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Mistake #1: You Think You Know What to Do
“What is really important is what you learn after thinking you know it all.” Waite Phillips Ever said: “I know what I need to do, I just...
Christian Elliot
Oct 16, 20193 min read


Movement As Medicine for Pain
Do you have an achy joint, or two or three? Does your body give you pushback when you get active? Do you wonder if living with pain is...
Christian Elliot
Aug 27, 20185 min read


What To Do if You Dislike Exercise
A common frustration I hear from people is they don’t like exercise. Just hearing the word transports people to feelings of physical...
Christian Elliot
Aug 27, 20185 min read


How to Find Purpose & Accomplish Anything
Want to know the hardest question you’ll have to answer in order to achieve your goals? Here’s the question: What's the big, juicy,...
Christian Elliot
Aug 17, 20184 min read


Opting Out of Overwhelm
Does the idea of transforming your health sometimes feel like a monumental task? If you’re like most people…your new year’s resolution...
Christian Elliot
Aug 16, 20182 min read


What Does it Mean to be a Whole Human?
Ever feel a bit overwhelmed by the many hats you have wear? Ever feel like your health just has to take a backseat to other priorities?...
Christian Elliot
Aug 16, 20183 min read


Reason #7 Why You're Stuck: You Picked the Wrong Goal
Ever looked back on your efforts to change and realized you were focused on the wrong things? To say you picked the wrong goals isn’t...
Christian Elliot
Aug 15, 20186 min read


Reason #6 Why You're Stuck: You Rely on Willpower, Not Why Power
“Willpower is an exhaustible resource.” That was one of the best lines I picked up from the excellent book Switch: How to Change When...
Christian Elliot
Aug 15, 20185 min read


Reason #5 Why You're Stuck: You Treat Health Debt Like Credit Card Debt
Are you borrowing from your future health to pay for your current lifestyle? Is your body wracking up expenses--pains, excess weight,...
Christian Elliot
Aug 15, 20184 min read


Reason #4 Why You're Stuck: Your Goal is a Wish, Not an Actual Goal
Ever had someone give you some tough love that you actually needed to hear? I’ve been musing on this post for months. This one is a “call...
Christian Elliot
Aug 15, 20185 min read


Reason #3 Why You're Stuck: You Don't Approach Health Holistically
Many years ago I began working with a client who had some significant weight to lose. He knew he needed exercise to be part of the...
Christian Elliot
Aug 15, 20184 min read


Reason #2 Why You're Stuck: You Haven't Done a Habits Audit
If you are not currently at your ideal weight and enjoying good health, it’s not because you don’t care to be healthy. Am I right? You...
Christian Elliot
Aug 15, 20183 min read


Reason #1 Why You're Stuck: You Didn't Plan for the Emotional Toll of Change
Ever found yourself logically knowing what to do, but in that moment you totally "don't feel like it"? We like to think we are rational...
Christian Elliot
Aug 15, 20184 min read


Is Conventional Medicine the Wizard of Oz?
For all our amazing advances in medical technology, and countless ways we can peek inside the human body, it's surprising that 1) for all...
Christian Elliot
Aug 12, 20187 min read


Progress Over Perfect
How’s your month been? You haven’t missed a workout, gone off your healthy eating plan, stayed up well past your bedtime, or bypassed...
Christian Elliot
Aug 12, 20183 min read


What Calories In, Calories Out Is Missing
We've all heard the mantra--losing weight is about calories in, calories out. Burn more calories than you take in and you'll lose weight....
Christian Elliot
Aug 12, 20185 min read


Stop Stretching...It's Not Helping
Back a little achy? Body feeling stiff? Hamstrings chronically tight? Have a "knot" in one of those muscles between your neck and...
Christian Elliot
Aug 12, 20182 min read


Guest Post: An Open Letter to Your Smoothie
Dear green smoothie, We need to break up. I remember when I found you on Pintrest, you with your cute diagram, bright green photo, I...
Christian Elliot
Aug 12, 20181 min read


Is Your Favorite Form of Exercise Hurting You?
You can get too much of a good thing. For those of us who have managed to make exercise a regular part of our routine (or for those who...
Christian Elliot
Aug 12, 20184 min read


Five Simple Ways to Reduce Your Toxic Burden
One of the biggest blind spot we have when it comes to pain, mysterious health issues, and/or being stuck at a weight-loss plateau, is...
Christian Elliot
Aug 12, 20185 min read


Why Changing Your Health is So Hard
Have you ever lost weight and gained it back? Ever felt like you know what you should be doing and asked yourself "why can't I get my act...
Christian Elliot
Aug 12, 20184 min read


Four Tips for Finding a Good Personal Trainer
A good personal trainer can be one of the best investments you ever make in your health. Finding the wrong one though...that can be a...
Christian Elliot
Aug 12, 20183 min read
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