Mind/Body Perspective: Loving Kindness Meditation

June 20, 2011
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LOVING KINDNESS MEDITATION: Sit comfortable in a chair with the feet on the ground or in a chair on a cushion/pillow cross-legged.  Ground into the sit bones and lengthen up through the crown of the head; lengthening the spine.  Relax  shoulders back and down and keep the spine in neutral.  Close the eyes, rest hands […]

Beginner’s Workout #19: featuring Coach Tami Kingery

June 20, 2011
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Hamstring press w/ball. Begin by lying on your back.  Place feet hip width apart on top of an elevated surface like a bench or step, shoulders are back and down, knees bent, and palms facing up.  With the ball directly between your knees, lift and lower, squeezing the ball.  First set is straight up and […]

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Sheri’s Rants # 51: Appetite and Attitude

June 17, 2011
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This remarkable article was sent to me by Liz H in California.  It is a MUST READ. In GT we encourage folks to switch from ‘poo’ – or processed food – to whole, real food.  We get a lot of whining about how folks ‘miss gourmet food’ and have cravings for something ‘substantial’ – which […]

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Jan’s Journey – A Complete Transformation!!

May 29, 2011
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This is the final installment of Jan’s Journey – and we are so proud of her!  We fully appreciate that she has shared her journey of the last 19 months with all of us, religiously holding herself accountable to us in her monthly newsletter column Jan’s Journey.  Jan, we celebrate your success! Jan Mahon aka […]

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Client Story: Stacie M.

May 29, 2011
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Courtney Townley Stacie M had stalled in her weight loss and was focusing on all the things going ‘wrong’, rather than even noticing what was going ‘right’.  Many times in GT, we find that this kind of mental negativity will actually hold up fat loss. The body believes whatever we tell it – and when […]

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Sheri’s Rants #50: Sex, Road Trips, and Stress

May 29, 2011
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Here’s advice given to me as a young woman:  Never have sex with someone you wouldn’t go on a cross country road trip with. This made astounding sense to me at the time – often flummoxed as I was about the (predictable) consequences of becoming intimate too early in a relationship.  Once I gave this […]

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Ask Dave: What’s in My Stevia?

May 29, 2011
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Hey Dave, I was looking at a stevia product that has vegetable glycerin in it as one of the ‘other ingredients’.  Is it safe?  I looked it up and it said: Vegetable glycerin is also known as vegetable glycerol. It is a carbohydrate that is usually derived from plant oils. It is used as a […]

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A Different Kind of Vacation

May 29, 2011
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Michele John, Certified Genesis Coach Vacations are a necessity in people’s lives.  They don’t have to be grand, exotic trips; they just need to be a break from the daily grind.  Vacations help recharge your battery, your thinking, and create great memories. I also realize that with the economy the way it is, taking a vacation […]

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EAT THIS: Packable Meals

May 29, 2011
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The importance of carrying around a small cooler to pack your food cannot be stressed enough for fat loss success!  Taking food with us can be EASY if we pre-plan.  There are so many simple foods to pack in a cooler to keep ourselves properly fueled with clean food even when not at home in […]

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It Doesn’t Take Much…

May 28, 2011
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Kelly Mortensen, Certified Genesis Coach It doesn’t take much… In this journey of Genesis Transformation, some of us get all caught up in the “diet”… the “how fast can I lose this weight”?  We tend to forget about the HEALTH we achieve in the process…. My husband has been dabbling in clean eating more lately […]