Wellness is an act of balancing your environment with yourself. And your self is a balance of your mind, body and soul.
Our health suffers when our balance is off.
Balance8life is here to help you balance your mental, nutritional and physical health so that you can have complete wellness.
This is a place for everyone who wants to be healthy, whether you’re new and don’t know where to start, or advanced and just need a few extra tips. Wherever you are, beginner, intermediate, or advanced, we’re so glad you’re here. 🙂
Blog
Welcome to my blog!
Below is a quick link to every article I’ve posted. I’m here to help you start your journey towards your health and fitness goals. If you have any questions or comments, I’d love to hear them. Skip over to contact and lets chat!
Health benefits of drinking water is probably one of the most overlooked healthy habits of all times. Drinking water is not complicated, because everybody drinks something. The habit starts from an early age. And if you’re making the change now, it’s simply this: when you drink anything, make it one drink. Water. Always. What we …
Who’s ready to set some new healthy lifestyle goals? Goal setting is important for successful change, but without the proper tools to reach your goals, it can be a set up for disappointment and utter failure. I am sure at some point, you have set out to make healthy lifestyle changes before. Whether that …
Understanding the difference between weight loss versus fat loss could be the solution to a successful weight loss journey. I recently decided I wanted to take my fitness to the next level. I want to be ripped again. And that includes getting rid of some . . . weight. Or, perhaps, fat? The reason …
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About
So hi, it’s me, Sabra. I’m the one behind the scenes here.
And I like to talk about health. A lot.
Health is a big word that comes with a lot of depth. It also is like opening a box full of . . .
Questions.
And I admit, I live and breathe health . . . I’m always reading about the newest and latest, I take hours shopping because I read all the labels, and I’m the one that orders water for all of my kids when we go out to eat. Yup. . .  there’s 5. It is less expensive.
But, that’s not why I order water.
And I explain the answers to the why's.
Just keep reading!
I like health. And it shows so much so that I get asked a lot of questions about it.
I hear a lot of, “how do you . . . ?” questions. And, “why do you . . . ?”
So I decided to answer many of the how to’s and why’s right here so that I can pull out ye ‘ol answer and send it to you so that you can go back and hear the answers again. But not just to hear them, but to learn how to live the lifestyle of balance8.
Living balance8life is where it’s at. It is the key to my success.
Balance8life is . . . life!
It’s how I stay fit, how I stay happy, how I maintain my weight, how I have clear skin, how I rarely have to visit a doctor, and how my medicine cabinet literally holds my toothbrush instead of meds.
Balance8life is how IÂ live every day! And this is where I share all of my secrets. This is where I show you how to have what I have.
A lifestyle of never dieting. A way to eat as many carbs as you want, and a way to have all the energy of an 18 year old at 40, plus actually loving life to the utmost fullest! (Yes, I said loving on purpose, but it is also living).
As a result of living life to the fullest, I . . . tend to actually fill my plate quite full.
So let me introduce you to the other things I do.
I AM AN ARTIST
You can follow my Facebook art page by clicking the link above. I only take select commissions and don’t sell on any online platform. I do it all individually. Extra special that way. 😉
I AM A MUSICIAN/SINGER/SONGWRITER
I should use past tense here though, because I am no longer a touring artist, but I still sell albums and my music can be found all over the place. Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, Ebay, etc.
I am not a pill popper and I tend to keep things simple by making sure my diet is balanced.
Meaning, I eat rainbows daily . . .Â
So to spare you the long drawn out story of why I became a yellow-pill-poppin girl, go here to read about this magic. A little advance secret – it’s the golden gates to the fountain of youth. Don’t keep it a secret. I give you permission to tell your friends.
I AM A MOMÂ
Photo by Nathaniel Jenkins
There is no link or photo here (of them). Sorry. I don’t share their pictures or their names for their protection and for our privacy. But I will tell you that being a mom is the number 1 most important and thing I do, and it is also where my interest in health really took hold.
