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January 31, 2014
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Making it about more than the number on the scale

By Samantha Williams/Personal Trainer     I am a personal trainer and fitness instructor, and January is always the month of “newbies” and their New Year’s resolutions. I love their enthusiasm and how set they are on this being the year they eat better, work out harder and finally reach […]
January 23, 2014
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Find a way to remember the little things

By Sarah Johnson/The Parenting Place   The day I found out I was pregnant, I started to write. I had always been a writer at heart, starting with my third grade diary and continuing into college when I studied journalism. But a career shift to social work, marriage and just […]
January 7, 2014
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It’s never too late to fall in love with fitness

By Samantha Williams/Personal Trainer     It’s never to late to fall in love with fitness.   Most people I meet assume I have always been athletic or into sports.   Not true.   At all.     I tried several different sports as a child, but I never stuck […]
January 4, 2014
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Mastering Your Life

By Katrina Katen/Individual Matters “When the voice and the vision on the inside become more profound, clear and loud than the opinions on the outside, you have mastered your life.” — Dr. John F. DeMartini  I am kicking off my first blog post with a powerful quote by Dr. John […]
January 4, 2014
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While You Are Here, Be Here

By Elisa Jones/Grand Valley Trails Alliance   I have a weird name, I know. It’s too many vowels. I’ve been tempted to legally alter it to something more phonetically pleasing. Unfortunately, this is highly impractical. I mean, consider: Eeleesah? E’Leasah? E•Lee•sah? I know, right? So I’ll just settle for the […]