By Ashley Lemke

Stress is an inevitable part of being alive. Your job, relationships, and responsibilities will only continue to demand more of you as time goes on, and you need to be prepared. Stress is not going to go away anytime soon, and the only logical solution is to build your resilience to...

My back has been bugging me for weeks, along with having more general muscle soreness and a longer period of time needed to recover from workouts. I finally made appointments with my chiropractor, massage therapist and rheumatologist to try and figure out what's going on. (Good lord, it takes a team...

Why do we vow at 8:30 a.m. not to eat any more sweets, yet at 3:30 p.m. we’ve got our hands in a co-worker’s candy stash?

Why do we sign up for a gym membership we rarely use?

Why do we say we’re going to remain calm and rational during an intense meeting, but twenty minutes into it we’re red-face...

A big mistake we've probably all made in trying to change a behavior is that we make a plan.

A plan.  One plan.  Plan A.

Without backup plans B, C and D.

For instance:  I commit to exercising 4 times each week at the gym. I'll go in the morning before work and alternate cardio and resistance tr...

I was listening to a podcast this morning and was reminded of how important it is for us to focus on the process of how we live, not the desired outcomes that may or may not happen.

If we don't get our desired outcome, we're not happy.  If we tie happiness to external events or achievements we're b...