When it comes to getting in shape, developing persistence is no small task; it requires a bit of persistence in and of itself. In order to get yourself motivated to follow through, you need to ask yourself a few honest, hard-hitting questions.

When it comes down to it, three minor adjustments to your daily routine can add a world of happiness, even if you already inhabit a happy world

When this young girl is grown, her memories would not be mine, an ashamed, self-conscious, overweight teen. Rather, she’d fondly recollect swaying and laughing with her family to a loud Latin beat.

If you’re having an off day, when working out doesn’t feel possible & eating right is just too much to fathom, force yourself through it. Here’s how.

I’m always interested in what triggers us to finally take action. We fight it for years until we cross a line that drives us from needing to do something to actually doing it.

When you have a foundational understanding of these five wellness keys, you have the information you need to create a life that clearly reflects your priorities, values, hopes and dreams.

It’s important to understand what “being happy” really means. It’s not as simple as adding equal parts sugar, water and dreams into a mixing bowl and stirring for a while. It takes hard work, which is a great segue into my first tip…

I was a bit put off by the title of the class: Yoga for Stiff People. It sets up an image and it tells you what to expect. However, from an I’m an-aging-guy-who-lives-in-denial-and-refuses-to-admit-that-I’m-getting-older perspective, I considered it too easygoing. After all, I need a “challenge.”

Ready to break the broken-resolution cycle? It’s much simpler than expected. As a New Year’s public service, I present a four-step-plan to a happier you.

I felt a lot less stressed out. I was sleeping better, waking up refreshed in the morning and looking forward to work. I stopped making excuses for why I couldn’t work out, because I actually wanted to go to the gym!

Exercise is an important part of weight loss and a healthy lifestyle, but if the term “exercise” summons images of endless hours at the gym, think again! There are plenty of ways to make exercise a part of your life that are not only fun, they’ll actually make you look forward to getting those workouts in.

I had heard Zumba involved a lot of coordination and a great deal of sweating. I was low on the former and weary of the latter.

We run about 100 yards, my dogs stops to mark something. Then, we run to the next tree, telephone pole, or bush. (It’s surprising how much the bladder of a 21-pound mini-schnauzer can hold.) Sometimes he’ll skip a stop, deferring to my desire to keep moving; and I periodically accede to his desire to inspect a large clump of grass. Yet, ever onward we huff.