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Many diseases can be linked back to some basic things, what you eat and drink, your activity level, quality and quantity of sleep, your thought processes and managing stress. There are other factors such as genetics, hormonal imbalance, and environment that can impact your health, but the best way to take charge of your health is to identify what you have control over, think about what your motivation is to be healthy, and make necessary changes to move toward wellness.
The thing that we have the MOST control over is what we eat. Diseases such as diabetes and heart disease can often be directly linked to dietary choices that paved the way for the body to stop functioning properly. Although there is no single cause to obesity, again, dietary choices are the most predominant factor to someone becoming obese. Obesity is a leading cause of many other health-related issues like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and even cancer, back pain, joint pain, sleep apnea, gallstones, and many others.
Wellness in the workplace: Obesity among full-time employees cost employers $73.1 billion a year in medical costs and lost productivity in 2008. A recent study estimates that an obese person incurs annual medical costs that are over $2,700 higher (in 2005 dollars) than if they were not obese.
Employers are moving toward preventative health and wellness programs as a way to help their employees make better choices to prevent disease, manage disease if it is already induced, and to help their workforce have a better quality of life and thus being better employees. One of the easiest ways an employer (or school or other places) can have an impact is by getting healthier food in front of people. It can be as easy as changing the items offered in a vending machine, moving water to the top of the beverage machine (and making it the predominant choice), having healthy themed potlucks rather than sugar laden birthday and holiday celebrations, and encouraging staff to bring healthy food while on the job. I don’t think we ever need to regulate what people eat, however, I do think we can create a culture of wellness and encourage people to make better choices.
I encourage you to take the lead in your environment and try having a healthy potluck with your friends or at work. If you need recipe ideas, follow me on Facebook for recipes, tips and information. If you’d like help with ideas for workplace wellness, please feel free to send me a message at: [email protected]. I’m happy to help.

Liz Jones is a wellness professional in Rockwall, Mesquite, Wylie and surrounding areas. She is a writer, certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and wellness coach. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Strategic Management, with a graduate certificate in Ethics and Leadership. Her undergraduate studies included communication, business, writing, art, fitness, and dance. Liz Jones can be reached at: [email protected].

Some people love the holidays, but for many people, the holidays bring with them things such as financial worries, weight gain, family dynamics that bring out the worst in some of us and relationship stress. Personally, I love the spirit of the holidays, but have an extremely hard time with them. I write tips not from a place of all-knowing, but from a place of “I get this.”
I will even admit that I have been known just to skip a holiday here and there because I wasn’t in the mood for it. When I moved to Texas and my grown son, Jordan, was still in Wisconsin I stayed home in my pajamas on Christmas because I was depressed that I wasn’t able to see my kid. Of course, I could have gone to see family in Dallas or gone to see my friends that were in the area for “post-family” cocktails, but for me that year, I felt so drained and sad because all I could think about was how much I missed my son and how alone I felt. I know I would have been better off to stay active, to get around people and to have fun in whatever capacity it was available to me.
When Jordan was growing up, I was a single mom and we didn’t have a lot of money and so Christmas sometimes was tough because I couldn’t afford a lot of frivolous stuff. Luckily, I had a child that never really wanted much. He’s always been pretty down-to-earth and enjoyed having “old-school” Nintendo games even when his friends all had the latest and greatest technology. Later, when I was able to afford more and bought expensive gifts for extended family, it never felt right, or appreciated. I prefer to do things for people when I can, not because it is Christmas, but because I want to or am able to. I finally stopped buying gifts for most people and began donating money each year to a worthy cause because it felt like the right thing to do and was needed more than some of the gifts that I had given in the past. I still buy small gifts for some people and this year we are going in January to visit family. I don’t get to see my son this holiday, so I’m having a tough time with that, but I have new family members now and hope that with the changes in my life, also may bring a change of heart about the holidays.
The best advice I can give to anyone who may be struggling is to keep focused on the positive, albeit hard to do sometimes. Find things to keep you busy, like networking events and parties, without over-burdening yourself and becoming harried. Don’t over spend. Nobody needs a WII or and IPhone more than you need to pay your bills. Stay healthy. The holidays are not a good time to make major transformations, but a time to try to maintain health and fitness. Keep going to the gym, eat clean. Make “better” bad choices when you go to parties. If there is something that you are struggling with, please feel free to email me at: [email protected] and I’m happy to help and offer suggestions.
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Liz Jones is the Wellness Coordinator for the City of Mesquite a wellness professional in Rockwall, Mesquite, Wylie and surrounding areas. She is a writer, certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and wellness coach. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Strategic Management, with a graduate certificate in Ethics and Leadership. Her undergraduate studies included communication, business, writing, art, fitness, and dance. Liz Jones can be reached at: [email protected].

