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How to Gain Muscle | Designed for women, we're sharing the Dos and Don'ts about bodybuilding and weightlifting to tighten and tone your arms, abs, legs, glutes, and core. From the best high protein muscle building foods, to our favorite full body workouts you can do at home, these tips are great for women who want to lose weight and lose fat. Boost your metabolism with these muscle building workouts and diet tips! #workoutsforwomen #howtobuildmuscle #gainmuscle At-Home Workouts

How to Gain Muscle: 10 Workouts and Muscle-Building Foods for Women

Gaining muscle is super important for women, especially as we get older. Not only does muscle gain help you grow stronger, it boosts your metabolism, …

How to Make Hair Look Thicker | If you have fine hair and want to know how to make it look thicker and fuller on a budget, these tips and tricks for thin hair are for you! From choosing the right haircuts and hairstyles, to adding depth and dimension with color and hair extensions, to the best store bought hair thickening products and styling hacks, these ideas and remedies will teach you how to make your hair look fuller instantly! #finehair #thinhair #hairtrend #hairhacks Beauty

How to Make Hair Look Thicker: 15 Tips and Products That Work

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22 Snow Day Activities for Kids | If you're looking for fun and easy activities for toddlers, for preschoolers and kindergarteners, or for kids in elementary school that will get them physically moving while also keeping their brains busy when cabin fever strikes, this is a great list of things to do! From indoor activities designed to burn energy, to independent art projects that will allow you a little time to decompress, these are great boredom busters! #snowday #snowdayactivities #boredkids Family

22 Indoor Snow Day Activities for Kids to Keep Your Children Entertained

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Commit to Change: 30-Day Challenge Ideas to Try This Year

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21 Inspirational Body Positivity Quotes | If you’re looking for beautiful sayings and daily affirmations to improve your body image and help you develop healthy and happy thoughts about yourself and your life, this post is for you! Whether you commit these to memory, write them on a chalkboard, or tattoo them on your body, these mantras will remind you that all bodies are created equal. #bodypositivity #selflove #inspirationalquotes General Health

Learn to Love Your Body: 21 Inspirational Body Positivity Quotes

If you feel insecure about the shape, size, and/or weight of your body, this collection of body image tips and body positivity quotes will help …

42 Homemade Granola Bars We Love | If you’re looking for a healthy snack you can whip up at home, these granola bar recipes are where it’s at! We’ve curated options for every palette and need - nut free options for kids, quick and easy no bake recipes, chewy granola bars, protein rich peanut butter bars, and simple guilt-free no sugar recipes. And if you want to know how to make granola bars so they stick together, we’ve got 6 tips to help! #granolabars #granolabarrecipes Breakfast

Homemade Granola Bars: 42 Granola Bar Recipes We Love

Homemade granola bars are amazing for so many reasons. They’re a healthy option you can enjoy for breakfast or a midday snack, and they’re incredibly …

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  • ‘NO WINTER LASTS FOREVER; NO SPRING SKIPS IT’S TURN.’ —Hal Borland⠀ .⠀ I don’t know about you, but I was NOT ready for the snow and cold last week. 😩 I feel like we barely got to enjoy fall fashion this year, and my Achilles’ tendon has NOT appreciated the transition from heels to flat, sensible boots, lol. But the cold weather has definitely put me in a festive mood, and I have to admit I’m much more productive when it’s too miserable to be outside. 🤗⠀ .⠀ Here’s to a happy and productive week!
  • ‘ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH COFFEE AND DRY SHAMPOO.’ —Unknown⠀ .⠀ Here’s to being lazy and spending time making memories with the people we love this weekend! ☕️
  • ‘WHO YOU SPEND YOUR TIME WITH WILL HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON WHAT KIND OF LIFE YOU LIVE. SPEND TIME WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE.’ —Joel Ostend⠀ .⠀ OMG, truer words have never been spoken, am I right?! Here’s to focusing on the positive people in our lives, and not allowing the negative thoughts of others ruin our spirts. 🙌
  • ‘YOU, AND ONLY YOU, ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHO YOU BECOME AND HOW HAPPY YOU ARE.’ —Rachel Hollis⠀ .⠀ I’m part of @msrachelhollis monthly Life Coaching group, and finally caught October’s session last week, which was about ‘mortality motivation’. Sounds really morbid, I know, but those who have lost someone suddenly and unexpectedly like I lost my dad can appreciate how you’re never really the same afterwards. The pain goes away and you focus on the good instead of the bad, but the experience makes you see life differently. There’s always this underlying fear about when the next bad thing will happen and whether or not you’ll be able to cope.⠀ .⠀ Anyway, the topic was timely given that I’ve been trying to figure out what I was meant to learn from losing my dad lately, and Rachel gave me so much to think about. Am I showing up for my life authentically? Am I giving 100% of myself to the people who really matter to me so I don’t end up regretting all the things I didn’t do or say? What legacy do I want to leave behind for my daughter? Will she be proud of the mom who raised her? ⠀ .⠀ It was SO inspiring, and I have been feeling so much lighter, motivated, and focused since watching it. It gave me clarity on what’s important, and reminded me to appreciate the gift of TIME.⠀ .⠀ Yesterday is gone and tomorrow isn’t promised, but today is a blessing, so don’t lose sight of what’s important. ✨
  • ‘EVERYONE HAS TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING. I BELIEVE I’LL HAVE ANOTHER GLASS OF WINE.’ —Unknown⠀ .⠀ 👆Exactly! I have had A WEEK, and have been dreaming of a glass (or 3) of white. It’s a date night for us and I can’t wait to spend some time with my sexy husband. Happy Friday, my beautiful friends! 🥂
  • I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot lately and all the ways life has changed since he died. Losing him was totally unexpected, and if you’re close to me, you know the aftermath of his passing was nothing short of awful. My daughter was only 3 when he died, and I remember feeling like I was on autopilot throughout the whole ordeal and I’m not sure I’ve ever really come to terms with it all.⠀ .⠀ Last week I asked my sweet girl if I could read Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book to her. My dad used to read it to my sister and me, and we always laughed at how he mixed the words up, and I thought it would be fun. She agreed and let me read the entire thing from cover to cover, even though I could tell she lost interest about halfway through.⠀ .⠀ When we were done, she looked at me thoughtfully and asked, ‘do you wish he was still alive?’ Bless. It was such an innocent question that could’ve thrown me over the edge, but my dad would’ve loved how brave she was to ask me that, and her directness and innocence would’ve made him smile.⠀ .⠀ As awful as it was to lose my dad, I’m slowly realizing how much I’ve learned from the whole experience. It’s made me a better mom and wife, it’s taught me the importance of creating a happy and healthy home, it’s reminded me not to take the little things for granted, it’s given me permission to let go of things outside of my control, and lately it’s reminded me not to take my own health and well-being for granted so I can be fully present with my own family. And for that I’m grateful.⠀ .⠀ If you’re missing someone today, I hope the happy memories outweigh the bad. I’m not sure we’ll ever understand why the people we love most are taken from us too soon, but I believe we must find a way to honor their memory by living our lives with as much purpose as possible. 😘
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