Building Doable Healthy Habits That Work In Real Life

Preparing for a doctor appointment: How to ask targeted questions for effective communication

Maximize Your Doctor Appointment in Just 15 Minutes: 9 Proven Strategies

What does healthy mean to you? Expanded definition healthy mindset

4 Ways to set meaningful goals in life (and stick with them) with kindness

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Taking care of yourself, one healthy habit at a time

Health Coaches help fill your cup when you’re working hard for healthy habits

Transform your life with sustainable healthy habits that bring out the best in you. That's the good stuff!

Building healthy habits can be easier than you ever imagined.

Get started with recipes and articles by certified health coaches. Discover how to break down big health goals into small, doable steps to stay on track...
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Your actions bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Are you ready to turn your lifestyle into a healthstyle?

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Healthier Recipes:

fresh ideas for Meal Planning

vegan hot chocolate made from milkadamia, macadamia nut milk

Hot and Spicy Milkadamia Hot Chocolate

A simple easy hot chocolate recipe-for-one that I enjoy all year long, especially the spoonfuls of fluffy mousse that this recipe produces.

Fanciest Oats in the World: Artisanal porridge with oatmeal

A healthier egg salad with greek yogurt served on toasted baguette

How to make Healthier Egg Salad with Greek Yogurt

Green Chile Chicken and Butternut Squash Chili

Healthy Eating and Nutrition:

food for thought

How To Win On Game Day With Healthy Tailgating

Don't let the game mess up your health plan. From alcohol to healthy tailgating food, this article has you covered.

Diverse group of adults outdoors preparing food for game day. Grilling, smiling and having drinks.

Portion size for healthy foods converted to healthy portions measured by hand size

Healthy Portions: Your hand size can tell you how much to eat

Healthy gardening in an urban setting - Beginner garden tips

Healthy Gardening for Absolute Beginners: Create Your Urban Vegetable Garden in a Weekend

Fitness and Exercise:

move with purpose

Examples of lower body exercises and eg exercise variations

Fitness is for Everyone: Adjust Lower Body Exercises to YOUR Body

All variations of lower body exercises boil down to two motions: squat (hips + knees bend) or hinge (hips bend a lot but knees only a little)

To modify exercises for a personalized workout, self-compassion is always proper form

Exercise Modification: How to improve your workouts with compassion

Modify exercises to work around physical limitations and achieve your fitness goals.

3 More Ways to Modify Exercises to Fit Your Body

Fundamentals of Measuring Progress: it’s not always about the numbers

Ever wondered if you’re making any progress towards your fitness goal? Measuring progress is not always about the numbers. Maybe you ARE making progress and you’re just not noticing it!

Recognize that you keep making progress toward your long term fitness goals by measuring progress in all forms

Self Care and Rest:

healthy habits to recharge & feel your best

Resilience to stress- Responding to a challenging situation in a way that promotes growth takes resilience and grit

Resilience to Stress: 11 Reliable Tactics you can use to Overcome

How to make habits work for a healthier lifestyle that is sustainable

Why you want to Create Better Habits as you Build Your Healthier Lifestyle

After using wearable tech and sleep strategies for insomnia treatment, Coach Jeanette Marcotte shares how to get better sleep

Get Better Sleep – What I learned from Insomnia Treatment

Mindset and Flexible Thinking:

rewrite your story for a more satisfied life

Learn how to build mindful awareness by listening to your body

Listening to Your Body- What Does That Even Mean?

It’s time to talk about body awareness: Every body is different, and everyone experiences their body in different ways. Use this three step process to help you figure out how you feel, how it’s affecting you, and what to do about it.

What is the solution to a messy kitchen? How to make peace with your cluttered kitchen

Make Peace with Your Cluttered Kitchen (and Yourself)

From practicing selfcare to doing small acts of kindness, it all adds up and helps make a positive impact.

How Small Acts of Kindness Create Healthy Habits

Healthy Living and Wellbeing:

healthy habits for a balanced lifestyle aka Healthstyle!

Maximize Your Doctor Appointment in Just 15 Minutes: 9 Proven Strategies

Preparing for a doctor appointment with specific concerns in mind can ensure a productive and focused discussion.

Short term health goals are best tracked through personal progress.

The Perks of Tracking Your Personal Progress

Your biased optimism may conflict with setting realistic goals.

Biased Optimism: Why We Overestimate Our Health & Fitness Habits

Set limits and boundaries for healthy habits.

How Limits and Boundaries Lead to Healthy Habits

Prioritize healthy habits by mastering the art of setting limits and boundaries.

Healthstyles FYI:

podcast segments

Healthstyles.FYI Myth busting healthy habits and reframing healthy lifestyles in real life.

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Discover insights and strategies from leading experts on healthy habits

Meet the coaches who’ve contributed all the articles and recipes. With the combined experience of 25+ certified, and well-loved health coaches and personal trainers, who have worked with hundreds of clients, you’re sure to find the information you need from somebody who gets where you're coming from, or maybe even have walked in your shoes.

Healthstyle Coaches come from various backgrounds, are often parents or caretakers, hold many responsibilities, and are balancing their health goals with their busy lives, just like you. Rest assured, they have definitely been or are right where you are right now.

With their skills and credentials, they can help you balance your healthy habits too.

All the coaches who write for Balanced Healthstyles focus on you as an individual, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. It’s not about aesthetics or losing 20 pounds as fast as you can, it's about what you want, what your real life looks like, and what is doable for you, right now and for the future. It starts with listening and understanding what your needs are to improve your health.

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What makes a Healthstyle Coach different?

All the articles and recipes here on Balanced Healthstyles are written by certified health coaches, nutrition coaches, and personal trainers, who are actively working with clients.

Healthstyle Coaches:

Help you create confidence in making choices that matter in your life
Guide you to overcome the stuff that gets in your way
Inspire you to stay focused and committed
Separate appearance from self-worth
Understand that progress looks different for each person
Believe that you are the expert on your own life

With so many diverse coaches, there’s sure to be one that is a match for you. Take a look at their profiles to connect.