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
Marcus Aurelius
I’m writing on this topic not as an expert, but as a thinker and as an “experimental relationship scientist” if you will. We all have other people we live with, work with, gave birth to, or were given birth from. We have to drive on the streets with others, wait in line behind them, live and work among other humans.
Yes, other people’s behavior can be annoying. Other people’s lack of action can gum up your plans moving forward and sometimes throw a wrench into making progress on your goals. Yes, the people in our lives (families, those we coach, our co-workers/employees) are all people that we want to succeed and to be the best person that they can be and that we, in many ways, often feel we are responsible for. But no, their behavior can’t be blamed for you not reaching your goals in most cases.
A lot of the stress that we put on ourselves comes from worrying about what other people are or aren’t doing. The co-worker who, in your mind, slacked off and left your project high and dry. The spouse that doesn’t seem to be motivated to complete household tasks. The child who isn’t going to college. All seem to have a domino effect on us, in our minds “causing” us to not have the life that we want to live, as if it’s our job to control their behavior, or that their behavior directly is the reason we aren’t doing what we need to. This is a painful article for me to write as I ruminate over all the examples that this scenario appears in my life.
Realize there is no such thing as perfection in yourself or others, or that everything is already “perfect,” as it is right now. Think about right now, stop wasting your energy focusing on past wrongs. Don’t worry about what your coworker is doing. Don’t stress over a lack of accomplishment in your family members. If your workout partner doesn’t show up, workout anyway. It is actually bad for your self-esteem to spend all of your energy focusing on other people’s “bad” behavior. Focus on yourself. Look at ways that you have been working toward your goals, rather than what you haven’t accomplished. Do more of what you are doing right.
Today is one of those Universe lesson days (when the world just slaps me in the face with a message that I need to receive) that reminds me that positive reinforcement is the best tool to move toward where we want to be both for ourselves and in our relationships with others. Replace the negative things you think or say with positives. Focus on what you have control over and then control it. Visualize what you want your life to look like and then do what’s in your power to make it happen. It is extremely empowering when you realize you do have the wheel to the car of life in your hands.

Liz Jones is the Wellness Coordinator for the City of Mesquite and a wellness professional in Rockwall, Mesquite, Wylie and surrounding areas. She is a writer, certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and wellness coach. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Strategic Management, with a graduate certificate in Ethics and Leadership. Her undergraduate studies included communication, business, writing, art, fitness, and dance. Liz Jones can be reached at: [email protected].

