One of the more frequent conversations I have with clients surrounds the statement “I don’t understand why I am not losing weight” or “I don’t understand where this extra weight is coming from.” It’s ...

Sometimes things unexpectedly happen in life that you wouldn’t necessarily choose. When that occurs we really have two choices ... and they are our choices. We can either be ticked off about it and fi ...

By Vanessa Hampton Have you achieved perfection in your life? Any part of your life? Yeah, neither have I. This, of course, is practically impossible. So then why is it that many of us still try to ho ...

ABOVE: Organizers of the 2016 Rippavilla Mud Run in Spring Hill prepare a mud pit obstacle. The event this past August was the third at the historic site. // FILE   By Vanessa Hampton I am not su ...

By Vanessa Hampton Some people struggle to find motivation to exercise. Others struggle to take a rest day from workouts. If you are in the first group, you probably find yourself perplexed at how the ...

The Stress Conversation-Part 2 By VANESSA HAMPTON Last time I wrote about recognizing stress in “Do You See Yourself as Stressed?” After reading it, you may have begun to see that you are under more s ...

By ALLIE MYSZKA With the rain and high humidity -- albeit slightly lower temperatures -- many are still waiting for the crisp, clear weather that defines fall. But maybe, just maybe, if we all jump he ...

Featured image via @findingmyelement on Instagram By ALLIE MYSZKA Do you ever find yourself lying awake at night, wishing you could sleep but unwilling to take a medicinal sleep aid? We’ve all been th ...

Do You See Yourself as Stressed? -by Vanessa Hampton Stress has been at the forefront of my mind recently for several reasons. One of those reasons is that next week I am giving a big presentation on ...

Featured image via @nashvilletn on Instagram By ALLIE MYSZKA No exciting travel plans for Labor Day weekend? No worries! Nashville may not give you a beach to catch those last few summer waves, but it ...

By VANESSA HAMPTON Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend who was telling me about her achievements with healthy habits. She is someone like many of us who has had her fair share of strug ...

By VANESSA HAMPTON If you are like me and grew up during, or lived through, the “Fat-Free Food Boom,” as described in an article on npr.org, you were lead to believe that healthy eating meant eliminat ...

By ALLIE MYSZKA With the start of a new school year comes the return of a structured routine for most of us. The carefree days of summer are great, but having a (mostly) predictable schedule when scho ...