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Inspired Intentions Podcast — 243 episodes

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244. The Ecology of Resilience: Nature-Based Healing with Professor Rocky Nation

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243. Comfortable in the Discomfort: Navigating Emotional Eating with Leah Hope

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242. More Than a Reset: How Guest Susan Found Her Strength (and Her Peace)

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241. At the Speed of Thought: How Brain Mapping Personalizes Wellness at Skyterra

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240. Chasing the Blue Ghost Firefly: The Ethereal Science of the Forest Floor

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239. The CEO of Joy: How Harlem Wizards’ Todd Davis Refuels His Energy

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238. The Hygge Handbook: Creating Warmth From the Inside Out

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237. The Couple’s Edge: How Aligning Your Health Goals Changes Everything

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236. The Only Advice You Need For 2026

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235. Bigger than the Scoreboard: Resilience, Community and Skyterra Fantasy Football

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234. Mindfulness in Motion: The Power of Moving Meditations

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233. Creatine and Aging: The Most Studied Supplement You Might Be Missing

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232. The Return of Fall: Skyterra and Asheville’s Resilient Beauty

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231. How One Guest Regained Her Life Through Movement at Skyterra

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230. Don’t Press Pause: The Case for Staying Active on Vacation

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229. Why We Love Stand Up Paddleboarding: Fitness, Fun and the Skyterra Experience

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228. The Art and Science of Chinese Medicine: Healing Through Balance

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227. Demystifying the Low FODMAP Diet: What to Eat, What to Avoid, and How to Feel Better

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226. Sleepmaxxing, Sleepy Girl Mocktails, and the Science Behind Better Sleep

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225. Return of the Blue Ghosts: The Rare Natural Wonders Unique to Western North Carolina

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224. Inflammation is not the Enemy: Understanding Your Body’s Balance

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223. The Power of Norwegian 4×4: Cardio Protocol that Reverses Heart Aging

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222. How to Live Forever: The Life-Changing Power of Rest

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221. How to Live Forever: The Power of Play

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220. How to Live Forever: Finding Peace Through Mindfulness

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219. How to Live Forever: Nourish Your Body

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218. How to Live Forever: Move Your Way to Longevity

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217. Your 2025 Wellness Toolbox: Habits from the Skyterra Team

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216. The Sole of Wellness: How to Choose the Right Footwear for Your Active Life

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215. Step by Step: Understanding and Managing Plantar Fasciitis with Dr. Becky

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214. Weight Loss 103: The Missing Piece of your Wellness Journey (Part 3 of 3)

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213. Weight Loss 102: Move Smarter, Not Harder (Part 2 of 3)

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212. Weight Loss 101: You Can’t Out-Train Your Fork (Part 1 of 3)

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211. The Art of Saying ‘No’ and Meaning It: Your Guide to Healthy Boundaries

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210. From Struggle to Strength: One Guest’s Journey to Lowering Blood Pressure Naturally

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209. The Healing Power of Dry Needling

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208. After the Storm: Finding Resilience and Peace in the Wake of Hurricane Helene

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207. Benefits of Sauna: How Heat Therapy Boosts Recovery, Longevity and Brain Health

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206. Building Your Mental Health Toolkit: Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Checklists

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205. Pilates 101: The Game-Changing Workout You Never Knew You Needed

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204. Navigating the Challenges of Weight Loss Drugs: A Dietitian’s Perspective

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203. Inside Tips for First-Time Wellness Retreat Guests from Skyterra’s General Manager

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202. Fall at Skyterra and Western North Carolina’s Autumn Magic

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201. Behind the Scenes with LoseSmart Guest Paige: A Candid Q&A with the Skyterra Team

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Episode 200: Celebrating Milestones and Growth!

