Lean Into What Makes You Special
A special blog from Keys’ CEO, Kyira Harris Since its inception, my company has grown exponentially over the last 5 years addressing the whole body with enrichment activities, physical fitness activities, professional development and academics for more than 5,000...
3 Tips on How to Help Your Children Take Charge of Their Mental Health
In our last blog, we discussed the importance of prioritizing our mental health. This week, we’re dropping gems on how to pass that empowerment down to your children. If you’re like most parents, you’re on top of your children’s wellness visits to the doctor and...
Are You Prioritizing Your Mental Health?
It’s no secret how important your mental health is but do you know why? We’re going back to the basics to educate you on the power of your beautiful mind. Your mental health impacts your physical and emotional health There’s a reason your mood, eating, and sleeping...
How to Sell Your Company on Corporate Wellness
Here’s Keys’ quick guide to convincing your boss your health is worth the investment You’ve heard it before: people are an organization’s biggest asset. Every company’s success, from the quality of its products to its office culture depends on whether its employees...
Join Keys’ Active April Work Week Wellness Challenge
Wellness is one thing that can’t wait until after work. That’s why we’ve made it our business to make healthy habits easy with our Work Week Wellness Challenge. Get up and actively engage with your health this month by completing at least one wellness activity...
You Are What You Eat: How what you eat affects your sleep
We’re all juggling many things throughout the day and having enough energy to manage it all is important. Getting a good night’s rest is dependent on a lot more than what time we go to bed at night and get up in the morning. Our quality of sleep is impacted by how...
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Black Trailblazers in Medicine
Happy Women’s History Month! This month, we’re proud to highlight revolutionary Black women who made strides in the medical field and ultimately, unlocked doors that led to advancements in medicine. Black women have been practicing medicine for centuries, starting...
Claim Your Health by Reclaiming Your Heritage
Try these African heritage foods for Black history month. The standard American diet includes large quantities of meat, refined sugar, and processed junk food. No matter where your ancestors are from, I’m confident their diets were much healthier. Our current cooking...
14 Valentine’s Day Ideas for Any Kind of Love
Who says the only type of love worth celebrating on Valentine’s Day is romantic? Here are 14 platonic date ideas to help you spread love no matter what your relationship status is. Undress your stress at the spa with a day of rest and relaxation.Fall in love with your...
Nourishing Timeless Skin from Within
As we anticipate colder temperatures, don’t forget to renew, refresh, and wrap up your body’s first line of defense – your skin. The cold air and low humidity during this season can be brutal on our skin. Harsh winter weather ...
7 Diet Myths to Leave in 2021
As much as there is to gain in 2022, consider our first blog of the year a liquidation sale. Everything must go including your poor relationship with food and nutrition! Ditch these dieting myths and transform your food choices, preparation, and your outlook on health...
10 Fitness Resolutions Worth More Than Weight
Every year on New Year’s, millions of people commit to transforming their lives through weight loss. More than half of them abandon those hopes before achieving their goal. So, toss the scale in 2022 and commit to weight-free goals instead. 54% of Diet Resolutions...
Unlock the Secret to Holiday Portion Control
Don’t let a wild ride on the holiday gravy train derail your 2021 health journey as you reach the finish line. This holiday season purge the urge to splurge at any winter holiday celebration with Keys to Abundant Life’s tips on portion control. The key to successful...
Push Past the Potluck with a Culture of Gratitude
This year alone, full-time employees on average will work 261 days and 2,088 hours. Throughout our lives, this adds up to nearly 90,000 hours. With so much time spent working instead of resting or practicing wellness, I challenge you to consider the following...
Hold Fast to Dreams with Accountability
Whipping up a dream is easy. Mix a dash of confidence, passion, and imagination to taste — and Voilá! You have a dream! Now, how will you use it? Sometimes, we treat our goals like forgotten leftovers. After making them, we have a helping and store the rest in...
Getting Your Health in Harmony: How Vitamin D Can Help Combat Seasonal Depression
While our versions of healthy may come in different textures, shapes, and sizes, the definition of what it means to be healthy remains the same from one person to the next: to be in a state of complete harmony of the body, mind, and spirit. But what really is...
Fall in Love with Gardening
When people think of fall foliage, they seldom imagine fields of green. They think of brittle grass and close-to-being-bare brown trees being hugged tightly at the feet by mountains of dying leaves. They think of grey overcast skies, full moons, and brisk air. They...
Engage, Empower, Enrich: Enhancing Your Remote Work Community
COVID-19 has changed the way we live, work, and have fun. Over the past year alone, we’ve touched on topics like virtual learning, virtual celebrations, and adjusting to social life indoors. We’ve been challenged to find new ways to connect, recognize inequities, and...
Preparing Your Young Ones to Return to In-Person Learning
I know what you’re thinking. Change? Again? A little more than a year ago, each of us made life-altering adjustments to our families’ everyday lives. Many began working from home while simultaneously overseeing their students’ virtual learning. Work and home dynamics...
Rise & Shine: Waking Up with Intention
Let’s talk about intention. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines intention as: in·ten·tion | in-ˈten(t)-shən a determination to act in a certain way: RESOLVE We often hear the word used in the context of wellness in phrases like “intentional...
Mindfulness, More Than Meditation
If you, like me, have experimented with different types of meditation, you may have heard the term mindfulness to describe the act of breathing deeply and focusing on your thoughts, feelings, and sensations in the current moment. This form of meditation helps you...
Have a Healthy Homemade Summer Part II
We are only a few weeks into Summer 2021, and with more than two months of high temperatures and extended daylight left, there are still endless opportunities to get active, explore, and whip up some fun healthy homemade recipes with Keys to Abundant Life. ICYMI, Part...
Have a Healthy Homemade Summer
Summertime is finally here bringing with it an abundance of sunshine and vacation time, family barbecues, beach trips, festivals, day camps, and outdoor sports to name a few. Needless to say, for Summer 2021, we are heading outside! It’s going to be a summer full of...
19 Historically Relevant Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth
Image by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Juneteenth, a holiday recognized by African Americans and their allies in 47 US states, has been called many names throughout its 155-year history. To some, it is known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and...
Practice What You Plant: Lessons Learned From 7 Easy Houseplants
Practice What You Plant: Lessons Learned From 7 Easy Houseplants For an aspiring or new plant parent – even old ones, a nursery full of colorful foliage can leave you awe-struck pondering where all these beautiful shades of green have been hiding all of your life. You...
No Diet? No Sweat!
No Diet? No Sweat! ICYMI, May 6th is the annual International No Diet Day. Yes, you read that correctly! It is No Diet Day, and though it has already passed, it is never too late to set aside just one day to forget about your body goals and show appreciation for the...
