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Every Day Healthy Living Tips

Everyday Healthy Living Tips

When it comes to a healthy lifestyle there are so many ways to approach your system. However, in my years as a coach and from my own personal journey, I’ve learned that keeping it simple is the best avenue.

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When I first started my health journey I lived off fast food, was a pessimist, had low energy, and eventually struggled with fertility.

Implementing these healthy tips and making simple changes each and every day is what made the biggest difference.

A healthy lifestyle is about more than just cutting some sweetener, it’s about a holistic approach. You need to consider:

  • Food
  • Movement
  • Stress
  • Mindset
  • Outdoors

One aspect without others is simply incomplete. A healthy lifestyle isn’t a diet, fad, or trend but what you believe.

 

10 Tips for Healthy Living

Drink your water – we all know we need it, but rarely do we place as much focus on it as we should. Guzzle up every day.

Move your body – scheduled workouts are great and important. However, what you do outside of your workouts matters too. Learn how to be more active throughout your day.

Focus on nutrients and colors – I am a firm believer that you should enjoy your food, but it also needs to fuel you. Focus on getting in nutrients not calories and make sure you eat for color/

Learn to manage stress acutely – healthy living means learning exactly what to do in the moment of a stressful situation. Breathing, a wicked song, a quick walk. Get your body out of panic mode. These yoga poses are great stress relievers.

Do things you love – we need to work for happiness and part of that is making things we enjoy a priority. Do things you love on a regular basis and truly appreciate them.

Learn to manage stress long term – part of a healthy lifestyle is having a stress outlet but also learning how to reduce your stress load.

Scale back the sugar – focus on real, whole foods as much as possible and do your best to cut back processed foods and sugar.

Get outside- find a forest or a trail and go for a walk. Remember what it was like being a kid and outside for hours. Getting outside in itself is great stress relief.

Smile, laugh, play- don’t lose the ability to be silly as you age! Play with your kids. Laugh a lot. Smiles are contagious and they’re often one of the healthy tips missing in a list. Smiling helps keep the mind positive.

Be intimate – we were made to connect with each other. Embrace intimacy.

Focus on simple and natural – reduce chemicals and exposure where you can and when possible always opt for simple.

Living a healthy lifestyle isn’t complicated but it does take some effort. We need to make ourselves a priority and remember that healthy tips shouldn’t be just about food.

 

What You’ll Find in The Healthy Living Section

This section is about everything holistic. Everyone begins their journey somewhere and I truly want people to know that every little swap matters.

It’s all the little healthy lifestyle changes you make that add up to bigger things: more energy, longevity, positivity, etc.

This section contains tips on how to live a healthy lifestyle from a holistic approach. You’ll read about healthy food swaps, eliminating known allergens, scaling back sugars and processed foods but also about managing stress, how to be more positive, and overall healthy tips on day to day choices we make to improve our wellness.

Some of the most popular blog posts in this section are:

  • 5 tips to go dairy-free
  • 10 tips to drink more water
  • 6 benefits of being active

 

There’s no destination for “health”. It’s what you experience day-to-day and the enjoyment of a healthy lifestyle that you’re striving for.

CLICK ON ANY OF THE HEALTHY TIPS BELOW TO BE TAKEN TO THE BLOG POST.

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Homemade Elderberry Sore Throat Lozenges Ease a sore throat and prevent a cough with these sore throat lozenges! These DIY cough drops are made with only four ingredients to help soothe and reduce a sore throat. While I love honey and lemon homemade cough drops these elderberry-based, homemade throat lozenges are an amazing variation! While I do my best to keep my ... Read More

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Honey And Garlic Elixir For Cough & Cold Sick isn’t an option when you’re a busy mom. This is why this honey and garlic elixir is a staple during the winter season. Just like homemade cough drops, honey garlic is a wicked combination to help ease the onset of a scratchy throat. When it comes to being sick, I just can’t. I run two and a half businesses from home and ... Read More

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Elderberry Cough Syrup Recipe - (6 Ingredients, Potent Cold & Flu Remedy) Use this easy elderberry cough syrup recipe to help ease a scratchy throat (along with these homemade cough drops with honey). With only six ingredients, this homemade cough syrup is easy to whip up but packs a big punch to your immune system. Homemade elderberry syrup can help ease a cough and ... Read More

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30+ Gifts For Tea Lovers - The Best Gifts For Tea Drinkers With over 30 unique and thoughtful gifts for tea lovers, I have no doubt that you'll find something you love. On this roundup, there's something for every budget from subscription boxes to stocking stuffers. Likewise, these gifts for tea gift ideas are a kind way to support for the tea drinkers in your life. Gifts ... Read More

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Why You Need Mushroom Coffee Mushrooms and coffee in the same sentence might sound weird to you, but such a thing does exist! With benefits on both side of the equations (benefits of mushrooms alone and the benefits of coffee), mushroom coffee takes it to a whole other level. Learn more about the benefits of mushroom in coffee as well as why I thrive on it. As a mom, I ... Read More

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5 Tips To Make Meal Prep Easier Learn how to make meal prep easier and faster by following these simple guidelines! Planning and preparing healthy meals for the week seems like a daunting task if you’re a working mom. But there are simple things you can do (like using fast, healthy recipes!) to make your meal prep easy. Use the tips on how to meal prep for beginners to make ... Read More

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Homemade Fire Cider Recipe Boost your immune system and stay healthy this cold and flu season with this homemade, immune-boosting recipe! Containing gut healing, healthy superfoods these ingredients will help your system ramp up it’s fighting abilities. And when you feel a scratchy throat coming on, be sure to load up on homemade cough drops just in case! If there’s on ... Read More

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How To Meal Prep For Back To School + Recipe Ideas Keep the school year sane with these meal prep tips! With September almost here moms everywhere are scrambling to get their sh*t together and start a new routine (here's how to make mornings less stressful). And the worst part of the routine: back to school food! From fast breakfasts to school lunches, after school snacks ... Read More

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How To Lose Weight Permanently: Crucial Pillars Of Weight Loss Trying to figure out how to lose weight permanently? There's no 7-day scheme or quick fix. Instead, you'll need to commit to fixing the four pillars of weight loss to achieve long-term success. Stop dieting and trying to burn more calories. Instead, learn what your body needs in order to lose weight healthily and ... Read More

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How To Make A Buddha Bowl + 6 Buddha Bowl Dressings Solve your dinnertime stress by learning how to make a Buddha bowl! Buddha bowls are nutritious bowls loaded with nutrients, fuel, and flavor. Build your own Buddha bowl in just seven easy steps and have a new creation each night of the week! Plus, top your creations with one of my favorite Buddha Bowl ... Read More

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Hey There! I’m Shelby, a Certified Strength Coach (CSCS) and certified nutrition coach (PN) in everyday life as well as mama to two beautiful girls! I’m a chronic foodie, workout junkie and feeder of stray cats. I love heavy lifting but am a firm believer that as a mama you’ve got to do whatever the hell that works FOR YOU and I’m here to give you a few ideas. I believe food is fuel but indulgences are a must because well, as you’ll see… I’m a chocolate fiend!

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