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199. Finding Balance: Navigating Food and Body Image in the Social Media Era

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198. Just Do It: A Beginner’s Guide to Becoming a Runner

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197. Boost your Health: Unveiling the Power of IV Micronutrient Therapy

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196. Bullseye! The Timeless Art of Archery

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195. How to Unlock Your Brain’s Potential

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194. Breathe Easy: Transform Your Life with Simple Breathwork Techniques

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193. Unlock the Secrets of Your Mighty Microbiome

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192. How to Use Intuitive Eating to Rediscover Your Natural Hunger

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191. Pawsitive Vibes: The Mental Health Perks of Owning a Pet

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190. Composting for Wellness and Reducing Eco-Anxiety

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189. Leah’s Continued Progress: How to Go After the Life You Want

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188. The Spring Reset to Refresh Your Space and Life

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187. How to Find Courage and Joy in Vulnerability

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186. Unlock Your Executive Functioning Potential: Life Hacks for Smarter Planning and Goal Success

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185. Mystical Lights: The Blue Ghost Fireflies of Western North Carolina

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184. Briefly Inspired: The Mighty Mineral Magnesium

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183. How to Rewrite Your Fitness Story

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182. The Automatic Easy Button: How AI Can Improve Your Life

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181. Conquering Social Anxiety: Strategies for Connection and Confidence

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180. The Power of Recreation and Adventure at Any Age

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179. Briefly Inspired: The Walking Pad Revolution

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178. From Landscaping to Lunch: Growing Edible Beauty in Your Yard

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177. How to Unlock the Fun of Pickleball: Growth, Learning and Community at Skyterra

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176. Unlocking Lasting Health: The Science of Habit Formation with Dr. Campanile

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175. Uniting for the Great Outdoors: The Power of NC’s Outdoor Recreation Coalition

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174. Brushstrokes of Wellness: Exploring the Healing Power of Art on Mental Health

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173. The Power of Rest: Enhancing Performance with Recovery

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172. Dress to Express: How to Love and Honor Your Body

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171. Finding Direction: Nick’s Journey to Adulthood at SYA

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170. Embracing Self-Compassion: Transforming Your Life from Within

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169. The Chilling Truth: Exploring the Wonders of Cold Water Therapy

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168. Optimizing Health: Physician-Assisted Weight Loss and the Role of Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic

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167. The Shared Table: Cultivating Community in Every Meal

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165. How to Use Indoor Gardens to Improve Your Winter Mood

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164. One Giant Change that Led to Many More: A Journey of Transformation at Skyterra

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163. Healing Through Grief with SYA Guest Kai

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162. Building Habits for the New Year with Rachael’s Run Streak Journey

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161. Play Your Way to Fitness: Exploring the Vital Link Between Recreation and Health

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160. Strength vs. Circuit Training: A Comprehensive Comparison

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159. Navigating the Challenges of Young Adult Wellness: Our Therapists Answer Listeners’ Questions

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158. Defying Gravity: The Lift of Aerial Yoga at Skyterra

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157. Embracing ADHD – A Gift in Disguise with Aimee

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156. Skyterra’s Five Pillars of Wellness as Seen Through the Eyes of a Longtime Guest

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155. The Art of Slowing Down

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154. Why Being a Sports Fan is Good for your Mental Health

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153. No One Wants to See You Fail: Tips for Public Speaking from a Theater Professional

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152. Meal Prep Made Easy: Quick, Healthy and Delicious Ideas from Skyterra’s Dietitian

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151. Growing Together: Gardening and Community Wellness

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150. Roots and Reps: Physical Health through Gardening

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149. Cultivating Calm: The Mental Health Benefits of Gardening

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148. When Treatment isn’t Treatment: Making the Choice to Work on Your Wellness

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147. How to Make — and Sustain — Big Changes in Your Life

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146. How to Begin Healing Your Relationship with Food

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145. A Message of Hope and Healing in a Labyrinth Dedication

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144. A Toast to Life: Don’t Wait Until You’re Perfect for a Seat at the Table

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143. What to do When Sleep Doesn’t Come Easy

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142. Leah’s LoseSmart Journey, Part 2

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141. A ‘Safe, Judgment-Free Zone’ in Skyterra’s LoseSmart program: the Lifestyle Change that Leah Needed

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140. Exercise and the Female Body, Part Two

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139. Exercise and the Female Body, Part One

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138. Why You Need to try Forest Bathing

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137. More of our All-Time Favorite Episodes of Inspired Intentions

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136. More of our All-Time Favorite Episodes of Inspired Intentions

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135. Taking a Deeper Dive into our All-Tme Favorite Inspired Intentions Episodes

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134. Growth and Change: Goodbyes, Good Luck, and Best Wishes

