Aim for 7‑9 Hours of Restorative Sleep Tonight
Have a good night. Try to get 7-9 hours of restorative sleep for your body and mind. 🧡 #goodnight #GoodNightX #sleep #SweetDreams #WellnessJourney https://t.co/j7ckngrFno
Simplify Life, Embrace Less, Thrive
Simplifying your life will help you flourish. Less is more in many ways. #mindset #SuccessTRAIN #JoyTRAIN #pavingwellness #quote #health #wellnesscoaching #healthcoach https://t.co/iWYseSfuab
Gratitude Shifts Mood, Opens New Possibilities
Gratitude sets us free. 🧡 When you are feeling tired, frustrated, disappointed, or sad, try to turn your attention to the people, things, and opportunities for which you are grateful. Gratitude has this interesting ability to change our mood and...
Reflect First, Then Move Forward Confidently
You need to sit back and reflect in order to move forward. ❤️ #MondayMotivation #quote #mindset #SuccessTRAIN #pavingwellness https://t.co/6N1uvyFQ1h
Progress Comes From Trying, Mistakes Included
Try for what you want. 💚 Strive, work, plan, do, act, study, improve, keep going... By trying to get what you want, you will learn and grow along the way. If you have some mishaps or make some mistakes, that's ok. You...
New Wellness Manual Empowers Holistic Health Assessment
Want to enjoy a healthy body, peaceful mind, and joyful heart at any age and stage of life? Please take a look at the new edition of our book, PAVING the Path to Wellness Manual and Workbook. We worked hard to...
Evidence-Based Lifestyle Guide for Breast Cancer Survivors
We are thrilled to provide this resource for people who are looking for a path through breast cancer and beyond. 💗 PAVING the Path to Wellness with Evidence-Based Lifestyle Medicine Tools for Cancer Survivorship is a fabulous resource for those newly...
Purpose Is a Journey, Not a Destination
"Deciding upon a certain purpose in life is not a destination. Rather, uncovering your purpose in various stages of life is a journey. Exploring meaning in life and working toward goals that align with your purpose help you to pave...
Believe in Yourself to Trust and Soar
If we don't believe in ourselves, we won't trust ourselves. Without trust, we can't soar. 🧡 #SaturdayMotivation #SaturdayThoughts #WellnessJourney https://t.co/2lYGmoh2G8
Launching Summer Lifestyle Medicine Pilot for Harvard Med Students
Taking part in the Harvard Macy Institute Scholar Program Poster Presentation on Thursday afternoon was such a joy. I share my plans for my summer pilot class in lifestyle medicine, which I will hold for the Harvard Medical Students finishing their...
Leave Yesterday Behind, Own Your Present Day
"Never let yesterday use up too much of today." Will Rogers ☀️🌼 #FridayMotivation #quote #Mindset #PositivePsychology #HealthCoach https://t.co/DDupkgfhjg
Gentle Bedtime Yoga for Better Sleep
Here are some yoga poses and gentle stretches to try before bed. Enjoy. 🙏 #yoga #sleep #Health #healthylifestyle #WellnessJourney #Mindfulness https://t.co/r3UaJxwXQZ
Nourish Body, Mind, and Soul Every Day
What are your plans to nourish yourself today? We can nourish our bodies with food, exercise, sleep+social connection. We can also nourish our minds with good books, empowering self-talk+mental challenges. And we can nourish our souls with volunteer work, reflection+love. #life...
Daily Social Connections Boost Health and Happiness
Some research indicates that enjoying connection with family, friends or loved ones at least once a day will help us enhance our health and happiness. 🙏 Do you connect with others 6-7 times a week?🤔 More info on social connections here. https://t.co/vhn86P1bJy #health...
New Book Aims to Deepen Understanding of Nutrition
As the co-editor+co-author of different chapters in this 📗, I had to do a lot of work. This type of work brings me great joy. I hope people will benefit from this 📗+better understand #nutrition. https://t.co/IGzFLht6K9 #Health #WellnessJourney #HealthCoach #LifestyleMedicine...
Box Breathing Shifts You From Fight‑Flight to Calm
Here's an exercise to help you with box breathing. Breathe with the ball and follow the instructions. This can help you to exit fight or flight mode--your sympathetic nervous system and help you to enter rest and digest mode--your parasympathetic...
Tailor Lifestyle Medicine Intensity to Meet Patients Where They Are
Lifestyle Medicine interventions have different intensities. There's the intensity of the actual intervention+there's the intensity of the response. The first is more provider dependent and the other is patient dependent. We strive for impact by meeting patients where they are....
