What is self-talk? Self-talk is your internal dialogue. It is directly influenced by your subconscious mind and it reveals your thoughts, beliefs, questions, and ideas- even the ones you try to hide from yourself. Self-talk can be both negative and positive and these words directly affect our mood and emotions, and how we handle stress. If your best friend spoke to you the way you speak to yourself would you still…
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Health
The Science of New Years Resolutions
New Year, New Me. Come January 1st, everyone is determined to make whatever year it is their best year yet. The gyms are packed, the fruits and vegetable isles at the grocery stores are picked through and all your friends are busy being sober & saving money. But by the time February rolls around, almost 80% of those goals have become a distant memory; by the second week of February,…
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Benefits of Rope Workouts
THE UPDATE: It’s been a while since I have written about exercise because, well, frankly I fell off the wagon. My personal training journey last year came to an abrupt end in January and since then I have been on my own workout wise and it just hasn’t been fun or easy, to be honest. Recently, I started working out with a new trainer and this man loves rope workouts….
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Jessica Burns