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Encouraging Healthy Eating: Our Family’s 30-Plants Challenge

As a parent, it can be challenging to figure out the best way to talk to your kids about nutrition. We live in a challenging foodscape: I...

Enhance In-the-Moment Decision Making

Why is changing our behavior so difficult? Our big, beautiful brain wants to make as few decisions as possible during the day. Not...

Sleep Your Way to a Better Day

Sleep. It’s not my favorite topic because I’m a woman in her mid-40s, and sleep isn't always easy to come by. But it’s an important...

Motivation is Overrated

Motivation is overrated. When individuals find themselves falling short on their workout routines, the common refrain is a lack of...

Perfectionism Is the Enemy of Success

Five days a week, I have time blocked out on my calendar for a workout, plus the time I need to shower and eat afterward. I don't let...

Do Carrots Have Too Much Sugar? Glycemic Index Woes

I had a ton of fun giving "The Truth About Carbs" talk these last two weeks. There's so much misinformation going around about about...

Should we do burpees?

I've spent much of my exercise career torturing people with burpees. There's something about being able to do ridiculous amounts of...

Make It Stick: How to successfully add exercise and good nutrition into your life.

Key points Pair new habits with old habits Pair new habits with a reward Find like-minded people Change your environment Change your...

Improve Your Health: Kick Ineffective Habits to The Curb

Key points: Environmental cues trigger powerful responses It’s hard to break old habits without adapting your environment Identify...

You Are Healthy: How self-messages enhance your success.

When someone onboards with KPT, large changes begin taking place: We’re suddenly exercising more, vigilantly thinking about how our knees...