When I became pregnant with my first baby is when I really started to care.
All of a sudden everything health-related was all I wanted to read about and learn about. Because, let’s face it, not only do we want our babies to live long happy, healthy lives, but we want to be healthy so we can keep up with them, watch them grow and be there to annoy them until they’re 100 years old.
Right?
I AM A PERSONAL TRAINER
I am a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer and have been professionally training for 6 years, but did a lot of coaching and side-by-side training way before I became official.
A lot of amazing people come into my life as a result of training. I love helping people, watching them evolve and reach their fitness goals. And, I can honestly say that it brings many, many smiles to my face.
I AM A NUTRITION COACH
My kids hate all the tangents that I go off on when they ask me for fluffy white biscuits (insert eye rolling here) or when they ask why on earth I don’t let them have soda, eat any time they want during the day, and skip out on their veggies.
I dig that stuff . . . Â nutrition . . . a balanced, healthy diet is the key to pretty much all fitness goals. And who doesn’t like to feel, look and . . . Â smell? fantastic!?
If you eat right, everything else falls into place.
I AM AN AUTHOR
Gehlahnos, the Legend of Edraseia
Welcome to your next epic read. Are you a fan of Game of Thrones? Lord of The Rings? Maybe a little Sarah J. Maas?
I like to write. A lot. And I don’t just write blogs.
My book is available for purchase on Amazon as of 2021! This has been a huge and exciting event for me.
Annnyyyway . . . I have been creating an alternate fantasy world for the last ten years and am looking for an agent who loves epic stories, long reads and lots of crazy characters.
Follow my secret IG account to get sneak clips from my book and random, odd thoughts completely unrelated to health here.
I AM ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIAÂ
I love it when the balance8 community gets involved, shares my articles on their social media and interacts with me!
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Hello and welcome to my supplements shop, the newest addition to my blog!
I am so excited to introduce these products and give you the opportunity to explore a safe, natural, and inexpensive assortment of my favorite supplements!
I had heard about the amazing things Nrf2 can do for my body but it took several months of hearing about it before I gave it a try. As I have said in several articles already, I am a mother of 5 and have been a server for several years. As a personal trainer, a single mom, a hustler, and homemaker, in addition to hitting the gym religiously every morning . . . I just simply get tired. Understandably so, but I got so tired of always being tired.
Habitually, I got up, went to the gym, came home and got ready for work, then can home from work and sat at the bar in my kitchen unable to move without feeling exhausted, having aching feet and the desire to do microwaved ramen noodles every single night. (Ewww)
I started taking Nrf2 with my sister, just to try it out. (She let me have a bottle, so I didn’t even have to pay to try it out). Well, I felt nothing amazingly different and sort of forgot I was taking it . . . until 10 days in.
I sat down at the bar as usual and within 2 minutes, I was up in the kitchen. My sister made a comment about it and I said, “I must have gotten a good night sleep last night!”
. . . This happened 3 days in a row and it hit me . . .
 It must be the Nrf2!Â
I haven’t felt the lack of energy nor have I felt the tiredness I had, since I began taking it.
3 months in, I started having amazingly restful nights, for the first time in 4 years. Yup. Didn’t think that would ever happen.
Axio is my absolute favorite “energy drink” in the morning, because it quickly erases the fog which is replaced by alertness.
It’s nothing like a typical energy drink that packs a punch with jitters and increased heart rate. Nope. This is just a great feeling of being alive without the jitters. Total score. And I like it in the afternoon for the same reason. Best part is, I can still sleep even if I’ve had it as late at 4pm. There are also decaf options which is also great for kids. Mine love it and it helps with focus and concentration.
INTRODUCING MORINGA POWDER
Moringa is a superfood and loaded with 92 nutrients and 46 antioxidants . I put it in all of my shakes, smoothies and green drinks. I don’t suggest just adding it to plain water, it’s not the greatest taste all by itself.
