Sarah Farley Wellness

"Margin restores balance and restores our soul" -James Bryan Smith from The Good and Beautiful God Imagine getting a letter in the mail and opening it to find pages and pages of written text from TOP to BOTTOM of the page.  If you are anything like me, you might put that letter down or try to skim it to get a gist.  Reading the whole thing, just staring at it for too long, would probably feel overwhelming.  That letter has no margin.  Many of our lives are like that letter. What is this concept of "Margin"?  I first heard this term used in the book The Good and Beautiful God   where the author, a pastor named James Bryan Smith, urged the reader to include margin in their life as a spiritual practice.   In his discussion of Margin, he referenced another book, appropriately titled: "Margin" , written by Richard Swenson, MD.   Upon reading Dr. Swenson's book, it was eye opening how much this Medical Doctor also had to say about the importa...

 "If walking were a pill, it would be the most impactful pill we've ever had in all of modern medicine"                           - Dr. Casey Means I'm not sure when it started or who started it but the concept of getting 10,000 steps a day has been around for a while now.   All smart watches are equipped to count our steps these days, and many of us have ventured to try to increase our step count.  But why the obsession with walking?  It doesn't really feel like a workout.  You can walk in jeans and sandals, barely breaking a sweat.  Some of us walk a lot throughout the day and still struggle with our weight.  Is it that powerful?   Yes.  Yes, it is.   Here are 5 reasons why daily walking (at least 7,000 steps) is so important 1.  It improves our metabolism The leading cause of the chronic disease problem in the USA is poor metabolic health....