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Are you ready to turn your lifestyle into a healthstyle?

Balanced Healthstyles believes health is not just a 1-hour workout or a healthy meal.
Only 16% of a healthy life involves your exercise and what you eat.

The other 84% is everything else in your life.

Most Recent Posts

Accessible variations for upper body exercises

21 Upper Body Exercises Plus Modifications to fit YOUR Body

Get strong and healthy with exercise variations and modifications for every fitness goal and body type, whether you’re a beginner or a pro. Everybody can find their perfect upper body exercises to create a workout routine that will have you feeling great.

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Recipe for Ground Turkey Sweet Potato Chili with beans

Turkey Sweet Potato Chili with beans (Two Ways!)

Turkey Sweet Potato Chili is perfect for those who are looking for a quick meal that will taste delicious without too much work. The best part about this dish is that the prep time is minimal, yet the flavor is anything but.

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Healthy gardening in an urban setting - Beginner garden tips

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

Healthy Gardening – Garden tips for vegetables to take you from soil to your kitchen table. Plan, prepare, and grow a successful harvest anywhere.

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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

Simple, yet effective – small acts of kindness can spark a mindset shift that makes it easier to form healthier habits in the long run. Find out how!

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Healthstyles FYI podcast on the benefits of practicing kindness

How Practicing Kindness Can Help You Create Healthy Habit

Discover how practicing kindness can help you make healthy habits stick. Uncover the transformative power of self-compassion and how it can bring about positive and lasting change in your life.

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Long loop resistance bands offer versatile workout optio

Work out like a Boss with Long Resistance Bands Exercises

Get ready to supercharge your workouts with long resistance bands! A full body workout without the heavy metal!

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Healthy eating made easier with this Greek ground turkey meatball protein power bowl.

Mediterranean Flavors in a Greek Ground Turkey Meatball Bowl

Classic Greek flavors in a healthy and delicious protein power bowl.

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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.

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A great Mexican side dish, refried beans from a can.

Homemade Refried Beans From A Can

A quick and easy way to make homemade refried beans with a few simple ingredients,
and much lower in added fat than traditional refried beans. Perfect for tacos, burritos, and more.

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Fanciest Oats in the world: Artisanal porridge with oatmeal hot cereal in the Instant Pot

Fanciest Oats in the World: Artisanal porridge with oatmeal

Are you tired of the same old bowl of oatmeal every morning? If you’re looking to mix things up and add some excitement to your breakfast routine, then you’re in luck! Introducing the Fanciest Oats in the World. Easy Instant Pot recipe.

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Everybody dreams of having workout rooms easily available to them. Great news! At home gym ideas can be budget friendly.

5 at Home Gym Ideas That Will Inspire You To Workout

These budget-friendly at home gym ideas are perfect for those with limited space, a tight budget, or who want to get fit without leaving the house.

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Healthier Recipes

Healthy eating made easier with this Greek ground turkey meatball protein power bowl.

Mediterranean Flavors in a Greek Ground Turkey Meatball Bowl

A great Mexican side dish, refried beans from a can.

Homemade Refried Beans From A Can

Fanciest Oats in the world: Artisanal porridge with oatmeal hot cereal in the Instant Pot

Fanciest Oats in the World: Artisanal porridge with oatmeal

Make this christmas guacamole using pomegranate arils

Holy Guacamole! Something Festive Pomegranate Guacamole Dip

An old fashioned molasses sugar cookie

Soft and Chewy Molasses Sugar Cookie Recipe

Easy dessert ideas for party: a fresh fruit dessert of Dark Chocolate Covered Orange Slices

Dark Chocolate Covered Orange Slices [tastes like candy!]

Quick and easy blueberry lemon pancake - sheet pan recipe for healthy pancakes from scratch

Sheet Pan Blueberry Lemon Pancake [1 pancake feeds everyone!]

Thanksgiving dinner vegetable recipes: healthy green bean casserole without processed ingredients

Healthy Green Bean Casserole (without mushroom soup)

Recipe for oven baked jalapeno popper quinoa cups.

Healthier Baked Jalapeno Popper Bites with Quinoa

Holiday mocktail recipe for Cinnamon Apple Cider Mimosa, perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas Brunch, or new Year’s Eve

Cinnamon Apple Cider Mimosa – a Holiday Mocktail

Fitness Articles

Long loop resistance bands offer versatile workout optio

Work out like a Boss with Long Resistance Bands Exercises

Everybody dreams of having workout rooms easily available to them. Great news! At home gym ideas can be budget friendly.

