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Celebrating without Sweets
Twenty-one Ways to Reward and Celebrate without Junk Food Maybe your 2020 resolution was to cut back on sugar. Or maybe eating cleaner was your partner’s resolution. Either way, Valentine’s Day is looming on the horizon, and you’re not sure how to show your...
Take Your New Year’s Resolution Outside the Box
If you've tried New Year's Resolutions only to see them wither and die by Valentine's Day, it may be tempting to forego the entire tradition. Instead of writing it off as a bad idea, break out of the box and put resolutions to work for you. Instead of setting...
Can an Attitude of Gratitude Improve Your Health?
Four Tips for Adopting a Grateful Outlook If you want to improve your mental and physical health in 2020 but don’t have an empty spot in your schedule, we have good news. According to a growing body of research, people who consciously express gratitude not only report...
Cold Weather Training Tips
As the days shorten and the mercury drops, it’s time to plan for safe and enjoyable winter workouts. If being outdoors is what keeps your motivation high, don’t resign yourself to six months of only sweating inside the four walls of a gym. Follow these tips to adapt...
Crush Your Goals by Understanding Your Personality
We all have that friend—the one that gets up at four every morning to hit the gym before work. You probably tell yourself she's just one of those really disciplined people. They're born that way, right? But what if self-discipline isn't a magic sauce? Behavioral...
Living a More Uplifting Life
Seven Daily Positivity Practices You don't have to look far to see the ugliness in our world. From office gossip to social media, to the evening news—the day is full of opportunities to sink into negativity. Soon enough, it can feel like you're standing at the...
Finding Success in Strong Communities
When you set out to achieve something—running a marathon, building a business, or mastering a new skill—your odds of success increase if you're part of a community. An active community can give you new ideas, inspire you to keep going, and offer you companionship on...
ZYIA Active Summer to Shine Challenge
July’s Pillar is all about Light. Think about the last time a stranger paid you a sincere compliment. Chances are, it lightened your mood. Your expression brightened and, although you couldn't see it, your posture probably straightened for a while. All that, from a...
Being Well by Doing Good
9 Ways to Blend Activity with Making the World a Better Place In every great sports movie, there’s a transformation montage. You know the one. The hero—through a series of clips and to the accompaniment of a rousing soundtrack—rapidly morphs from a sweatpants-wearing...
Five Ways to Inspire Your Kids to be More Active
If you enjoy an active lifestyle, it can be frustrating to parent a kid whose spirit animal seems to be the sloth. And you have good reason to be concerned. One in three kids today is overweight, and sedentary lifestyles are at an all-time high. Not only are these...
How it All Began
Zyia’s story began on a snowy, moonlit hike. I was in good company, surrounded by women, all pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones and further up the trail.