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133. The Struggle of Young Adulthood and How to Overcome

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132. How to Avoid Corporate Burnout

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131. How Acting Methods Can Help You Communicate Better, episode 3 of 3

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130. How Acting Methods Can Help You Communicate Better, episode 2 of 3

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129. How Acting Methods Can Help You Communicate Better, episode 1 of 3

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128. How to Protect Your Feet by Making Smart Footwear purchases

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127. How One Guest Got Her Life Back After Hitting Her Lowest Point

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126. Tips and Tricks for Managing Anxiety

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125. What to Look for in a Wellness Retreat

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124. How Relationships can Improve Your Health

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123. An Inside Scoop into Three Unique Wellness Journeys

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122. How to Improve Your Sleep

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121. Orange Theory, F45 and CrossFit: What are the Benefits and Drawbacks of Each?

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120. Three Healthy Desserts You Need to Make

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119. The Fastest Growing Sport in America AND at Skyterra

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118. How to Heal from Grief and Loss

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116. The Surprising Connection between Food and Mood

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115. What Happens When One Guest Stopped ‘Numbing Out and Isolating’

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114. Do Nutritional Supplements Work?

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113. Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Caffeine

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112. How Depression Impacts Motivation

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111. How to Decrease Your Pain

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110. The Significance of Mobility for Older Adults

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109. The Significance of Strength Training for Older Adults #1

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108. ‘A New Style of Self-Care:’ Guest Janelle shares her Skyterra experiences.

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107. Five-Minute Focus: The Problem With Overthinking

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106. Change is a Process, Not an Event: Episode #3

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105. Change is a Process, Not an Event: The Triangle of Change, Episode #2

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104. Change is a Process, Not an Event: The Triangle of Change, Episode #1

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103. How Recreation Gave Susan her Life Back

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102. Unlock Your Full Potential: Skyterra’s Physical Therapist, Dr. Lee Pattillo

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101. Five-Minute Focus: How to Brave the Storm

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100. Let’s Cancel Diets #3: Why You Should Stop Counting Calories

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99. Five-Minute Focus: How to Take Control of Your Mood

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98. Let’s Cancel Diets #2, Veganism: Why Thinking You Have to be Perfect with Your Food Never Works

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97. Five-Minute Focus: Why You Need to Prioritize You

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96. Let’s Cancel Diets #1, Intermittent Fasting and Keto: Why Not Eating Can Actually Make You Eat More

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95. Five-Minute Focus: You Don’t Need to ‘Fix’ Yourself

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94. How Ellen Found Community and Reset Her life in LoseSmart at Skyterra

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93. How Izzy Found Acceptance, Bonding and Instant Family at Skyterra Embrace

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92. Five-Minute Focus: How to Live in Your Element

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91. How Two Young Adult Women Found Their Confidence at Skyterra Embrace

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90. How to Recalibrate Your Life

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89. Five-Minute Focus: Breathe Along with Jeff to Slow Down Your Breath

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88. What’s Wrong With Your Breathing and How to Fix it, part 2

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87. Five-Minute Focus: Breathe Along with Jeff to Relax Right Now

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86. How Vickie Arrived at Skyterra Using a Cane and Finished a 5k on her Last Day

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85. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #7

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84. How Brian Dropped 80 pounds and Changed his Life in LoseSmart

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83. What’s Wrong With Your Breathing and How to Fix it, part 1

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82. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #6

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81. Why Digital Concussions Might be Ruining Your Life

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80. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #5

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79. How to Fix Your Knee Pain

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78. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #4

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77. How to Fix Your Lower Back Pain

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76. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode 3, Sensory Rest

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75. How to Fix Your Plantar Fasciitis

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74. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #2, Physical Rest

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73. Change Your Day in 15 Minutes or Less

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72. Five-Minute Focus: The Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #1, Emotional Rest

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71. Five Things You Can Do to Improve Your Relationship With Food and Your Body

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70. Five-Minute Focus: Your Effort Matters. Here’s Why.

