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Exercise is one of the best things you can do for yourself. It's natural, preventive medicine literally at your fingertips. It can help...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
The Health and Wellness Benefits of Gratitude: Plus Ten Ways to Start Your Own Gratitude Practice!
Gratitude is strongly associated with greater happiness. It helps people feel more positive emotions and relish good experiences, but...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Sep 16, 2022
- 4 min
Step-by-Step Guide on How to Make Your Self-Care a Process That Sticks
Think back to a time when you were overwhelmed. Did you receive some well-meaning advice to "just breathe" and take better care of...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Aug 26, 2022
- 4 min
Gentle Nutrition: How Kids Benefit From a Kinder Relationship With Food
As caregivers, we want the best for our children. To have them grow up healthy and happy is the primary goal. At times, this can be a...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Aug 12, 2022
- 4 min
The Importance of Self-Care For Children and Teens; Plus 6 Ways to Help Them Learn
When it comes to self-care, the majority of the conversation centers around adults. Justifiably so as 2,000 American adults recently...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
Why Your Social Wellness is as Important as Your Physical Wellness
Social wellness refers to our relationships with others and ourselves. Being socially well means you cultivate and maintain healthy,...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- May 30, 2022
- 3 min
You Are What You Think: How Your Thoughts Impact Your Health
What you think about can greatly impact your health and well-being. Despite this, an estimated 80% of our thoughts every day are...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- May 13, 2022
- 4 min
Life in a Pressure Cooker: Generalized Anxiety Disorder and 4 Simple Ways to Cope
Anxiety is your body’s natural threat response system. When your brain believes you are in danger, it sends out a series of signals to...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- May 5, 2022
- 5 min
Gentle Nutrition: Rethinking Emotional Eating with Intuitive Eating Practices
We all know that food serves a necessary role for survival, but food also serves a much deeper, emotional purpose. Celebrations,...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Apr 15, 2022
- 4 min
How Diets Set You up For Failure
Ever try to lose weight by going on a diet? According to a recent Harris Poll/HealthDay survey, nearly 2 out of 3 American adults are...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Mar 28, 2022
- 5 min
The Rising Costs of Obesity: How Unhealthy Weight Gain Impacts Your Health and Your Wallet
Obesity, a disorder characterized by unhealthy amounts of body fat that contribute to other health complications, has become a huge...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Mar 11, 2022
- 3 min
MyPlate: How to Make the USDA Nutrition Recommendations Work for You!
Do you remember sitting in grade-school learning about the different food groups? You may have memories of the Food Wheel, Food Guide...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Mar 3, 2022
- 3 min
The Best and Worst Types of Exercise for Arthritis
Arthritis has the unfortunate power of changing your entire life. Everything from your ability to work, to your emotional well-being, can...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
Wellness and Menopause: Why it’s Important to Get Moving and Practice Self-Care
Menopause is one of many normal, inevitable, and important transitions women go through in their lives. Typically, menopause transition...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
Getting Real About Self-Love and Self-Care
Self-love and self-care have become common health and wellness buzzwords in 2022. Despite their popularity, there is some confusion...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Jan 14, 2022
- 3 min
Crossing the Finish Line: How to Set and Achieve Resolutions
The tradition of setting new year resolutions has been around for at least 4,000 years. The ancient Babylonians were the first recorded...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Jan 7, 2022
- 4 min
The Reality of Fitness Challenges and 3 Things to Consider Before Joining One
The beginning of a new year is a pivotal moment for many to plan goals and create new habits for themselves. There is an almost...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Dec 10, 2021
- 4 min
Do You Have Chronic Stress? Signs, Symptoms, and How to Handle It!
Stress is one of the most commonly shared feelings amongst human beings. We all deal with stress at some point in our lives, some of us...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
6 Ways to Take Your Next Workout to the Great Outdoors
Cooler weather is finally here and with it brings the opportunity to try a fresh fitness idea- taking your workouts outdoors! Exercise is...
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St. Andrew's Family Fitness
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
10 Ways to Soothe Seasonal Affective Disorder
Learn more about seasonal affective disorder and 10 ways to help soothe symptoms!
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