Articles by Kim Musikant

52 Weeks

Stop for a moment, close your eyes, and envision what you want to look and feel like one year from today.  If that vision is how you look and feel now then congratulations; you probably eat well, exercise, go to the doctor on a regular basis, and live a healthy

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Keep Calm and Be Kind

I was making small talk with a gentleman in front of me on the supermarket check-out line. At one point, I said, “Maybe this whole thing will make us a kinder, gentler nation.” Without pausing, he answered in classic Jersey style and said, “I doubt it.” We both laughed. Life

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Self-Love, Not Selfie-Love

I always thought I was an extrovert because I am pretty friendly and I like people. That is until a few years ago after I read a book by Susan Cain called,  Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. I learned that extroverts get their energy by

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Start now! Don’t stop!

I love dreaming about possibilities for the future and goal setting. I don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions because it means that something I like to do only happens once per year. We all have the power to make choices every single day to start a new plan, so why

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Do it Anyway

I was out on one of my thinking walks the other day and was reminiscing about a workshop I had attended the weekend before. At this fitness conference, one of the speakers, Martin Rooney asked us to do what I thought was a ridiculous activity. He wanted this room full of

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Exercise Will Change your Life

Twelve years ago my world came crashing down on me.  All of my hopes and dreams for the life I had planned were shattered.  My marriage was over, and I had become a depressed, angry, exhausted mother of three children under the age of seven.  My self-esteem was at an

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