Maintaining our motivation to stay active and move our bodies can feel overwhelming after all these weeks of "safer-at-home" measures! Have you lost some inspiration? 

I was featured in a blog by Robyn Youkilis recently talking about fun and inspiring workouts to do at home. Working out at home takes a lot of determination and dedication. Now more than ever we need to maintain or even level-up our physical health and exercise is a big part of that equation. The science proves that exercise is one of the best ways to lower stress, improve mood and increase brain and gut health (all needed for an optimal immune system).

Here are some fun ways to inspire us all to move more:

1. Get outside - It's summer!! The sun is shining and there's no better way to improve our mood and Vitamin D levels than to get some exercise outside. If you can be in nature, that has even greater benefits (check out the topic "biophilia" on how nature affects human physiology)!
2. Accountability Workout Buddy -...

Stress. Fatigue. Burnout. Judgement. Overwhelm.

Anyone else feeling it?! You are not alone, my friend. These things mentioned above can really mess with our motivation. And I'm not just talking about being motivated to create a new business or write your opus magnum. I'm talking about just getting out our pajamas and into workout clothes or not snapping at our partner because they didn't ___ you fill in the blank ;) 

Like this ancient olive tree grove in Mallorca Spain, we are being molded by our environment and it's f'ing uncomfortable and gnarly (just like this tree's trunk). But, this is what makes the olive tree produce amazing fruit: the elements, the soil, the sun, it utilizes all the tools available to grow strong despite the external environment. And we have those tools also to grow and find that motivation again. Motivation to move forward (even if it's falling on our face), we owe it to ourselves, our family and our community. 

Here are some tools:

Tool #1: What...