MONDAY BASICS: meal planning tips.

My wee idea for this week is one that I have been trying to work on for myself, in the hopes of adding a bit of predictability to my days. I don't know about you, but sometimes the days get away from me. It's all I can do sometimes to come up with something for all of us to eat dinner together. I'm talking meal planning tips this week on the blog. I hope you get a few tricks to help you along your food journey, friend.

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MONDAY BASICS: breathe deeply.

Deep summer is the perfect time to practice today's Monday Health Basics tip: the air is warm, the sun might be out (or trying to make an appearance!); it's the time of year that commitments for our time are at a minimum. For some the impending weeks ahead with school start up and a return to work may be looming on the horizon. This is the perfect time to add this tool to your arsenal: breathe deeply.

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MONDAY BASICS: write this down.

If today is the first time you've taken a gander at one of these Monday Health Basics posts, then you're in luck. It's the perfect place to start. It is, perhaps, where I should have started back in January earlier this year. See, this series of ideas I have been posting to the blog every Monday in '16 is meant to serve as a jumping off point for anyone looking to improve their own health, one building block at a time. And today's spot is the perfect place to begin. Write this down.

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