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Female,  Austin, Texas
About Me: As a recovering type A personality, I've explored all sorts of fitness trends, diet fads and healing methods. In my 30's, I've created a much better work-life balance, had a few kids, even took off a year and taught yoga. My conclusion: moderation in everything. Follow me at www.twitter.com/mohealthy
Site Manager - Monica As a recovering type A personality, I've explored all sorts of fitness trends, diet fads and healing methods. In my 30's, I've created a much better work-life balance, had a few kids, even took off a year and taught yoga. My conclusion: moderation in everything. Follow me at www.twitter.com/mohealthy
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Blog Entry: Raw Foods Week 1
Posted 7/29/2009 7:44 AM PDT on Wellness Essentials
I just finished reading “Raw foods for Dummies” and have armed myself with a dehydrator and a strong blender. My goal is just to begin adding the food into my diet, not go ...  more >
Blog Entry: More sleep leads to all things good
Posted 6/11/2009 6:15 AM PDT on Wellness Essentials
I don't know if that's exactly true, but there are 3 new sleep studies that certainly reinforce how important sleep is. The New York Times article discusses about 2 studies that point t...  more >
Blog Entry: New York City trip
Posted 6/9/2009 11:01 AM PDT on Wellness Essentials
I have just returned from a lovely vacation in New York City with my son. The rest of the family stayed at home and we had some well-deserved one-on-one time. We stayed with some friend...  more >
Blog Entry: Traning for a marathon
Posted 6/2/2009 10:29 AM PDT on Wellness Essentials
All of my turning-40 friends seem to have adopted a perverse need to run a marathon. I enjoyed today's New York Times article on walk-run training. I think IF I were to suddenly have t...  more >
Blog Entry: Tribute to Pattabhi Jois
Posted 5/19/2009 8:33 AM PDT on Wellness Essentials
Pattabhi Jois, the internationally renowned Yoga Guru and Director of Ashtanga Yoga Institute, Gokulam in Mysore, passed away on May 18. He was 93-years-old and travelled and taught in...  more >
Blog Entry: Memorial Day Parties
Posted 5/23/2009 9:59 AM PDT on Wellness Essentials
Costco on Memorial Day weekend is crazy! I love the store, but did feel a little guilty about some of the purchases. We're hosting a small birthday party (just 8 people) for a friend to...  more >
Blog Entry: Time for Sunscreen
Posted 5/15/2009 12:19 PM PDT on Wellness Essentials
I realized summer is here when my son came home last night from a 5:30pm soccer practice with a slightly sunburned face.   So today, I stocked the house. I found that the more con...  more >
Blog Entry: Multitasking is a myth
Posted 5/7/2009 12:43 PM PDT on Wellness Essentials
This great NYTimes article  comments on a book by Winifred Gallagher about dividing our attention. Basically, she says that multi-tasking is a myth.   There are several scien...  more >
Blog Entry: Pros and Cons of VO2 stress test
Posted 5/12/2009 8:08 AM PDT on Wellness Essentials
I was able to take advantage of the data from last week's VO2 test (which I wrote about in this blog ) I went to a spin class early this morning before work, wearing my heartrate monito...  more >
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Orange Delight  4/2/2009
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