I made a joke the other day, “Getting a wild hair after 40 sure doesn’t mean the same thing as it used to!” It was funny because it is true. Among the list of things that we (or at least I) always thought fell in the “It won’t ever happen to me,” category is the random, dark, wiry hair that pops up in an awkward location. Other things that, as a woman over 40 (and possibly similar issues affect you guys out there, but I’m not sure if you are as traumatized by them as most women I know), that seems to plague us is back fat…. Really??? How exactly did that get there? I go to the gym almost every day, I eat good, clean, whole food. When exactly did I grow extra boobs on the back of me? Totally unfair!
I won’t complain too much about the magic belly bulge that appears after eating any type of wheat product. In my profession, I know that can be an after-effect of gluten, but seriously… I go from looking lean in the morning, to some days, looking like I’m soon to deliver a bread baby. Come on! I have more than once perused the liposuction clinics in Dallas after a bad week of pants that don’t button. Now, I don’t think I’d ever resort to that, since I am dedicated to living a life that is focused on fitness, I keep holding out hope that I can beat the belly fat genes that I have been dubiously blessed with, but sometimes I think if there was a home lipo-kit, I may watch the wrong infomercial on the wrong day and get literally sucked in (or sucked out as the case may be).
Now, I’ll admit, I occasionally now drive with my turn signal on for a few miles without knowing it. I knew it was something that happens to most everyone as they get older. I’ve more than once been known to walk into a room and have absolutely no idea why I am in there. But hormones… I tell you… again, never thought it would happen to me. PMS has started to stand for Packing My Shotgun, when before it maybe meant having a day or so of feeling emotional, I can’t even imagine what it will be like when I hit the peri-menopause and menopause stage of life. So many women I know who are over the age of 40, find that weight management has become a whole new ballgame. They workout, they try to eat well, but yet the scale barely moves.
My advice to them, my sister middle-aged goddesses is to first of all, know you are not alone. Really, it happens to the best of us, so don’t give up. Keep your focus on the process and keep training, do your cardio. Ask yourself if you are really giving it your best effort. Eat clean, almost all the time. It’s OK to have a treat day, but when you are trying to lose weight, you really need to keep an eye on your food. I know it’s not fair, but it’s a reality that we all have to deal with. We need less food the older we get and the negative effects of processed and fatty foods is amplified once we get past a certain age. If, after taking a realistic inventory about what you are and aren’t doing, you may want to consider visiting your medical professional to have your hormones checked to make sure everything is in at the level it needs to be. Again, I’m here for you if I can help in anyway. Hopefully you catch me on a day where my pants are fitting and my tweezers are resting peacefully in the bathroom. I feel far more inspirational on those days.

Liz Jones is the Wellness Coordinator for the City of Mesquite and a wellness professional in Rockwall, Mesquite, Wylie and surrounding areas. She is a writer, certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and wellness coach. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Strategic Management, with a graduate certificate in Ethics and Leadership. Her undergraduate studies included communication, business, writing, art, fitness, and dance. Liz Jones can be reached at: [email protected].

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. — Buddha
I recently had a conversation with someone I know, I asked, “If someone asked you what would you say if someone asked you what you would do to save your child’s life or keep them from disease?” Almost everyone would answer that they would do anything to save their child. For those of you who don’t have kids, you can change the question to anyone that you care deeply about. If you were told you could give up M&Ms (as a very simplistic example) and your child would have ten additional years of a quality life, you would never eat another M&M again. I doubt that there would even be the temptation to do so.
So, I’ll ask the question a different way. What would you do to save your own life? We know that bad eating habits and lack of physical activity almost guarantee us, expect maybe a few very lucky exceptions, years taken off of our life, a poor quality of life in which we feel run down, in pain, depressed and suffer low self-esteem. So, why is it so hard to love ourselves enough to decide that we deserve to feel good, look good, and most importantly be healthy and live a good quality of life? My friend answered that it is because death does not seem imminent to any of us. Eating that donut doesn’t have the instant effects that cyanide does but it certainly does have the same effects long-term, when consumed as part of your regular diet.

Lack of activity is certain to bring muscle atrophy and a lack of mobility, pain, and a lack of muscle definition. Do you really want to have to push yourself out of a chair or walk with assistance as you grow older? I realize in some cases disease and disability are not something that we have control over, but in many, many cases, we do.
First, make sure you are asking the right questions when you are thinking about health and wellness. Maybe the question isn’t “how many calories should I consume?” or “what exercises should I do to get lean?” but “what needs to happen for me to feel worthy to dedicate the time and effort to myself to feel good?” Really think about who you are responsible to in your life and what you being healthy for yourself and for them means in the long run.
Next, make yourself a priority. Your workout is as important as brushing your teeth, showering, and the work that you do every day. Buying healthy food really is as easy and affordable as buying junk food (non-food like soda especially). We can all find a lot of excuses to why we can’t (but really why we won’t) take the steps we need to in order to be healthier.
Start with small steps. It’s hard to make big lifestyle changes all at once, but it is really easy to add one little good habit at a time. Start with waking up at the same time each day, or carrying a gallon jug of water (it really does help to carry the jug, both logistically and psychologically), or even going for a 15 minute walk after your dinner each night. Once that becomes a habit, add a little more. You can do it!

