motivation

Exercise & Fitness

Perfect playlists for your favorite workout

When your current playlist runs dry and stale, a fresh crop of songs is all that's needed to bring new motivation to any type of...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Chasing the Dream: Lessons for your kids

When we chase our dreams, it’s such an empowering and exciting thing. But it’s not just about us. Working toward our dreams leaves a...

Child Development & Health

Implementing a reward system that works

We all want to reward our kids for good behavior and encourage them to reach their goals. Sometimes a reward system is a great tool...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Chasing the dream: How to renew your motivation

When you started out for your dream, you were filled with drive and ready to conquer the world. But the hard thing about going after...

Exercise & Fitness

Reward yourself: $10 fitness rewards

Starting a new workout program can be tough, and it's easy to find excuses to avoid the gym. However, if you stay focused and...

Losing Weight

Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition

If you've ever struggled to fit into your skinny jeans, you know the frustration of shedding those last five pounds. Imagine that...

Losing Weight

The no-nonsense guide to slimming down for summer

If you’re one of the countless people currently in a panic over the onset of bathing-suit season, you’re not alone. To help keep you...

Exercise & Fitness

Partner Pilates: Friend-ilates for fitness

Working out with a fitness buddy is one of the best ways to stick to your exercise plan and reach your weight loss and fitness...

Exercise & Fitness

How to maintain your exercise motivation

Need a shape-up on exercise motivation? Though you stuck to your fitness resolutions for first few weeks of the new year, now it’s...

Losing Weight

5 Healthy habits for summer slimdown

Spring’s here and summer is near, and you're starting to panic about your slimdown for bikini season. Though quick-fix crash diets...

Exercise & Fitness

Ditch the gym every day of the week

Do you struggle to drag yourself into the gym on warm, sunny days? Don’t bother. Exercising outdoors – a literal breath of fresh air...

Dieting & Nutrition

10 Foods that help women focus

Women tend to wear many hats: mother, career woman, wife and more. But no matter how driven or just plain busy you are, having a...

Couple Time & Romance

How to motivate your man

Part of being in a relationship means helping each other out and offering support and encouragement when your other half needs a...

Exercise & Fitness

Kick your fitness results to the next level

Starting an exercise program is like a new relationship. In the beginning, you have high hopes -- you're motivated and charmed by...

Wellness

Sticking to your healthy New Year's resolutions

There you were on the eve of 2011, declaring it would be the year you eat healthier, exercise more and lose 10 pounds. But did you...

Exercise & Fitness

10 Tips for getting your couch potato guy off the couch

If your man prefers the couch and potato chips to breaking a sweat and improving his health, you’ll need to be cunning in motivating...

Exercise & Fitness

Get motivated to exercise with mental fitness

Are you mentally fit? No matter how many weights you lift or miles you log on the treadmill, your workout may still suffer if your...

Exercise & Fitness

Finding motivation for your exercise routine

Motivation is funny. For one thing, it always seems to leave right in the middle of a good weight-loss program. You were doing so...