Wellness While Walking

A lot has changed in the past week, and walking may now be an even bigger part of your routine. However, the stress and anxiety produced by the coronavirus (COVID-19) can be an obstacle; in this episode, we talk about what we can do to get past the uncertainty of this time, and keep living our beautiful lives.   LET'S TALK THE WALK! Share Wellness While Walking with a friend: copy this link and se...

Feeling part of a tribe is key to our wellbeing -- human beings want to belong to a tight community. We might think we don't have the time to move our bodies, but new research says we spend 3+ hours a day on our screens – can we act to put down the screens and pick up our sneakers? Using a planner to stay sane and a reminder from a former Surgeon General in the face of infectious disease round out...

Consider yourself the subject of your own lifestyle medicine experiment, becoming a study of 1. Address the low-hanging fruit of change by getting your Episode 1-10 Cheat Sheet, and don't forget to tell a friend about Wellness While Walking! EMAIL FOR THE CHEAT SHEET: wellnesswhilewalking@gmail.com LET'S TALK THE WALK! Wellness While Walking Facebook page Wellness While Walking on Instagram Wellne...

Make sleep your superpower! How you sleep can affect the length of your life, and the quality of it! It contributes to your weight, your memory, your appearance, your physical health and your mental health. It's essentially a free elixir there for the taking. Once we see how sleep can so deeply affect our health and wellbeing, we talk about some simple steps we can take to embrace and use the powe...

Meditation and mindfulness – what are they? The terms can mean so many things to so many people, but the science is clear: a small practice of it can be life-changing. Let's dip our toes in the water together and meditate, with a very short walking meditation session. Please let me know how it goes by being in touch!   LET'S TALK THE WALK! Wellness While Walking Facebook page Wellness While Walkin...

  SUMMARY - Episode 7 We tackle the topics of fruit and fruit sugar, the best time of day to walk, and complaining and venting in our first Q and A episode!   LET'S TALK THE WALK! Wellness While Walking Facebook page Wellness While Walking on Instagram Wellness While Walking on Twitter Wellness While Walking website for show notes and other information     SOURCES and RESOURCES   FRUIT/FRUIT SUGAR...

Simplifying our spaces can have a huge impact on our health. We talk about organizing and decluttering for health – how to get started and what benefits to expect. And then we break down the idea of eating in moderation, uncovering why the concept is not very helpful as we try to improve our diets and what is. LET'S TALK THE WALK! Wellness While Walking Facebook page Wellness While Walking on Inst...

We make the case for adding more another vegetable or two into our diets, and then talk about how to do it seamlessly and deliciously! In the Destination: Life Design segment, we talk about setting up some boundaries around our time. Let's walk together!   LET'S TALK THE WALK! Wellness While Walking Facebook page Wellness While Walking on Instagram Wellness While Walking on Twitter Wellness While...

The science of wellbeing, Positive Psychology is an academic sub-discipline that can directly help us improve our lives and be happier! We delve a little bit into some concrete ways to improve our lives, and it's all based on research! And then we will also discuss a product some say makes them happier. We are walking a positive path here! LET'S TALK THE WALK! Wellness While Walking Facebook page...

Chronic diseases have taken over as the primary causes of death in the developed world, and yet we seem ill-prepared to deal with them in our current healthcare system. But there is a silver lining in the bad news: we often can change our health by modifying our lifestyle. And the changes don't necessarily have to be big. We will talk a bit about the positive messages of Mr. Rogers, as his small a...

  Getting on your own list is the battle cry for today's episode, but we also cover new habits and finding your why's and how's. We discuss moseying, and how moving aimlessly is awesome, and also about a crush and its lessons. We then touch on the super practical with a segment on the Instant Pot. You won't want to miss today's episode, and it wouldn't be the same without you!   LET'S TALK THE WAL...

This reference bonus podcast gives you tools to get started walking, once you are cleared to do so by your doctor. Walking is the most natural form of movement, and requires little equipment, so let's get started together, pursuing Wellness While Walking!   LET'S TALK THE WALK! Wellness While Walking Facebook page Wellness While Walking on Instagram Wellness While Walking on Twitter Wellness While...

  We talk about how walking is the most natural form of movement for our bodies, and how "lifestyle walking" is likely enough exercise for many of us. We will touch on my journey back to health, which was comprised only of the most doable of steps. We might talk about some food obsessions I had in the past, and why knowing yourself is probably the biggest key to making health and wellness changes...

Today, Carolyn explained her philosophy about a simple 30-minute walk being not just good enough, but great. There is much research to support that we don't have to knock ourselves out with cross-fit or barre classes, but that walking (movement in the most natural way possible) is quite enough to confer many health and wellness benefits. Join Carolyn while you walk (or before or after, if safer) f...