Learn how your genes interact with your habits, lifestyle and surroundings to create a healthy body - or an unhealthy one.

In this October 2006 episode of Get a Whole Life, Pilar talks with Dr. Hyman about the keys to sustainable weight loss, the myths and misunderstandings about losing weight, and the primary things any person can do to begin losing unwanted fat, now.

It’s only by showing up fully for what’s going on in our lives right here and now - and for the choices and commitments that we’ve decided are important to us - that we get to collect on the glowy, energizing, feel-good satisfaction that makes life worthwhile.

Instead of feeling like a failure when you fall back into old, unhealthy behaviors, consider embracing your relapses as mile markers on your route to success.

Want a quick way to transform your reality? Start by breathing in focus, discovery and possibility - then see the world through different eyes.

New Year, new plan, right? Great, but don't just hop on the first workout train out of the station. Instead, step back: Examine your goals, your desires, your personality, your life. A little self-awareness now could prevent exercise derailment down the track.

The demands of travel can prove perilous, undermining both good intentions and well-established routines. Here’s how you can fight back and win - even when you’re moving at supersonic speeds.

Can active-but-average folks possibly hope to stay in shape by mixing a little formal fitness time with a healthy dose of everyday life activity? To find out, we spent a week monitoring four people with different fitness obstacles AND objectives. The results were encouraging.

People keep harping about how hideous sugar is for your health. Can it really be as bad as they say?

"How answering one simple question can make your dreams come true" — that's the subtitle to this provocative read by Gay Hendricks, which aims to help readers consciously create their desired reality by asking themselves a series of defining questions. A great resource for guiding you toward the life you really want; learn more at www.5wishesbook.com.

Along with a refresher on the assessment, commitment, feedback and follow-through wheel, this week's suggested exercise focuses on the overcoming limiting beliefs that tend to dictate our choices, attitudes and behaviors.

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