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What is a Healthy Lifestyle? Although my first area of expertise was nutrition, it didnt take long for me to see that having a healthy lifestyle is much deeper than eating and exercise. Awareness of and regulation of thoughts and feelings is crucial to true health, which includes mental, emotional and physical aspects. The mental and emotional components deeply affect the physical health as well. I remember when I first decided to study nutrition, in hopes of one day helping others with some sort of wellness program. Back then I, too, was caught up in the social messages of good and bad foods, mandatory exercise, and the constant fear of my untrustworthy body doing something crazy at any time. I was the proverbial health nut...and I was pretty proud of it. I totally bought into the idea that eating patterns and exercise and body somehow indicated my value as a person. Ive found over time that even people who do not have food or body issues tend to have the same underlying struggles. Self-image, anxiety, depression, meaning, identity, relationships and life-purpose are part of most peoples lives. Our society gives few clues on how to handle these big lessons--you shouldnt have to hit rock bottom before you have access to therapeutic growth opportunities. Every person benefits from understanding themselves better. Now a fully recovered former trendy-nutrition guru (when I was an expert prior to getting an actual nutrition degree), I have gone on to work in the areas of identity and purpose, mood issues, life-transitions, eating disorders, weight issues, and overall wellness. Due to the complex nature of overall healthy living, weve added counseling, yoga, creativity, and meditation to our programming and services. The Wellness Institute for Self Enhancement (formerly Nutrition Paradox) provides individual, group, and wellness program options to address the whole person. This is the place to discover comprehensive, lasting enhancement of the awesomeness
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 04:07:32 +0000

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