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Healthy Habits to Start the New Year Off Right

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Healthy Habits to Start the New Year Off Right

The new year is the perfect time to start building healthy habits (including a perfect morning routine). Let’s start the new year off right and learn about some healthy habits you can add into your daily routine.

It feels like a fresh start, it’s right after the busy holiday season, and we (hopefully) feel rested and re-energized, ready to get back on track. Whether you want to eat healthier or improve your mental well-being, here are 5 healthy habits that you can focus on in the new year and 5 things you can add to your morning routine.

Savor the Season: Practical Tips for Slowing Down

Savor the Season: Practical Tips for Slowing Down

From delicious, fancy dinners to spending quality time with loved ones, there’s nothing better than this time of year. Keep reading for 5 practical tips for slowing down!

Time! It all seems to pass by so quickly while you are having fun, and before we know it, we’re back to work and feeling just as burnt out as before. This year, let’s slow down the pace.

Here are some practical tips for slowing down and enjoying the holiday season.

Present For The Holiday

Present For The Holiday

Do the holidays make you feel frazzled and stressed out? Sometimes it’s hard to stay positive and present in the moment, but keep reading for my steps to keep you present for the holiday.

Whether it’s trying to prepare an epic feast, shop for the perfect gifts, or listen to your distant family members fumble through a conversation -- it can be a huge challenge to stay present and mindful during the holiday season so that you can genuinely enjoy them.

Throughout this guide, I will take you through each of these steps that help me stay present during the holidays. (My personal trick is to apply the same concepts during these times of joy and stress as you do during meditations or yoga.)

Learning How to Beat the Winter Blues & Connect the Way Scandinavians Do

Learning How to Beat the Winter Blues & Connect the Way Scandinavians Do

Does winter always get you down? If you tend to get the winter blues when you pull out your sweaters and outerwear, it's time to take a page from those in far more blustery conditions.

In Scandinavia, they have a concept known as 'koselig.' The closest term in English that can explain it is something of coziness. It goes far beyond merely being cozy, though. It revolves around embracing winter for the beautiful things it gives us. Yes, it's freezing outside, the snow can pile up, and you probably miss the warm sunshine. But there are treasures to be found in this season too, and that's what koselig is all about.

This Scandinavian concept reminds us to look for the positives in things we find negative, and the best part is that there is no wrong way to do it. Norway is known as one of the happiest countries globally despite having winters that plunge the Scandinavians into darkness while subjecting them to harsh low temperatures.

So let's take a look into their mindset and see what we can learn from the Scandinavians.