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“I’m a fan of seasons. That’s why I live in California; we skip the shitty ones.” – Daniel Tosh

I don’t have the good fortune that Daniel Tosh does when it comes to having 70 degrees and sunshine year round.

The winter chills are kicking in; those below freezing temps and mounds of snow are my norm. 

It’s a notorious time for depression and fat gain. The lack of Vitamin D and sunshine lead to seasonal sadness, which leads to couch time, which…

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By Leo Babauta

The holiday season can generally be one of the most stressful times of year. That’s on top of most families being so stressed they aren’t able to spend quality time together.

Is stress building up in you? Is it lowering the quality of your life a bit?

Try this right now: pause in your busy day for a moment to notice how you feel. Is your jaw clenched, your shoulders tight, your body tensed? Do you notice a part of your body that is feeling tension arou…

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“We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit.” ~Unknown

My husband and I both have living grandparents. My daughter has met the grandparents on my husband’s side, but she hasn’t met mine. Some think I’m cruel for not taking her to meet my grandmother because I had …

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<img src="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2015/12/02/0.2-aerial_small-6aac298f58745448bc487d1f70262e2a8abb11b1-s1000.jpg" title="Las Cañadas is an ecological cooperative in Veracruz, Mexico that's working to sequester carbon and mitigate climate change while producing food, materials, chemicals and energy." alt="Las Cañadas is an ecological cooperative in Veracruz, Mexico that's working to sequester carbon and mitigate climate change while producing food, materials, …

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photo: by Brad Rankin Studio

To be forthright, today’s episode of The Nia Shanks Show has absolutely nothing to do with health and fitness. If you’re here to receive information about working out and eating well, you may want to skip today’s episode.

However, if you’re interested in something personal, r…

Source: http://www.niashanks.com/exercise-is-not-punishment/

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You’ve seen them. Around Halloween it was pictures of candy with their calorie count and how long you’d have to perform certain exercises or activities to burn them off.

Similar charts arise around Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays.

*A piece of pumpki…

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For those of you reading who’re familiar with the movie Napoleon Dynamite1, today’s post will have a subtle Uncle Rico flavor to it.

To help refresh people’s memory Uncle Rico was Napoleon’s estranged uncle who, outside of living in the most baller va…

Source: http://zenhabits.net/empire/

By Leo Babauta

There are times when I see the successful businesses that other people are building and I instantly want to create that kind of success for myself.

I want to build an empire. I want to create a startup. I want to make a successful podcast, YouTube channel, live conference — whatever success someone else has created, I want too.

I can instantly imagine this success happening, and it feels exciting. I feel accomplished. The fantasy of an empire is in my head, and …

Source: http://www.niashanks.com/kitchen-tools-save-time-money/

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Convenient. Quick and easy. These are a few of my favorite words, especially when it comes to preparing delicious, good-for-you meals.

If you too like home cooked meals that save time and money, then check out these three kitchen tools I wouldn’t want to live without that make life easier, and b…

Source: http://romanfitnesssystems.com/articles/how-to-build-confidence/

It was New Year’s 2009: I was sitting on the bedroom floor of my New York City apartment and wondering why, despite everything I’d accomplished, I wasn’t happy. I knew that I needed to build confidence.

The problem? I’d been taught that in order to be confident, I needed to keep achieving, and to keep setting and blasting through goals. That’s what every successful person seemed to do.

But when I saw myself, I was a success on paper, but inside, I felt like a fraud.</p…