Liz Jones is the Wellness Coordinator for the City of Mesquite and a wellness professional in Rockwall, Mesquite, Wylie and surrounding areas. She is a writer, certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and wellness coach. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Strategic Management, with a graduate certificate in Ethics and Leadership. Her undergraduate studies included communication, business, writing, art, fitness, and dance. Liz Jones can be reached at: [email protected].

Every morning we have 24 brand new hours to live. What a precious gift!”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
This was a difficult holiday season for many people I know. I had two coworkers lose their spouses in accidents the day before and the day after Thanksgiving. As I write this column, I still am stunned and heartsick for their families. But I feel selfish as I mourn for them, I am sad for the people who passed away, for their families, especially the pain the people that I know and like are going through, but I feel selfish because I feel sad for me too, or maybe it’s not for me, but I feel deep sadness. I think it is very human to attach yourself to other people’s pain and emotions. That’s why Hallmark commercials and ads for saving the starving children and abused animals are so effective.
In a way, our compassion, albeit painful, is something that we should feel very grateful for. It connects us as human beings and it reminds us of what we need to feel thankful and grateful for in our lives. When we hear of a tragedy, especially involving someone we know, it makes most of us start mentally going through our minds of everyone that we care about, and our concern for their well-being. What I’ve been trying to do is to attach gratefulness to those thoughts, rather than panic and anxiety. I haven’t been entirely successful, but in some ways it has helped.
It also makes us realize that we have a lot of work to do in the world. Life is short, sometimes too short, and by procrastinating we aren’t doing ourselves any favors. Live the life that you want people to remember you by. Now… If being healthier is something you keep meaning to work on, start now. Start right now. Make your next meal a clean one. Go to the gym as soon as possible. Get closer to your family. Finish the project you keep putting off. I know it’s easier said than done sometimes because most of the things that we procrastinate about are things that we have some fear attached to. Fear of failure, sometimes fear of success. Fear of not having support that we need. Fear that we won’t be able to do it, or if we lose weight, we will have to give up something else like a social life, enjoyment, bonding time with our family. I often analyze what’s keeping me from my goals and some are harder to figure out than others. The pile of laundry and unpacked boxes that seem to follow me around for years don’t seem to have a clear fear attached to them but maybe it is a fear of commitment and settling down. Maybe it is a fear of being too domesticated by doing all the housework and somehow losing my toughness. There are other things I keep putting off that I need to take a look at to find the barrier that I need to get around or a new path to take toward my goal.
What have you been putting off? Seize the day today. Carpe Diem.

Liz Jones is the Wellness Coordinator for the City of Mesquite and a wellness professional in Rockwall, Mesquite, Wylie and surrounding areas. She is a writer, certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and wellness coach. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Strategic Management, with a graduate certificate in Ethics and Leadership. Her undergraduate studies included communication, business, writing, art, fitness, and dance. Liz Jones can be reached at: [email protected].

• Prickly pear juice (may have to find at health food store)
• Cook with coconut oil
• Fish oil supplement
• Salmon
• Tuna (water canned)
• Green vegetables: broccoli, brussel sprouts, green beans, spinach, kale
• Tomatoes if they digest well for you
• Carrots
• Cooked mushrooms
• Sweet potatoes
• Quinoa
• Brown rice
• Avocados
• Raw almonds
• Beans
• Soy- in moderation (if there is no medical reason you should not eat soy)
• Squash
• Coconut milk
• Almond milk
• Eat fruit in the morning, but see how it affects your body, eat berries if they digest well
• apples
• Drink 8-10 glasses of water
• Green tea
• ginger, turmeric, oregano, rosemary, cayenne, nutmeg and clove

Cut:
• Alcohol (red wine or vodka soda in moderation if you are going to drink, but if you have not been feeling well, I highly recommend cutting it altogether)
• wheat/gluten
• dairy (if you like dairy, you can still eat Greek yogurt)
• Don’t smoke or be around 2nd hand smoke
• Cut all processed foods (flour, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, anything that is a chemical compound)
• You can eat a little dark chocolate if you like sweets

Take a calcium supplement and eat plenty of greens (broccoli, spinach, kale) so that you are getting enough calcium and fiber. Walk daily, at least 5-6 days per week. Rest 7-9 hours. Take melatonin if you have trouble sleeping restfully.

