A week ago I decided to buy a smart scale to track my weight loss as I test the new KHR meal plans and plant-based anti-inflammatory...

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams In our “Be a...

by Katarina Terzic Conrad, Ph.D. What does it mean to be healthy? I think that well-being and good health springs from a well of good...

The first time I met Barbi and her parents Anne and Paul was at the Vegas Martial Arts Supershow in July, 2017. I still remember how Anne...

I have known Safaa for years. Her middle and my oldest son were classmates. They even attended the same martial arts school together....

As a young girl, I dreamed of becoming an artist. Maybe because art came so naturally to me. Or maybe because that's the only thing I...

A Tale of Two Frogs A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how...

Learning to Say No to Things That are Not Your Priority “The key, however, is not to prioritize your schedule, but to schedule your...

by Katarina Terzic Conrad, Ph.D. Many women, after being assaulted by a stranger, claim that the attacker came out of nowhere. In...

One of my life mottos I often repeat in my HIIT&RUN classes is "Baby steps to big changes." This is especially important to stress at the...

When I first arrived in America and visited one of the local grocery stores in Chicago, I was surprised, to say the least. More like...

Habit #2 “If you can't fly then run. If you can't run then walk. If you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep...

Our bodies crave consistency and daily rhythm. When it gets dark outside, our body naturally releases a hormone called melatonin, causing...

Two winters ago my 97-year-old grandma, Kona, fought off one of hospitals’ deadliest “nightmare bacteria”. It is virtually untreatable...

Regardless of the geographical location and climate of these five Blue Zones, the majority of the food sources are plants, about 95 to...

There is no lack of research on the healing power of gratitude journaling. According to a 2014 study published in the Journal of Applied...

by Katarina Conrad As you may have already read in my Decluttering Your Life blog post, after watching only the first episode of "Tidying...

Recently, my business partner Josh Hong told me about a new Netflix show, Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, that has the whole nation...

When you begin exercising, the most important thing is not so much the type of exercise you do, but carving out a daily time (20-30 min)...

“An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it...