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April 4, 2019 By Alison Hector 4 Comments

How to prioritize what’s most important to you

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Photo by STIL on Unsplash If your experience is anything like mine, you probably come to the end of a day wishing that you had another 24 hours in order to get through your to-do list. Why do we stuff our schedules like that? Believe me when I say that I know that feeling of spinning your wheels, […]

December 28, 2017 By Alison Hector 6 Comments

Jump-starting an exercise habit that will last

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New Year’s resolutions.  Have you started thinking about what yours will be for 2018? Or do you prefer to choose a word that will guide your activity in the new year?   Whether you’re pro-resolutions or pro-word-for-the-year, most of us begin with the best of intentions, don’t we? We launch into them with the desire to […]

November 29, 2017 By Alison Hector 6 Comments

Accountability: the missing link in achieving your health goals?

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So, you had the very best intentions/resolutions with regard to your health and wellness goals earlier in the year.  You may have bought DVDs to practice yoga at home; invested in mason jars for your salads and overnight breakfasts; and cleaned out your pantry to make room for new, healthy food.  You became a new […]

November 1, 2017 By Alison Hector 10 Comments

How to keep your food cravings in check

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Craving certain foods has become almost an expected part of women’s food journey.  When it’s not sugar calling your name, it’s salt.  Perhaps you’re a breadaholic (*raises hand*) or, the big one, a chocoholic?   But what’s really behind our desire to go all in on specific foods?  Some experts claim that our cravings reveal nutritional […]

January 25, 2017 By Alison Hector 4 Comments

What does the Healthy Woman, Happy Woman look like?

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I’ve been thinking about what it takes to be a Healthy Woman, Happy Woman (HWHW).  Well, I SHOULD be thinking about it, given that that’s the name I’ve given to my brand. 😉 We women have so many demands placed on us that we sometimes lose sight of ourselves and our most intrinsic needs.  I […]

January 17, 2013 By Alison Hector 10 Comments

Four ways to avoid a fragmented life

This week, the images of a shattered mirror and a defragmented disk have been recurring in my mind.  I won’t get all deep and spooky and read more into it than necessary.  I interpreted it as God’s way of getting me to recognize the fragmentation that results when we have too many fingers in the […]

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