Well‑Being Integrated Into Mentorship: The Future of Training
Factoring well-being into mentorship meetings is the wave of the future. Read more in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine article describing the novel program introduced by @MGHSurgery in the fall of 2022. #MedTwitter #surgery #MedEd #Mentor #mentoring https://t.co/BSHsnL04Ez
Write About Positive Moments to Reduce Stress
Feeling stressed? One way to reduce stress is to spend time writing about positive experiences in the past or present. For starters, you can remember a time when you were at your best and feeling great. What was that like?...
Choose Simple Joys for a Meaningful Thursday
It's Thursday, May 7, 2026. Wishing you a day that fills you with joy in some special way. Maybe write a thank-you note or make a handmade craft for a loved one. Maybe take a walk. Maybe reach out to...
Add 1,000 Steps Daily to Boost Surgical Recovery
1,000 more steps: A simple, powerful prescription for surgical recovery https://t.co/6puSPDgMNW via @medical_xpress #surgery #MedTwitter #health #surgeons #operations #lifestylemedicine
Empower Teens with Stress, Sleep, and Connection Strategies
This Teen Lifestyle Medicine Handbook can help you learn tips and tricks to empower your teen to manage stress, cultivate high-quality connections, sleep well + more. https://t.co/aHIp8SRLY7 #Teen #Teachers https://t.co/4njJVR6JYr
New Alcohol Labels May Encourage Reduced Drinking, Study Finds
Updated alcohol warning labels may prompt people to cut back, study suggests https://t.co/tCn8atqLVR #health #lifestylemedicine #alcohol
Lifestyle Medicine Handbook Offers Charts on 6 Pillars
Looking for information on healthy living and the power of lifestyle medicine? Check out the Lifestyle Medicine Handbook. Page 181 has a useful chart. The handbook is full of charts and research tables to help you understand the science supporting...
Future of Lifestyle Medicine Explored with Dr. Beth Frates
My podcast experience with @CardioSeeds. It was an honor and delight to be a guest. "Shaping Tomorrow: Pioneering the Future with Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Beth Frates on CardioSeeds podcast – A Must-Hear for Young Healthcare Professionals." at https://t.co/m6vS17guYf https://t.co/AdJe26Vo2E
Repeated Actions Become Habits, Then Automatic Reflexes
"Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex." Norman Vincent Peale #TuesdayThoughts #quote #Mindset #JoyTRAIN #SuccessTRAIN https://t.co/GSCX28gwqP
Practical Strategies to Empower Patient Behavior Change
Here's a book titled, Empowering Behavior Change in Patients: Practical Strategies for the Healthcare Professional with this offer. 📕 I hope you enjoy it. I am the co-editor and also the author of 3 chapters. #lifestylemedicine #health #healthcoach https://t.co/t5AOLdkVUX https://t.co/0deIQmTX17
Group Visits Elevate Lifestyle Medicine Outcomes
In 2016, I gave a workshop on the power of group lifestyle medicine interventions with Drs. Wayne Dysinger, Beth Morris Motley + Deepa Sannidhi. Then, we published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine: The Art and Science of Group...
Peace Emerges From Inner Stillness, Not External Search
"Peace of mind is not something you find. 🙏 It surfaces from within with stillness and time." 🌹 -Beth Frates MD #quote #MentalHealth #Peace #mindset #serenity #calm #JoyTRAIN #TuesdayThoughts #TuesdayMotivation https://t.co/RT1n4T7OS7
Six Lifestyle Pillars Guide Health at Any Age
The 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine can help you find your way to health at any age. 💗 6 pillars= regular exercise, healthy eating, restorative sleep, stress⬇️, positive social connections+avoiding risky substances. #lifestylemedicine #health https://t.co/roa04unQXY
Friendship’s Purpose: Deepening the Spirit
"Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit." 💗 Kahlil Gibran #MondayMotivation #SuccessTRAIN #Friendship #JoyTRAIN https://t.co/3PGUgzgyyf
Phone Light Blocks Melatonin, Disrupts Sleep
If you're on your phone during the night, you're allowing blue wavelength light to influence your pineal gland in your brain. The impact is to prevent your own melatonin from rising. This can make it hard to sleep. Try to...
Essential Lifestyle Medicine Guide for All Medical Training Stages
Looking for the foundations of lifestyle medicine? This📕has been used successfully in all parts of the education spectrum--pre-med, med school, residency+CME. It has the foundation on which you can build at any stage of medical training or a personal #lifestylemedicine...
