Health for Life

Your Health. Your Questions. Answers You Can Understand.

Welcome to Health for Life, the TotalWellCoach blog. Explore evidence-informed articles, practical ideas, and clear-eyed perspectives on prevention, public health, healthy aging, nutrition, fatigue, sleep, metabolic health, emotional well-being, supplements, and understanding your health.

Written by Joyce Strong, RN, BSN, to help you make sense of health information, ask better questions, and take a more confident role in your own care.

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How to Overcome Decision Fatigue: Make a Done List, Not a To-Do List

Feeling overwhelmed by everything you need to accomplish? Try making a Done List instead of a To-Do List. Discover how small daily challenges, simple household games, and celebrating accomplishments can help reduce decision fatigue and make everyday life feel more manageable.

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I Gave Myself an “A”

I am reinventing a surprising amount of my life at once. The “Giving Yourself an A” exercise changes the question from “Can I do this?” to “What did the person who already succeeded actually do?”