Featured accomplishment
I convinced my mom to start replacing the sour cream on her potato with greek yogurt !
about 1 year ago
Challenge Yourself
Challenges are small steps you can take toward living a more natural, healthy life. Accept a challenge, log your progress, and watch your successes add up to positive change!
How does it work?
- Take on adventures ranging from nutrition and fitness changes to greener, more natural, habits.
- Log your progress on accepted challenges.
- Track your success at living a healthier, more natural life.
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February 08, 2010
Forgive yourself
Letting go of self-blame can be incredibly difficult. Today, identify one thing to forgive yourself for. Write it down, along with all the reasons why you believe it’s your fault…and the reasons it might not be. Then, make a commitment to...
February 05, 2010
Monitor your mammogram guidelines
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently changed its mammogram guidelines. This test is crucial for early diagnosis of breast cancer, and remains so. However, the government advisory body is recommending changing the age at which...
February 04, 2010
Sunblock the white way – or not
For those of us who prefer physical sunblocks to chemical sunscreens (zinc and titanium oxide-based products are examples), the scourge of our daily sun protection regimen is the thick, white film some blocks leave behind. Today, challenge yourself...
February 03, 2010
Share something that inspires you
When most of us feel inspired, the first thing we’re compelled to do is rush out and tell someone. Do you remember the last time someone or something you read inspired you? Today, make an effort to recall this important moment and then tell someone...
February 02, 2010
Put a cork in it
Cork is truly one of nature’s miracle materials. Since it comes from the outer bark of cork oak trees, it’s natural and renewable. Flexible and supple, it can be cut, stacked, sculpted, glued, stitched, and even painted to produce pretty...
February 01, 2010
Learn CPR
What better way to celebrate American Heart Month than by learning CPR? It really doesn’t take much a time and the rewards are substantial. What you learn in a short afternoon class could enable you to revive a victim of sudden cardiac arrest...
January 29, 2010
Light an orange
Beautiful and fragrant, orange votives are an elegant way to use the skin of a succulent fruit for more than composting. Similar in design to your standard candlelit Halloween pumpkin, Josh and Brent’s innovation sheds citrusy light on the...
January 28, 2010
Belly up
Once the province of exotic beauties from Mediterranean and Middle Eastern milieu, belly dancing has captured the world’s attention as a fun, joyful way to stay fit. Among other benefits, its adherents say it can help improve posture, tone arms...
January 27, 2010
Focus on flu prevention
H1N1, or so-called “swine” flu, is on many people’s minds as we enter the winter cold and flu season. Healthcare workers are reminding us that observing good hygiene standards is important as we try to reduce our chances of...
January 26, 2010
Pack your shoes
The best way to fit in exercise during holiday trips couldn’t be simpler: Bring your tennies and hit the pavement. It may sound trite, but many of us sabotage our fitness regimens before we leave for the airport, by not packing the only item we...
