by Joanne Parker | Aug 4, 2020 | General Health, Stress, Thrive
STRESS. You can’t avoid it these days – it literally surrounds us in everyday life and virtually no one is immune to it. However, a little bit of stress is actually a good thing! It keeps us – and our neurological systems on its toes, for lack of a better...
by Joanne Parker | Jul 28, 2020 | General Health, Goals, Motivation, Stress
Productive or Just “Busy”? Noun: ‘productivity’ The state or quality of producing something; the effectiveness of productive effort. How many excuses do you hear yourself saying every day? ‘I couldn’t get this done today because… OR I didn’t have time to do that...
by Joanne Parker | Jul 21, 2020 | Fatigue, General Health, menopause, mindfulness, Stress, Thrive
Got hygge?! (Funny enough, in Denmark and Norway it’s pronounced “hoo-ga”) Self-care, self-love, self-support, self-nurturing or hygge… whatever you want to call it, it’s one of the greatest investments you can make for your physical, mental and emotional health &...
by Joanne Parker | Jul 14, 2020 | General Health, menopause, mindfulness, Thrive
Is a negative mindset stopping you achieving the results you’re chasing? When we don’t see the results we want, like hitting a weight loss goal, it’s all too easy to blame the outcome on external factors… I didn’t have time to exercise. It was too tedious to...
by Joanne Parker | Oct 11, 2019 | General Health, menopause, mindfulness, Stress, Thrive, Wellness
For busy Real Girls, self-care can feel like an unaffordable luxury. Self-care is often advertised as long weekends spent at the beach, a trip to the spa, or even hours spent on exercise. In reality, though, self-care can be anything (small or big) you do to give your...
by Joanne Parker | Sep 3, 2019 | Fatigue, General Health, Sleep, Thrive, weight loss, Wellness
Sleep! When was the last time you woke up without an alarm, refreshed and didn’t need a big bucket of coffee to get going in the morning? There’s no question that we all want better sleep! But, with all of the distractions, and stresses of daily life – it’s a...
