How to Make Health and Wellness part of your Families Lifestyle
Posted: July 26, 2023
As adults, we are responsible for our lifestyle choices and in many cases, our children’s lifestyles. Whether or not our children get enough exercise and eat healthy foods has a lot to do with the example we set for them and the choices we provide them with.
According to USA Today, the percentage of children who are overweight has doubled in the last 20 years! But don’t blame the kids. Keith Ayoob, an associate Professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine says, “I never see a child who has better eating habits than his parents.” Children eat the foods that are served to them or what is easily available at school or home. Family rules and routines can compromise exercise any time they like, but an eight-year-old more than likely requires supervision. Children have obstacles to overcome when it comes to lifestyle choices.
Success for children begins with success for parents. Families need to begin establishing lifestyle goals together. Leonard Epstein, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Buffalo, says. “Most of the kids who are overweight have at least one overweight parent.”
How to Strike a Balance between being a Parent vs. Friend
Posted: May 30, 2023
How to Strike a Balance between being a Parent vs. Friend
Life is about balance. To appreciate hard we need soft, to know lightness we need darkness. The ebb and flow of opposites is part of what creates the reality we appreciate. Children need someone to encourage greatness, especially the greatness of habits that will make them stronger in the future. Every time you ask your child to do something they would not willingly do on their own like eating vegetables, doing homework, taking out the trash or reminding them about using manners you are fulfilling the role of parent. Well done… pat yourself on the back, without YOU how would they know and grow in a way to maximize their potential
When you take the time to do all the above and other activities and wrap it in language and with tone you would extend to a peer you are being their friend. The great thing is by choosing this approach instead of doing the quick fix of being demanding you are growing their self esteem and self worth which will ultimately reinforce excellence for a lifetime.
Do Something Today Your future self would thank you for...
Posted: April 26, 2023
From time to time, you hear about someone at the end of life reflecting on the life they lived. It’s always nice when someone arrives and feels like they have no regrets and it is always painfully sad when someone looks back with regret, wishing they made different decisions that may have added to the quality of their life or the life of a loved one.
When the urge to not follow though hits you, how do you handle it? Afterall, does it really matter if you skip a single day of doing the discipline? The answer is yes it does! We are all going to be derailed for good reasons from time to time. It may be sickness, attention that must be given in another area of your life that is important, or a crisis with someone you love. Derailment is going to happen, and it is ok. What is not OK is if derailment happens because of a lack of discipline. This will create momentum that will become hard to stop and before you know it will have you moving in a backwards direction.
A good question to ask yourself when you are justifying a reason for not following though is whether your future self would consider the reason important enough to not follow through. Thinking like this helps to add a long-term perspective to the choices you make and will become a compass that will always point you in the direction of behaving in a way that will create long term results.
Your elevation may require your isolation
Posted: April 11, 2023
While life may in some cases, may not be fair, what is fair is we all have 24 hour per day and seven days in a week, no more, no less. How we use our time determines the result we create. In today’s fast paced world, there is not a shortage of things to do. We can literally be busy with activities that will eat away all of our valuable and needed rest and recharge time.
To learning new skills or upgrade what we already know may require compressing some of the daily tasks so that we can create the block of time to take the class, read the book or invest in some face-to-face mentoring. We can all work hard every day doing the daily tasks but not make forward progress in our position or level of responsibilities. To improve the quality or quantity of what we do require self-investment. What are the times during your week that you have allocated for your own self investment?
Do You Have a Black Belt in excuses?
Posted: April 04, 2023
Do You Have a Black Belt in Excuses?
How can you notice them, and let them go.
How can you priotitize what you can do to be your BEST.