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I never thought a text about pop culture could get me so fired up. More specifically, the Steve Harvey Miss Universe mistake. I saw it live and I was embarrassed for him like so many others. I heard the people around me talk about it, but never gave it much thought until my brother sent me this text: “My thoughts about people bashing Steve Harvey: Life isn’t perfect. People ar ...

Writer/philosopher/naturalist/tax evader Henry David Thoreau got it right: “We need the tonic of wildness…We can never have enough nature.”No doubt about it. We all seek different opportunities to meld our physical, mental and spiritual health with the natural world. We ascend mountains. We take to whitewater rapids. And we shake up our routine with trail running.   Not famil ...

Is it possible we're escaping winter's icy grip? Seems like it because our gym is packed every week and we see people getting active outdoors and enjoying the extra daylight. It’s easy to slip out of your routine during the cold-weather months in New England. The holiday season leads into the darkness and cold when our instincts to hibernate become difficult to battle. Some day ...

As surely as the crystal ball will drop in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, millions of Americans will resolve to improve their health in 2014. It’s an admirable goal we support at Mission Fitness, but it’s one that requires commitment and a smart strategy to achieve.   While toasting the old year and taking stock of their lives, many people determine that improvement is neces ...