If you’ve been paying attention to Obama and Romney’s schedules lately, you’ll agree that making it through the presidential race requires remarkable stamina. With Hurricane Sandy hitting the North East earlier this week, things have just worsened for our current President.
BBC News reporter Cordelia Hebblethwaite interviewed me last week to get my tips for candidates. How can they preserve mental sanity under the current demands?
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One of the biggest obstacles we are struggling with today is how to sustain a lifestyle of health, happiness and productivity. We know what to do in order to be healthy, but sustaining these behaviors is definitely a challenge. And when we realize that some of our life habits and attitudes need to change to create health and wellbeing, we often end up even more stressed, just because we don’t see how we can possibly do it all! That’s exactly what I’ll talk about next Tuesday, August 28th on Voice America.
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Do your fitness goals propel you into action, or do they just make you feel guilty? If you have abandoned resolution after good intention, or if you have a hard time helping someone else with their desire to eat well, exercise or meditate regularly, get ready. This post, an excerpt from my interview at Be Healthy, Be Well, will help you set goals that are excuse-proof.
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The Medical Fitness Association will hold its Northeastern conference on May 30th in Mercerville, NJ. The agenda includes topics such as exercise as a healthcare component for cancer patients and evidence-based chronic disease tools and resources. I will present at 11AM. Here’s what I’ll discuss.
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I’m happy to report that one of you, dear SaS readers, thought that my latest blog post was worthy of the Huffington Post. Amy is a HuffPost contributor herself – see her articles here – and decided to put me in touch with the editors of the online news giant. Earlier this month, my first contribution went live. The good news for you? I made the new version of the article a bit more complete and explicit than the one posted on my blog. Want all the details of how to think your way to a thinner you? Get them here!
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Join me and my good friend Paul Cherry on May 23rd for a free 30-minute web seminar as we explore how a healthy mind and body can help you boost your sales. Paul Cherry is one of the foremost experts on asking the right questions in sales and management, and has helped over 1200 organizations increase their performance to date.
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Ladies – are you overdue to give your body a little TLC? The Hope Lake Lodge at Greek Peak Mountain Resort in New York State is offering a Women’s Wellness Week May 13th-18th. A great Mother’s Day gift (wink-wink to guys reading this post!), the event will enable you to relax, recharge and rejuvenate. With daily physical activities, health workshops, healthy meals and good conversations, it will answer all your questions on how to be and stay healthy. I will be there on Wednesday May 16th in the evening to host a workshop on how to use the SaS Compass to manage your sleep, food, mood and exercise habits more effortlessly.
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Have you promised yourself time and again that you’d finally start to exercise, only to see that determination fade after your third workout? Are you tired of being tired and overwhelmed? If you aren’t sure what to do to bring your lifestyle up to healthier standards, you’ll want to hear this.
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Ever heard of Umbrella Health and Resilience? They specialize in the art of thriving under pressure. And what do these resilience experts have to say about the SaS book? They love it! Here are two quick excerpts from their review.
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Lynne, a coach who participated in our online wellness program, blogged today about some of her takeaways from learning how to use the SaS Compass: “…if you change a key habit even in a small way, other changes will tend to cascade from that. This dovetails nicely with something I discovered while exploring the health “compass” the Smarts and Stamina authors use as their guiding metaphor. It turns out that the most important change I made, the key habit that had the most repercussions, wasn’t even on my radar! Duh, as my kids would say.”
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Marie-Josée Shaar received her undergrad at McGill University in Organizational Behavior, followed by a Master of Applied Positive Psychology at University of Pennsylvania. She's certified as a Wellness Culture Coach, a Personal Trainer, and a Nutrition and Wellness Consultant. She has spent the last 13 years studying, testing, coaching and teaching smart health habits, both nationally and internationally.