Liz Jones is the Wellness Coordinator for the City of Mesquite and a wellness professional in Rockwall, Mesquite, Wylie and surrounding areas. She is a writer, certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and wellness coach. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Strategic Management, with a graduate certificate in Ethics and Leadership. Her undergraduate studies included communication, business, writing, art, fitness, and dance. Liz Jones can be reached at: [email protected].

To continue with my theme of National Nutrition month, this week I wanted to share some recipes and “Try This” foods that I often recommend people add to their meals. Kale, avocados, and oatmeal are all foods that are packed with great nutrition. Also adding more vegetables to your meals helps to add a nutritional punch to your day. Kale is known for being one of the nutrient dense foods that are available. It’s high in calcium, iron and many vitamins, helps the body to detox. Unfortunately, most people don’t know how to prepare kale, so they don’t like it when they first try it. I make a kale pesto (below) that tastes great and can be added to top salads, meats, or on a turkey sandwich. You can also add kale to your morning smoothies to get your day started right. Below are some of my favorite recipes that you can try to help your family eat better.

Also, I recommend trying things like replacing white flour with ground oats, ground coconut or ground almonds. Replace white sugar with alternatives like real maple syrup, raw, local honey, or agave nectar, however you still need to use these sweeteners in moderation.

Healthy chocolate mousse:
one ripe avocado
3T coconut milk
2T pure cocoa
2T agave nectar
1 slice of orange with the peel on (optional)
Blend in a bullet blender (add more coconut milk for creamier consistency, more cocoa for darker chocolate). Adjust agave nectar to taste (in moderation).

Kale pesto:
1/3 cup almonds or walnuts
1/3 cup virgin olive oil
1/6 cup lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup coconut water (optional- you can use regular water)
as much kale as you can fit in a bullet blender. Blend. Add more kale, blend again.

Mashed cauliflower-
Try it in place of mashed potatoes (or add to boiled red potatoes if you want to gradually change your current meals) to add vegetables with your diet:
Steam a bag of cauliflower until it is soft (but not mushy).
While it is still hot, put it in a bullet or blender.
Add 1/3 cup of almond milk and 1 T coconut oil.
Blend until smooth.
Serve as you would mashed potatoes.

Healthy pancakes
1 cup old fashioned oats. Blend in a “bullet” food processor or a blender.
1 scoop quality protein powder (optional). I use Arbonne Essentials vanilla for this- which is a vegan, good tasting protein).
1 egg + 2 egg whites.
Mix ingredients together. You can also add things like oat bran and ground flax seed to bump up the fiber content and nutritional value.
Add fresh blueberries or sliced bananas.
Put coconut oil in a non-stick frying pan and add the batter. When one side starts to bubble, flip to the other side. Serve with raw, natural (preferably local) honey or REAL maple syrup (NOT the processed, stuff- the stuff that comes straight out of a maple tree is the only syrup you should use). Top with fresh fruit. You can add 1 tablespoon of natural peanut butter on top if you like.

Liz Jones is the Wellness Coordinator for the City of Mesquite and a wellness professional in Rockwall, Mesquite, Wylie and surrounding areas. She is a writer, certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and wellness coach. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Strategic Management, with a graduate certificate in Ethics and Leadership. Her undergraduate studies included communication, business, writing, art, fitness, and dance. Liz Jones can be reached at: [email protected].

