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Coming clean

Today’s post was both terrifying to write, and a gigantic relief. I’ve been wanting to talk about some of my personal experiences and history on the blog for years now, but was afraid to be judged. Afraid that my past would hurt my credibility. Afraid that people would look at me differently. [...]

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The Question

“We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training.” CrossFit Albuquerque. The Question comes in many forms. It is always different, yet universally the same. [...]

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The Whole30 and Depression

Today, we’re featuring a very personal story – a testimonial that we believe will resonate with so many readers for both the topic and the struggle. Depression affects 15 million American adults, and affects women twice as often as men. [...]

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Stress Addicts Anonymous (Part 2)

In Part 1 of our Stress Addicts Anonymous series (http://whole9life.com/2011/11/stress-addiction-1), we introduced the very real, very dangerous condition of stress addiction. Now, in part 2, let’s take a look at the physiological effects of living in a chronic state of stress, and more importantly, some steps you can take to rehabilitate your own inner stress junkie. [...]

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Stress Addicts Anonymous (Part 1)

Are you a stress junkie? Take our quick quiz, learn about the mechanism behind stress addiction and create some coping mechanisms to help you break the stress-cycle. [...]

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Stephanie McCormack: Our Newest Whole9 Envoy Extraordinaire

We are thrilled to welcome Stephanie McCormack as our newest Whole9 Envoy Extraordinaire. Stephanie has been a leader within our community for some time now, spreading the Good Food Word in San Diego, and through her blogs, Stupid Easy Paleo and Steph McCormack.com. Stephanie was hand-picked for this position due to her thorough comprehension of [...]

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Context Matters: Additional Factors

Definition aside, in simple terms, “context” means the general story of your life, past and present – everything that makes up your big-picture health and fitness. A good place to start evaluating your own context [...]

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The Whole9 Health Equation

We’re calling this graphical representation of an individual’s overall health “The Whole9 Health Equation” (at least until we have a stroke of genius and come up with something clever-er). Yes, it is simplified – Dallas doesn’t like complex math equations.[...]

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Yoga for the Type-A

In yoga, there are two kinds of positions. The first requires strength to hold the pose. The second requires you to soften and yield. I suck at softening. [...]

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Hilary B. Makes Packing a Lunch Cool Again

Last week, we received a “Life After Your Whole30 “ testimonial of a different nature. She’s not talking about her weight loss, her improved energy or her new commitment to eating Good Food (although all those factors are present). No, this testimonial is about overcoming challenging lifestyle hurdles that impede your health and fitness progress. [...]

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