Healthy habits: Your wellness superpower!

Everyone's body is a testament of their wellness-related habits.  What does your body say to you about your habits? What does your body tell you about what habits you need to form? to kick?

Forming simple daily habits that promote good health is both free and highly effective in building and maintaining your wellness. 

The foundational habits of wellness are:

• Being active every day
• Exercising regularly
• Eating whole foods for three meals a day
• Limiting your sugar intake

A couple of additional habits that I think are essential for holistic wellness are:

• Calming your nervous system for a little while everyday (meditation, yoga, mindful walking, listening to music you love, laughing with a friend, cuddling with someone you love, cup of tea and a book).
• Nurturing your social relationships: spending time with individuals or groups who are supportive, fun, or rewarding.

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Forming a new habit takes some effort and intentional focus, but it's not hard. Learn about how to form new habits. 

​Here are some smart phone apps that can help you form healthy habits:

• Fabulous. This one is research-based and well-designed. You'll love it. Works great for forming exercise habits and other health and productivity routines. 
• Noom is a great app for forming good eating habits. We like this one because it's not about diets. It's about practicing normal healthy eating every day, not food restriction. Here's why diets don't work, in general. 
• For meditation, insighttimer features a library of guided meditations. Headspace offers calming options and requires a monthly fee after 30 days.