I love my job… all of my jobs… from being a wellness coordinator for city employees where I get to coordinate and present wellness programming and individual wellness plans, to being a writer, to personal training clients through my business. In all that I do, I find a lot of fulfillment and inspiration to help others. I feel very blessed to do the work I get to do. But I too have days that I wish I could say some things that I wish people would consider.
1. I cannot make you healthy. Only YOU can make you healthy, I can offer you education, support, coaching, nagging if you need it, but if you are not committed to taking the necessary steps to be fit, I am not magic and being with you one or two days a week will not get you to your goals if the rubber doesn’t hit the road when you are not in front of me.
2. I get stood-up more than most people. If you are truly sick, stuck on the side of the road, or have a family emergency, I understand. Things happen to all of us. But if you consistently cancel, especially 20 minutes before your appointment, yes, I am already on my way and yes, I scheduled my day around when I was supposed to meet with you and the several other people I have meetings with most days.
3. I am not awake 24 hours a day. Don’t text me at midnight to read your food log.
4. You called me… don’t be angry when I make you do the things that you asked me to make you do.
5. If you aren’t going to change poor eating habits, you are not going to be fit and healthy. 80% of your results that you see in the gym are brought to the surface in the kitchen. Eat clean. If you don’t eat clean, you aren’t fooling anyone. If you are eating clean (really) and still are not seeing any results, you may need to kick up your cardio training. If that doesn’t do the trick, you may need to talk to your doctor.
6. If you drink beer, you will have a beer belly. That’s fine, that’s your choice, but then don’t complain about it.
7. Yes, you CAN do it… whether it is eating clean, eating a few vegan meals per week, getting out to walk. You can do it… you choose not to. I recently did a wellness challenge with city employees that entailed eating a plant-based diet. I had many people tell me that they HAD to have meat to get their protein. My response outwardly is,” OK, that’s your choice.” My response inwardly is, “Oh yeah? How much protein are you eating now? How much do you train? How many grams of protein have you calculated you need to reach your goals? Oh, you have no idea…..”
8. I really do care about your progress and your results. I have never met with a person that I didn’t feel was brought into my life for a reason. I want you to be successful, I want you to feel great and live a long happy life. I hope that our time together will get you to where you need to be and that you will continue with even when I am not around.

Liz Jones is a wellness professional in Rockwall, Mesquite, Wylie and surrounding areas. She is a writer, certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and wellness coach. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Strategic Management, with a graduate certificate in Ethics and Leadership. Her undergraduate studies included communication, business, writing, art, fitness, and dance. Liz Jones can be reached at: [email protected].

“The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.” —Stephen Covey

Some days we all feel like we are chasing after multiple rabbits at the same time and trying to catch one of them. “The man who chases two rabbits, catches none,” is a Chinese proverb that makes a lot of sense. When we cannot focus on the goal at hand, it is hard to achieve anything. How many times have you felt like you worked all day, but don’t know what you have gotten done? I know I have many examples of that in my own life, being overly busy, and yet feeling like I haven’t accomplished all that I need to. I may have worked out, but my training was rushed and weak. I may have worked for nine hours, but I still have things at the top of my pile that need to be done the next day. I may have felt like all I ever do is pick up after other people, but there is still a pile of my clothes that are sitting on the bean bag in my bedroom that need to be put away.

So, what do we do about this? I used to use a Franklin Covey day planner that has tips and quotes from Steven Covey in it. One of the most important tips I always remember (although sometimes forget to put into practice- thus the scenario mentioned above) is, “the key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” Our health and wellness is hopefully, for most people, one of their top three priorities. You can’t take care of your family if you don’t take care of your health. You can’t accomplish everything that you may want to in your career if you don’t have the energy or stamina to give your full attention to your work. One of the best things about my work is that I get to connect with people on a one-on-one basis and help him or her make positive changes in their life, so if I am distracted by my “to do” list, I not only am robbing them of the focus they deserve, I’m robbing myself of one of the things I enjoy most. If your spiritual life is also one of your top priorities, again, remembering that your body is a temple is helpful to have the connection to spirit that you are seeking and making time to practice your beliefs. If your fitness is a priority, make sure you make time to schedule in your daily training. If your overall health is important, make the time to prepare clean, healthy meals. If finding work-life balance makes it on your list, make sure to schedule time for massage, yoga, hot baths, or getting out in nature. Your wellness truly is not a luxury, it’s a priority.

Liz Jones is a wellness professional in Rockwall, Mesquite, Wylie and surrounding areas. She is a writer, certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and wellness coach. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Strategic Management, with a graduate certificate in Ethics and Leadership. Her undergraduate studies included communication, business, writing, art, fitness, and dance. Liz Jones can be reached at: [email protected].