There are lots of compelling reasons for why we should eat healthily. It’s fundamental to our overall well-being, reduces our risk of health issues, and helps us maintain a healthy weight. And that’s only to name a few, with perks like that you’d think would be no problem finding the motivation to eat healthily. However, that’s not the case. There’s stress, temptation, and excessive diet advice out there lurking. Causing us to default to old habits, because we end up focusing on trying to achieve perfection which doesn’t exist. Even though creating healthy eating habits may seem impossible to stick to. It’s still doable, by shifting your focus to creating healthy lifestyle habits over time. That way it becomes a lifestyle and not a fad. So here are a few steps you can take that’ll help you stay motivated to eat healthily.

Sometimes we become overwhelmed with everything swimming around in our brains. We might be anxious worries, or so full of ideas we can’t focus. It’s frustrating and can lead to even more stress. But luckily, there is something you can do to ease your restless mind. By using a method called a brain dump.

Homebaked cookies are way better than store-bought cookies any day. But sometimes you don’t have anyone to share a fresh batch of cookies with, and you end up with way more than you can eat. That’s when small batch recipes come in handy. I love a fresh batch of cookies with a glass of non-dairy milk or non-dairy ice cream as a weekend treat. But there’s no way I can eat over a dozen cookies all by myself. So I often like to bake small batches of cookies so I have just enough to satisfy my sweet tooth. And these vegan brownie cookies are just that. They taste like a brownie, soft, chewy, and go great with a glass of non-dairy milk or ice cream.

I’m a sucker for the strange, weird, and bizarre. So when StangeBooks reached out to me to review Mike Russel’s ‘Nothing Is Strange,’ I couldn’t resist. It’s a collection of short stories from UK author Mike Russell. He’s a full-time author, who’s made his home at StrangeBooks. Through independently publishing, Mike Russell can bring books to readers that are beyond the mainstream. In these twenty short stories, everything is strange, and they offer something you have to experience for yourself. So let’s take a deeper look inside the pages of Mike Russell’s ‘Nothing Is Strange.’

The way we talk to ourselves makes a huge impact on how we feel about ourselves. We all have an inner voice, and at times it can be helpful by encouraging us to reach our goals or warn us before making a bad decision. This kind of inner dialogue is called positive self-talk. Even though our inner voice is helpful, it also can often be more harmful than helpful when it gets into the realm of excessive negativity. Better known as negative self-talk and is harmful to our mental health. It’s something that most of us experience from time to time, and it comes in many forms creating stress in our lives. Now that we know the two types of self-talk. Let’s take a closer look at the differences.