There is a misconception out there that getting healthy needs to be difficult. While I’ve experienced difficulty in getting healthy, over the years I’ve learned how to make it work for me so I can enjoy living a healthy lifestyle …and all the benefits that come along with it.

In my experience , life is easier and more enjoyable when you have total health . If l could show you that healthy living was easy, would you try some of the suggestions out for yourself?

If you want to know how I made getting healthy easy, then you’ll want to read the next 5 posts. The following articles will make up the Live Lighter’s Health Made Easy Series :

1. Quick and Easy Healthy Living Tips Video – February 7^th
2. The Secret to Making Healthy Living Easy – February 9^th
3. 7 Tips to Make Healthy Living Easy – February 11^th
4. Easy Health Humour – February 13^th
5. 15 Practical Tips to Make Healthy Living Easy – February 15^th

This series is designed to convince you that it is possible to make healthy living easy. It will get you thinking and maybe even get you up off the couch!

You can subscribe to the Live Lighter feed or keep coming back to find out how easy health can be!

It’s Friday night and it’s been a long, challenging and very fulfilling week. I’m exhausted. So what am I doing? Chilling out to some mellow tunes.

Sometime over the weekend, I highly suggest you turn the lights down low and play the following video. Actually, if you close your eyes, you might be able to intensify your sense of sound.

Go ahead, I dare ya: Just forget everything for 4½ minutes. Nothing else exists but you and right now. Get lost in the beats, sing along to the words, move to the rhythm…just forget.

Interestingly, only a few of my family, friends, co-workers and acquaintances made any New Year’s Resolutions this year. When I asked those who didn’t, “Why not?”, they almost all replied with, “Most people break them within the first week, so why bother?”

If you want to change something in your life, this post is all about why you should bother.

Change is meant to be gradual

I’m not sure what the weather’s been like in other parts of the world but it’s been beautiful here in Toronto, Canada. In fact, it’s too gorgeous!

Yesterday was 14ºC (57ºF) when only 5 days ago we were experiencing -17°C (1.4 ºF and with the wind-chill it felt like -30ºC or -22 ºF !). Everyone I’ve spoken with has been feeling “off”. Some people reported trouble sleeping, others complained of headaches, some mentioned being moody, and others couldn’t pin point the disturbance.

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