In January with the New Year’s resolution advertisements for discounted fitness memberships and promotional pricing for the diet of all diets one might begin to believe that HEALTH is only about balancing food and exercise. However, being healthy incorporates many more elements.

Picture in your mind one of the many pies you saw during the holidays. Yes, I am discussing the many aspects of health as slices of pie. In order to have a full and beautiful pie you need to have all the pieces. The slices of pie do not all have to be exactly the same size to have balance but they all have to exist. No two pies are exactly the same, but all contain some important basic elements which make it PIE. The basic elements essential to living a healthy life are Nutrition, Hydration, Movement, Sleep, Relationships and Rest.

There is no perfect recipe, there is no perfect pie. But incorporating each slice will help create a healthier life. Neglecting any one area or taking it out completely will result in an incomplete pie - an unbalanced life.

Creating a balanced life is more than the overstated and underachieved work-life balance. A healthy balanced life includes connection between many aspects; such as, calories in and calories out, activity and rest, time indoors and time outdoors, being social and solitary, having money and spending money, being positive and negative, having social platform friendships and making in-person connections...

Learning ways to sleep better, eat differently, move more, create positivity and their interconnection creates the potential for greater health. Join our Healthy Huddle series to learn about various health topics. Follow Train Your Inner Athlete on Facebook and Instagram and become a part of the team.