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Guest Post: Getting Back To Goodness With Delicious Fatty Foods That Are Healthy & Good For You

This guest post is by Brooke Benlifer. Brooke is our incredibly awesome resident Dietitian here at The Wellness Bucket. This is the eighth installment of her 2016 Back To Goodness Series. Brooke has provides us with three different challenges over the last three months to help us get back to goodness.   She’s got one […]

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How Running A Half Marathon (That I Had No Desire To Run) Changed My Life Forever

Last Sunday I ran the America’s Finest City Half Marathon in San Diego. It was the 10th year anniversary of me running my very first half marathon… which happened to be this very race. I committed to running my first half marathon 10 years ago in honor of my dad, who at the time, was

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The Idea That Healthy Eating & Exercise Is A “Lifestyle” Is Bull… (You Know What)

Eating healthy is a lifestyle. Exercising regularly is a lifestyle. Rigggght. Pardon the French, but I’m calling bullshit. Healthy eating is not a lifestyle. Regular exercise is not a lifestyle. If it’s not a lifestyle, than what is it?   Healthy Eating and Exercising Regularly Are Choices Choices we make every single day.  Not just

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Stuck Chasing The Same Fitness Goal Year After Year? Forget The Goal & Focus On This Instead (Since It’s Really What You’re After Anyways)

I can’t believe that this year is almost over and that 2016 is quickly coming to an end. There’s 66 days left in the year. That means we’ve had 298 days to do whatever it is we planned to do this year. Here’s a question to think about and consider as we slowly close out

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In The Opinion Of Others, You’ll Never Be Good Enough: How To Block Out Your Critics & All The Negative Noise

Have you you ever asked yourself… “Am I good enough?“ Good enough to be healthy. Good enough to be happy. Good enough to feel alive and fulfilled. What answer do you come up with? More importantly, who gave you that answer?   “To escape criticism – do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”    Nike recently

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More With Mike Podcast: Why “Pretty Good” Isn’t Good Enough

“How’s your eating?” Pretty good. “How are your workouts?” Pretty good. “How’s your water intake?” Pretty good. “How’s your rest and recovery?” Pretty good. There’s nothing pretty about “pretty good“. Pretty good is equivalent to average, at best. And just being average isn’t cool in my book.   Episode #10 Why Being “Pretty Good” Isn’t Good Enough   When

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Here’s How To Make Sure You Have A Productive Week (And Validate It Too)

I’ve been asking myself the same question every single week for as long as I can remember. And that question is… Did I have a productive week? Lately though I’ve been wonderful how to even answer that question. I mean, productive in what? What does productive or being productive even mean?   Does it even

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