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69. Why Weight-Inclusive Care is Everything

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68. Five-Minute Focus: How to Avoid Decision-Making Fatigue

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67. Health at Every Size: Why Everything You Know About Body Beliefs is Wrong

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66. Five-Minute Focus: The One Thing You Need to Know to Build Your Endurance

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65. Why You Need to Break Up With Your Fitness Tracker

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64. Five-Minute Focus: The Sneaky Power of Mirror Moments

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63. Why strength training is what you have been missing

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62. Five-Minute Focus: How to Show Up With Passion Every Day

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61. Five-Minute Focus: Be Careful With This One Thing You Do Every Day

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60. Bulletproof Habits: How to Make New Habits Stick

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59. Bulletproof Habits: The Science Behind How Habits Work

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58. Bulletproof Habits: Why Terminology Matters

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56: Building Bullet-Proof Habits for Long-Term Success

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55. Weight Loss Series: Do These Five Things Today to Start Losing Fat

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54. Weight Loss Series: How to Finally Lose the Fat

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53. Weight Loss Series: The Sneaky Secret Behind Why Rapid Weight Loss Doesn’t Last

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52. Weight Loss Series: The Three Things that are Preventing you from Losing Fat

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51. Weight Loss Series: The Secret to Losing Weight and Keeping it Off

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50. Five-Minute Focus: How to Get Back to You

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49. Five-Minute Focus: How to Find Your Why

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48. Five-Minute Focus: How to Stop the Self-Imposed Guilt Trips

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47. Five-Minute Focus: The Forever Belief that Your Life Can be Different

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46. Five-Minute Focus: The Secret of Self-Control Revealed

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45. Five-Minute Focus: How to Feel Happier Right Now

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44. Give Us 15 Minutes, and We’ll Give You More Energy

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43. Five-Minute Focus: How to Get Off the Treadmill

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42. Five-Minute Focus: The Reason Life Sends You Curveballs

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41. Five-Minute Focus: The Power of Believing in Your Purpose

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40. Five-Minute Focus: How to Notice the Greatness in Your Everyday Life

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39. Five-Minute Focus: How to Banish Your Self-Doubt

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38. Five-Minute Focus: Three Steps to Bulletproof Goals

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37. Five-Minute Focus: The Sneaky Secret to Getting Things Done

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36. Five-Minute Focus: How to Break Out of the Cycle of Perfection

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35. Five-Minute Focus: Two Easy Ways to Give Yourself More Energy

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34. Five-Minute Focus: How to Create a Clear Vision for Life, Especially Now

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33. Five-Minute Focus: What To Do When Everything Changes

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32. Five-Minute Focus: When You Fail Do You Set Yourself Back Up For Success?

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31. Five-Minute Focus: Change Your Life to Change The World

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30. Five-Minute Focus: The Self-Talk that Can Change Everything

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29. Five-Minute Focus: Are You Living Out Your Passion?

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28. Five-Minute Focus: How to Not Ignore the Opportunities in Your Life

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27. How Pilates Can Help You Move Better

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26. Learn About Qoya and How it Can Get You Moving

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25. Meal Plan Ideas and More with Skyterra

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24. Why You Aren’t Losing Fat

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23. Learn About Fly Fishing with Skyterra Recreation

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22. Three Ways to Feel Younger and Believe in Yourself Again

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21. How to Keep Your Feet Healthy and Comfortable

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20. How Skyterra’s Philosophy was Created to Help Heal

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19. Three Common Mistakes Made When Walking and Running

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18. Try These Five Tactics to Build Better Habits

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17. How to Become Your Inner Champion

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16. How to Avoid Technology Anxiety

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BONUS COVID episode #2: How Video Calls can Keep us Connected

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15. The Reason Why You Need to Measure Your Window of Tolerance

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BONUS COVID episode #1: Why Now is the Perfect Time for a Self-Care Basket

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14. How to Sleep Soundly

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13. You’re Already an Athlete. Here’s Why.

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12. How Healing with Sound Can Help You

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11. How to Get out of Your Comfort Zone

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10. Why You Need a New Morning Routine

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9. How to Master the Art of Slowing Down

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8. The Art of a Messy Kitchen

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7. Rewire Your Brain & Eating Patterns

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6. Unique Valentine Gifts from Skyterra

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5. How to Improve Your Fitness Faster

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4. Why you Need to get Outside this Winter

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3. How to Ditch Diet Culture

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2. How to Stick Your New Year’s Resolution

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