting + 3 follow-up nutrition consulting sessions. 

Existing Client Package = $125

Save $25 AND stay on track with your goals! Existing Client Package includes 3 nutrition consulting sessions. 

All holiday special packages expire March 30, 2016.  Gift Cards available.  

Call 414-367-7023 or Book your next appointment online to get started!

*Discounted packages may be purchased in advance or activated at your next appointment.

Practice Gratitude Every Day

Every year we dedicate one day to giving thanks.  Why stop there?!  We can enhance our well-being every single day by cultivating and nurturing an attitude of gratitude.

1. Write it down. When we start acknowledging positive aspects of our daily lives, we tend to move away from the easy habit of dwelling on the negatives.  To start, try writing down 5 things that you feel grateful for every single day.  Not only will you build an abundance of positive memories but you will see over time how your attitude changes! Science has found that gratitude can significantly increase happiness and protect us from stress, negativity, anxiety, and depression. 

2. Smile. Showing compassion is possible in a lot of ways, but a smile is the best place to start.  Simply smiling can disarm negative emotions we feel within or dissolve the negative energy projected by others.  Giving your time to someone else can boost your own sense of well-being and a smile is the first step to connecting with others.  Research shows that even a fake smile makes us feel better, reduces stress, and uplifts others.  

3. Play more!  Daily routines can drain the fun and spontaneity out of our lives.  When life feels like a daily grind, we lose sight of the little things that matter and need to make time for play. Idle play and games can boost creativity, help us think outside the box, improve our health, and bring us back to the present moment.  Play with your kids or play games with friends. Try to have a good laugh and find the joy that is present in every day.

4. Stop chasing happiness. The more value we place on happiness the more likely we are to fixate and ruminate when things do not go as planned.  Research has revealed that happiness is driven by the frequency of positive emotions, not the intensity of how happy we feel.  Aiming for positive emotions can lead to disappointment, while aiming for contentment allows us to accept our emotions as we experience them.  Sometimes it is important to sit with negative feelings so we can practice being gentle with ourselves.  Let our feelings flow naturally, and we may find gratitude in the full spectrum of emotions we experience.

5. Body Scan. Meditation is an important component to happiness, and finding awareness in our body can help us feel grateful.  It is so easy to walk around in life just reacting to everything, getting stuck in patterns and repeating dramas.  Cultivating awareness and spaciousness in our minds promotes a calmer sense of self.  Spending just a few minutes every day to notice our own physicality brings us closer to our own center.  This is a time to thoughtlessly feel tension, breathing patterns, heart beat, and digestion.  Sitting up straight or lying down we simply close our eyes and focus our attention on every region of our bodies until we have experienced the whole.  We can find gratitude in the healing we have achieved in certain areas or the steady breath that gives us life.