by Luci Gabel | May 3, 2020 | Blog, Current Events, Eating for Health, Motivation
If you’ve been in the position of taking care of others in any way, whether you’re a leader, a parent, a health professional, all of the above or something different, you’ve probably discovered that you can’t take good care of others when you haven’t taken...
by Luci Gabel | Mar 17, 2019 | Blog, Current Events, Motivation
Popular media today portrays exercise and healthy eating in such a way that it looks almost like a luxury. It’s fun and fabulous. Yes, that tact is commonly taken in order to attract people to the ideas. But it may be time to step back and realize, it’s...
by Luci Gabel | Jan 13, 2019 | Blog, Current Events, Exercise, Motivation, Travel
This week we visited three cities in southern California. It was very interesting to me—and quite motivating—when I discovered how many miles we had been walking on that trip. We wanted to see everything about these cities on foot, because you can see much more that...
by Luci Gabel | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog, Exercise, Motivation
For years, Western doctors have separated the mind from the body in order to study and treat them. But there’s a different way of looking at it, which is more common to Eastern medicines: The body and brain are one and always have been. They’re an...
by Luci Gabel | Jul 29, 2017 | Blog, Exercise, Motivation
If you want your body to change through exercise, it needs to be challenging in some way. But, challenge and comfort don’t necessarily sit at opposite ends of the spectrum. Often when coaching clients, I’ll ask them to get to a pace where they’re...
by Luci Gabel | Jun 16, 2017 | Blog, Current Events, Exercise, leadership, Motivation
I was at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Conference in Denver earlier this month, where sports medicine docs, athletic trainers, physical therapists and exercise physiologists from around the world were presenting their most current, cutting edge...