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Does Choosing Salads Lead To Eating More Cookies?

By: Alex McBrairty March 30, 2020March 30, 2020

Exercise, Health, Lifestyle, Mindset, NutritionDecision Making, Exercise, Fitness Psychology, Food Choices, Health, Health Psychology, Licensing Effect, Mindset, Nutrition, Psychology, Weight LossLeave a Comment

Are your healthy decisions throughout the day, choosing a healthy option at lunch or making time for the gym, actually backfiring and causing you to be more unhealthy? Find out how you can combat the desire to reward yourself with the bad stuff.

The Definitive Guide To Busting Through Plateaus

Tired of spinning your wheels with no progress to show for your effort? This article covers all the possible reasons why your progress has stopped, and what you can do about it.

Lose The Booze: The Effects of Alcohol on Weight Loss

How much does alcohol negatively impact your ability to lose weight? The answer might surprise you.

How To Stay Active While Working From Home

Working from home presents a unique set of challenges to those used to moving throughout the day. Follow this advice to keep yourself healthy and active throughout the workday.

Meditation For The Non-Spiritual

By: Alex McBrairty March 9, 2020March 9, 2020

Health, Lifestyle, MindsetEvaluate Thoughts, Meditation, Meditation Practice, Meditation Tips, Mindfulness, Non-Spiritual, Running, Stress, Stress Management, Stress Relief, ThoughtsLeave a Comment

Growing research suggests that meditation has great health benefits, but it gets a bad rap from those who don’t proclaim themselves to fit into the “spiritual” category. Here’s my advice to adopt a meditation practice even for the non-spiritual.

Going Full Throttle: Shortcomings of Our Freeze Response To Danger

By: Alex McBrairty March 2, 2020March 1, 2020

Lifestyle, MindsetAdrenaline Response, Fight or Flight, Freeze Reaction, Freeze Response, Jet Ski, MindsetLeave a Comment

We have three natural reactions to danger: fight, flight, or the much less discussed freeze response. How can our instincts betray us, causing us to hit the brakes when throttling the gas is what will actually save us from impending danger?

Overcome Negative Thoughts With Socratic Questioning

By: Alex McBrairty February 24, 2020February 24, 2020

Health, MindsetAnxiety, CBT, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Stories, Negativity, Overcome Fear, Perspective, Psychology, Socratic QuestioningLeave a Comment

Do you suffer from the negative stories you tell yourself about the world around you? Use this technique from cognitive behavioral therapy to alter these stories and banish negative thoughts.

How To Adopt A Fitness-Minded Traveler’s Mindset

By: Alex McBrairty February 17, 2020February 19, 2020

Lifestyle, Mindset, TravelAdventure, Health, Mindfulness, Mindset, Travel, Travel Fitness, Traveler Mindset, VacationLeave a Comment

Want to travel while maintaining your fitness plan? Follow this simple advice.

What a $500 Mistake Taught Me About Behavior Change

By: Alex McBrairty February 10, 2020February 19, 2020

Mindset, The Art of Mastery MagazineBehavior, Behavior Change, Context, Fitness, MindsetLeave a Comment

What did a $500 mistake teach me about successful behavior change?

How The Scale Deceives You (And Other Measures of Success)

By: Alex McBrairty February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

Exercise, Health, Mindset, Nutrition, The Art of Mastery MagazineBathroom Scale, Body Image, Fitness Tips, Health, Non-Scale Victories, Nutrition, Sleep, Weight Loss, Weight Loss SuccessLeave a Comment

How the bathroom scale lies, and other ways to measure progress in your fitness program.

5 Reasons You Should Take Dance Lessons (That Have Nothing To Do With Exercise)

By: Alex McBrairty January 13, 2020

Lifestyle, Mindset, The Art of Mastery MagazineBachata, Dance, Fear, Growth Mindset, Salsa Dancing, Self-DevelopmentLeave a Comment

Here are 5 reasons you should take dancing lessons that have nothing to do with exercise.

How To Stop Letting Setbacks Set You Back

By: Alex McBrairty November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

Lifestyle, Mindset, Motivation, The Art of Mastery MagazineChallenge, Failure, Fitness, Fitness Psychology, Growth Mindset, Mindset, Perspective, Psychology, Setbacks, Weight Loss Journey1 Comment

Stop letting setbacks hold you back from your goals. Instead, use them to propel you forward like a sling shot. Read to find out how.

How To Leverage Food Tracking For Weight Loss

By: Alex McBrairty September 18, 2019September 18, 2019

Health, Lifestyle, NutritionDiet, Fitness, Food logging, food logging tips, food track app, Food Tracking, myfitnesspal, Nutrition, Weight LossLeave a Comment

Follow these tips and best practices to maximize your weight loss using food tracking tools.

The Ultimate Hangover Prevention Plan

By: Alex McBrairty August 26, 2019March 15, 2020

Health, NutritionBar, Drinking, Hangover, Hangover Prevention, Nightclub, Party, Social DrinkingLeave a Comment

Recently I was chatting with a gentleman who works in sales and we got on the topic of entertaining potential clients. It’s pretty common practice to take these prospects out for dinner and drinks, which can sometimes result in a night of heavy drinking for the sales representative. I also learned that each has their…

What To Do When You’re Eating Healthy, Exercising, and Not Seeing Results

By: Alex McBrairty July 19, 2019February 23, 2020

Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition, The Art of Mastery MagazineFat Loss, Fitness, Food Scale, Food Tracking, Weight LossLeave a Comment

You’re making good food choices, exercising consistently, and still not seeing results. What gives?

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