Caffeine: Helpful or Hurtful for Anxiety?
If you’re anything like 62 percent of Americans, a delicious cup of coffee starts your morning off on the right note. Thanks to popular companies like Starbucks and Dunkin’, it seems like a new caffeinated beverage is hot (or iced!) on the market every single week. According to the National Coffee Association, seven out of 10 […]
Is a Gap Year Right for me? How to Know if You Need a Break
Taking a gap year can be a stressful decision, whether you need a break for mental health reasons or just time to reset. It is important to plan out what you are going to do during your time off so it can be both productive and enjoyable. If you are considering taking a gap year […]
Adultolescence: Preparing Young Adults Who Struggle With Skills For Wellness and Independence
Greg Ostler, Clinical Director and Caren Stewart, Executive Director from Skyterra Young Adult share how young adults in recovery often don’t have environments that are conducive to learning healthy routines, essential skills and the importance of self-care. Skyterra Young Adult couples this practical knowledge with communication and conflict-resolution skills that allow young adults to transition […]
Live Connect Class: Winter Reset with Gina!
Join Skyterra Fitness Specialist Gina on the mat for Connect class, a blend of stretching, breath work, and some gentle mobility perfect to reset yourself amidst winter blues or holiday stress.
In the Kitchen with Chef Luke: Skyterra Young Adult’s MOST POPULAR Meal!
Join Embrace Executive Chef Luke for a Live Cooking demo where you can cook right alongside him, with the right ingredients! We will be making an Embrace all-time favorite: salmon cakes. Together, we’ll tackle the entire recipe from start to finish. This includes cooking the salmon fillets and mixing in the other ingredients, forming, searing, […]
Five Easy Ways to Beat the Winter Blues
If shortened days and the shift to colder weather seems to drain your energy and make you feel low, you may be experiencing symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder. S.A.D is a type of depression that typically comes at the end of fall or early winter and lasts about four to five months each year. Symptoms […]
How and When to Eat to Best Fuel your Fitness
When we make the commitment to embark on a new fitness plan or look to improve our health or physical performance, it’s no secret that proper nutrition is essential. Nutrient timing and meal composition are important for energy, recovery, and making you feel like your best self. Before diving deeper into the physiological responses the […]
Meal Planning 101 on a Budget
Meal planning on a budget can feel overwhelming. Constantly being fed confusing nutrition information, uncertainty about where to grocery shop, food budgeting, and feeling like you don’t have the time to plan out meals may often leave you feeling uncertain. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American household spends $3,935 per […]
The Connection Between Fitness and Mental Health
A solid fitness routine can and will do amazing things for your body. Even in taking a scroll through fitness posts on social media, you can learn about how having more muscle increases metabolic rate, or how cardiovascular activity improves circulation or the benefits of having a daily mobility practice. While these physical changes can […]
How to build a lifelong, healthy relationship with food and nutrition
When it comes to food and nutrition, have you ever felt like you are living inside a never-ending, ever-exhausting hamster wheel? Maybe you feel like you are constantly changing what you eat, constantly fluctuating in weight, never enough energy to be as active as you’d like? You are not alone. Many people are affected by […]