Daily Prebiotics & Probiotics Protect Gut and Health
How many prebiotics and probiotics are you consuming each day? They help keep your gut microbiome healthy with a thick mucosal lining and tight junctures that help prevent leaky gut, inflammation, and many chronic conditions. Nourish your body. #Health #Healthy #lifestyle https://t.co/8SIpj8fuuq
Go with the Flow Like a River
Be like a river and go with the flow sometimes. See how it feels to let go and enjoy the ride without needing to control every move. 🌊☀️🙏 #SundayMorning #SundayMotivation #SundayFunday #Mindfulness #HealthCoach #LifeCoach #Health #MindBody https://t.co/YQgYjo3pq1
Embrace Peaceful Quiet This Sunday Morning
Today's a great day to let peace and quiet take you away. 🕊️ #SundayMorning#ThinkBigSundayWithMarsha #SundayThoughts #InnerPeace #Silence #sundayvibes https://t.co/wOYKYHaFPX
Purpose Fuels Survival Even in Life’s Harshest Moments
"There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life." Viktor E. Frankl 💚 #mindset #character #purpose...
Calmness Invites Connection; Anger Leaves You a Hot Mess
Like water, when we are boiling with anger, we are nothing but a hot mess, unable to be touched. But, when we are calm and warm, we invite the world to join us and we can reflect the beauty all around us. 🙏 #FridayMotivation #FridayThoughts #mindset #May https://t.co/XbHbcEuGNs
Make Time for What Truly Matters
Prioritize the people and projects that are most meaningful and make time for them. #SaturdayVibes #mindset #Health #Happiness #life #SaturdayMorning #SaturdayThoughts #Friends https://t.co/ykac7yPe4t
Open the Door to Joy and Happiness
Let joy in for a visit....open the door for it....💙 #JoyTRAIN #Health #Happiness #Mindset #Health https://t.co/Z6fDOK9otE
Turn Mishaps Into Stepping Stones with a Growth Mindset
A growth mindset helps us to learn and grow from any mishaps. There will be mishaps on our journeys in life. It is our choice to decide to use them as stepping stones to a productive path forward or not. ...
True Peace Stems From Within, Not External Events
"Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances." Mahatma Gandhi #FridayThoughts #FridayMotivation #InnerPeace #MindBody #Mindfulness #Health #HealthCoach https://t.co/7Ml19QY7pV
Engage All Senses, Discover Life’s Hidden Richness
When we pay attention to what's around us with all of our senses, it's amazing what we see, smell, feel, taste and hear....💗 #ThursdayMotivation #ThankfulThursday #Mindfulness #MindBody #HealthCoach #MindBody https://t.co/Vseeqaemnj
Find Serenity in Everyday Moments Like Beach Walks
Serenity is a state of peace, calm+tranquility. When are you in this state? I can be in this state while walking on the beach, after a yoga class, during meditation, and while listening to music. 💙Let's enjoy some serenity this...
Integrative Coaching Boosts Activity, Nutrition, and Goal Success
If you are interested in reading about coaching a client, take a look at this article.. "The program included a combination of increasing physical activity, eating appropriate quantities of healthy foods, goal setting, and a positive… Full article available here...
Every Setback Hides a Lesson for Growth
When things don't work out, realize that there's a good reason. You may not appreciate it in that moment, but you'll learn the value of the mishap with time and retrospection. You can build and grow from all that you...
Keep Pushing Forward with Every Small Positive Change
If you're working to better understand yourself and others, keep going. If you're working on improving your health, keep going, If you're working to make healthy lifestyle changes, keep going. Whatever positive changes, you're making no matter how small, keep...
Essential Pocket Guide for Lifestyle Medicine and Healthy Living
Here's an excerpt from the "Lifestyle Medicine Pocket Guide." It's great for anyone who is interested in healthy living, science, lifestyle medicine, behavior change+research. Available on @amazon. #health #lifestylemedicine #MedEd #medicaleducation #CardioTwitter #doctors https://t.co/BLmKcxiJZX
Quality Relationships Are the Foundation of Lasting Happiness
Loving others and cultivating high quality connections is key for sustained happiness and joy. 🙏🌺😊 #ThursdayThoughts #ThursdayMotivation #Love #mindset #Relationships #Friendships https://t.co/RPnshdHuQh
Use Simple Breathing to Activate Rest‑and‑Digest
Here's a breathing exercise for you to try. This breathing exercise can help put you into the parasympathetic drive of rest and digest. It can help you relax. Holidays can be stressful. Remember you always have your breath to...