Author Archives : Tara

A Different type of Fitness


Fitness: More than just about the body Think you’re fit? You can do 10+ push-ups, you exercise at least 30 minutes a day and always start the day with a green smoothie with spirulina. Sure, habits like these “does the body good”, but should you put your mind on a ‘get fit” regimen? Mental Fitness or Inner fitness. Yeah, it’s…

Working From Home 101


Everybody’s doing it these days.  It may be one or two days a week, or you may be rotating weeks with a coworker. Or you may be all out full time WFH.  But regardless, there are strategies to help you maintain focus, be productive and get the job done!    Here are a few tips for making your work from…

3 Forgotten Vegetables That You Won’t Regret Remembering


  If you stick to the same old, same old when it comes to veggies, I challenge you to think outside the box.  Here are three underrated vegetables that should be added to your healthy eating repertoire.

Fun ways to welcome fall


If you are finding it tough to leave warm weather behind these ideas will have you falling in love with fall Get outdoors and take a gander Fall is a great time to take long walks and do some hiking.  The days of humidity and sweat beading off your brow are now behind you.  Plan a hike, or a walk…

The Exhausted Woman’s Nighttime Skin Care Routine


It’s 10PM and the last thing you wanna do right now is spend 20 minutes on a skin care routine.  So while I do believe a more thorough routine is needed most times, when you just can’t muster the effort to do one more thing, here is what experts say is the bare minimum:

Easy yoga poses to start your morning


If you’re like me, it takes you some time to get out of bed in the morning. Sure the obnoxious alarm goes off, but doesn’t mean I am immediately bright-eyed and bushy tailed! As a matter of a fact, I do a little groaning and sighing and mentally count down the days to Friday. But be that as it may,…

5 Easy Ways to Lower your Blood Pressure


When 1/3 of Americans are affected by a health condition that can cause life threatening complications such as stroke, heart disease, eye damage and kidney damage, I feel compelled to talk about it.  And the fact that many people have this condition and will never know about it unless they make a visit to the doctor, I feel it is…