Part of staying active for me is my solo run in Central Park.

We all have goals when it comes to our health: Exercise more. Eat better. Get enough sleep. But time goes on, and life happens. Work piles up, so we skip the gym.

Be honest.

Most of us spend our days bouncing from obligation to obligation—work, carpool, meetings, you name it—at the expense of our physical and mental health.

Let’s face it—most of us resolve to start exercising because we want to look good. But the real reason to get active lies within.

You know this, right? I should go for a walk. I should hit the gym after work. I should make my run a little longer. I should finally open that Pilates video. The “shoulds” rarely work.

Whether you work from home, in a cubicle, or at a call center, you likely take a few breaks during the day (rare though they may be).

In honor of Stress Awareness Month, we’ve made it our goal to strengthen your resilience (“Do this”) and hold the line against stress (“Ditch that”).

In honor of Stress Awareness Month, we’ve made it our goal to strengthen your resilience (“Do this”) and hold the line against stress (“Ditch that”).

The research keeps rolling in: Sitting for long periods of time every day is not good for our bodies. A new study published last month raised the stakes even higher.

How many articles have you read touting exercise as the antidote to stress? A billion? You know that exercise is perhaps your most potent tool for calming the frazzled psyche and caring for the body.

Perfectionism Tonic Think about a moment when you wanted something (Christmas, perhaps?) to turn out perfectly. And how tense and judgy that made you–how separate from the people you love.