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Healthy Habits - Gamification Apps for Healthy Habits

Motherhood Moments

A Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School report underscores research detailing why gamification is proven to work, noting, “The most prominent categories of persuasive feedback involve goal setting, overcoming challenges, providing feedback on performance, reinforcement of positive behaviors, comparing progress and social connectivity.”

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Amazing Apps: Health-Seekers Level Up Self-Care with Gamification Apps

Motherhood Moments

A Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School report underscores research detailing why gamification is proven to work, noting, “The most prominent categories of persuasive feedback involve goal setting, overcoming challenges, providing feedback on performance, reinforcement of positive behaviors, comparing progress, and social connectivity.”

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Healthy Habits: Experts Reveal Five Tips to Get Back into Fitness After a Christmas Break

Motherhood Moments

In fact, research shows that December is the quietest calendar month at the gym, so it’s vital to start the preparation early. If you feel yourself giving up, try to commit to five minutes and finish your workout if you don’t feel capable of doing anymore; but with this five-minute rule, it will likely motivate you to do more.

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Playlist To Listen to While Cleaning

For the Mommas

Music creates a motivational background for any activity, including housekeeping, and has a positive impact on physical and mental endurance. There’s even a special niche in neuroscience called neuromusicology, which studies the way our nervous system reacts to music research shows, music actually helps you complete the task faster.

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Save Money Exercising

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

So how do you get and stay motivated to trim up for the new year? Here are some no-gym fee ways to stay motivated and have fun exercising in the winter. These activities not only provide exercise, they often are ongoing for multiple weeks, giving you motivation to continue the activity. Spend Money To Save Money.

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4 Simple Productivity Hacks That Actually Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I wrote three articles, answered some questions for an interview that I had committed to doing, sent off a pitch, managed some relationships, updated some spreadsheets for tracking information and did some small tweaks on one of my websites, all within just a few short hours. Keep Focused on Productive Tasks.

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Expect More from Your Daughters

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

the American Association of University Women asked in article The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research has research which: “…shows that, irrespective of the level of qualification, jobs predominantly done by women pay less on average than jobs predominantly done by men.”

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