5 at Home Gym Ideas That Will Inspire You To Workout

Accessible variations for upper body exercises

21 Upper Body Exercises Plus Modifications to fit YOUR Body

Thanks and planks 30 day challenge - pairing gratitude with doing a plank

Holiday fitness month challenge: Giving Thanks and Doing a Plank

A functional fitness workout includes functional mobility exercises that support daily living activity and mobility

Functional Fitness: Just a buzzword or your new favorite way to train?

Types of exercise in a workout weekly routine include movement, working out with structured activity, & progressive training

Create a workout weekly routine with three different types of exercise

You’re a busy person with a busy life, but you want to get active. How to work out with a busy schedule

How to Get Active When You Have a Busy Life

Strength training activities to increase the effectiveness of your strength training routine

11 Tips to Take Your Strength Training Activities to the Next Level

How do I hire a personal trainer

Hiring a personal trainer: How to find the right one for you

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

Exercise Modification: How to improve your workouts with compassion

Nutrition Articles

Indulge with balance: Know that healthy holiday eating is possible in moderation

5 Healthy Eating Habits for the Holidays: Indulge with Balance

Hand portion control for a vegetarian healthy plate - using hand measurement for food.

Plant Based Eaters: Helpful Tips To Transform Your Body with Hand Portion Control

How to build a thriving life - 10 tips for healthy Thanksgiving dinner

10 Tips for a Healthy Thanksgiving

Easy Thanksgiving recipe swaps and cooking hacks to lighten up the biggest meal of the year.

5 Simple and Easy Thanksgiving Recipe Swaps and More

How to avoid craving holiday candy while still enjoying sweets n’ treats with the family

Can’t Stop Eating Desserts? Make Peace with Holiday Sweets n’ Treats

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Sober in October – An alcohol free experiment

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

Grill roasted vegetables -The best vegetables to grill together

Grill Roasted Vegetables – keep the heat out of the kitchen!

Are there frozen keto meals that work for keto meal planning?

Keto Meal Planning for busy people – Keto Frozen Meals Product Reviews

High blood pressure levels are often referred to as a silent killer because it shows no symptoms until damage is done

High Blood Pressure Levels… IS IT A SILENT KILLER?

Recovery Articles

Benefits of smiling- a healthy smile activates neural responses that work toward fighting off stress

Healthy benefits of smiling: 7 Reasons for smiling more

How can stress be reduced -The ultimate secret of taking on less stress

2 Winning Tactics for Taking on Less Stress

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

Reducing the stress hormone cortisol is one of the health benefits of laughter for emotional health

He Who Laughs Lasts: 10 Profound Health Benefits of Laughter

Yoga flow sequence including cat cow helps improve posture, circulation, energy, and for stress relief

Yoga Flow for Stress Relief – 7 Poses to Boost Your Mood

Tea rituals can be an impactful calming practice, made beautiful yet easy by using a pyramid tea bag.

Stress relief & tea – Calming tea rituals from morning to night

Effective stress management techniques include developing hobbies that reduce stress.

Hobbies that reduce stress: Calm Your Mind, Refresh Your Spirit, and Have Fun Doing It!

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

Delayed onset muscle soreness and recovery, DOMS definition

What you need to know about Muscle Soreness and Recovery

Mindset Articles

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

Set limits and boundaries for healthy habits.

How Limits and Boundaries Lead to Healthy Habits

New Year 2023 will be the no resolutions year. Make it an awesome year to celebrate yourself.

How to Party On and Celebrate Yourself This New Year

With realistic expectations in setting goals, it’s much easier to be the person you need to be.

Be the person you need to be: Is setting goals a smart idea?

Examples of growth mindset developed through dedication and hard work

Fixed mindset vs growth mindset: 3 Tools to develop a growth mindset

Body Mass index explained - Taking a closer look at the “normal” range of BMI

“Normal” range of BMI – Is Body Mass Index everything?

Having company over: How to host people in your home again without being super stressed

What Holds Us Back from Hosting People in Our Homes?

When you are proud of yourself, your energy for life success goes way up

How to be proud of yourself and celebrate your small wins today!

The wheel of life exercise can help you align your values with how you are spending your time and energy.

Wheel of Life Assessment – A visual tool to boost satisfaction in your life

Learn how to build mindful awareness by listening to your body

Listening to Your Body- What Does That Even Mean?

Healthier Lifestyles in Real Life

Woman who wants to get healthy, but also eat a donut.

Should you eat a donut? How to feel good about your food choices

Podcast Segments

Healthstyles FYI podcast on the benefits of practicing kindness

How Practicing Kindness Can Help You Create Healthy Habit

Healthstyles FYI screenshot - episode on how living healthy is defined

Health Choices – Myth Busting How Living Healthy Is Defined

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