health

By Cheryl Hansen   Carrot sticks or French fries? Netflix or yoga? Diet coke or water? Getting healthy and strong and confident comes from making good choices a hundred times a day. It’s all [...]

By Cheryl Hansen   I have control issues. Just ask my husband. Or my kids, friends, co-workers, dog and Mother Nature. My desire to control everything around me doesn’t necessarily lead to [...]

By Cheryl Hansen   I’m a big fan of mysteries. I like to read crime thrillers and I watch a lot of “Dateline”—I mean, who wouldn’t want to hang out with Keith Morrison? I fancy myself a [...]

By Cheryl Hansen   Neither of my kids has embraced a sport yet, and their sensitive selves may not be cut out for competition. I’ve always been pretty open-minded about their [...]

By Cheryl Hansen   Sugar is sweet, inviting. Sugar supports me at my worst and celebrates with me at my best. Sugar is always happy. I can count on Sugar. But Sugar is not my friend. I’ve [...]

By Cheryl Hansen Is the world stressing us all out more than our parents? Is it actually more stressful or are we just less able to deal with it? I ask because nearly everyone I know is either [...]

By Cheryl Hansen Sometimes it seems as if comfort is a bad thing. Comfort food is typically beige, usually soft. We’re always told to get out of our comfort zones. And wearing sweats to the New [...]

By Cheryl Hansen   My podFLOW 1 instructor today shared a story she heard on NPR about a woman whose near-death experience aptly changed her life. There was a mountain, broken bones, snow [...]

By Cheryl Hansen   If only I ate like a bird…   I don’t mean I want to peck at my food and eat nothing but crumbs all day. I don’t even mean eating miniscule “bird-like” amounts—birds [...]

By Cheryl Hansen   I’ve been avoiding a much-needed gut check. “Why,” I’ve been asking myself, “do I revert to old habits? Why do I abandon successful strategies when I’m stressed or happy [...]