I love all things health and wellness–and by wellness, I mean mind, body, and soul. I’m not an expert by any means, but I do have a lot of opinions–developed through study and personal experience. I share them here. I’d love to learn from your experience as well, so I encourage you to share anything and everything about health and wellness.
Shoulda…Woulda…Coulda Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! I hope the world is treating you right and everything is going your way. If not, you are not alone, and today’s message is for you. If it is, embrace the joy, but don’t tune us out just yet. Chances are good that at some point in the…
Well, it’s official. Mom has moved into a care center, and her condo is on the market. That’s the simple truth of it. Of course, the reality is anything but simple. I walk into her unoccupied condo and am overcome by the stark, sad silence. I am overwhelmed by the magnitude of the task before…
Relationships & Resilience Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! For those of you that celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you had a wonderful holiday, and I hope all of you had an opportunity to flex your gratitude muscle. Last week I promised a discussion about how strong relationships contribute to resilience. As I was thinking about…
Gratitude and resilience Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! I hope you spent some time this week compiling your list of amazing achievements and celebrating the awesomeness that is you. If you need a refresher, or don’t have any idea what I’m talking about, check out last week’s video on self-confidence and resilience. Today we’re…
Eight weeks ago, I wrote about a transformation challenge of a different sort (for me). I was starting the 8-week Orangetheory Transformation Challenge at the same time that I decided to take a leap of faith and try intuitive eating. No more tracking points, protein, produce servings…or anything else. I would trust my body to…
Building resilience with self-confidence Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! I hope it’s happy for you. Speaking of which, if you have tried anything new based on something you heard on a Happy Monday video, I would love to know about it, whether it made a difference or not. Please share your experiences in the…
How to maintain grace under pressure Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! Last week we started a discussion about cultivating calm. I hope you have begun laying the foundation with a daily mindfulness practice. If not, please watch last week’s video and give it a try. Mindfulness truly is the first crucial step to releasing…
You’ve heard it before—self-care is important. You know in your gut it’s true. I hope you are allowing your head and your heart to follow. Because self-care can sometimes feel selfish, experts play to that emotion: You can’t get water from an empty well. In an airplane emergency, you put the oxygen on yourself first…
How to give up stress as a way of life Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! Can you believe we are in week 6 of our journey to fall in love with Mondays? If you missed any of the episodes or need a refresher, you can find the videos on my YouTube Channel, Christie Hawkes….
Early to bed, early to rise… Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! You may think it’s odd that I’m coming to you in my pajamas–and odder still that I magically woke up this morning with my hair done and my makeup on. Well, you’ll soon see that the environment is perfectly appropriate for today’s discussion–and…
