Living Well Challenge
One small experiment each month for living well as you age.
Living well is rarely about making one big change. More often, it grows out of the smaller choices we make over time—the foods we prepare, the ways we move, the habits that help us rest and recover, and the attention we give to the world around us.
The Living Well Challenge is a way to explore those choices one at a time.
Each month, we’ll focus on one simple aspect of health and well-being. The goal isn’t to do it perfectly or change everything at once. It’s to try something, notice how it fits into your life, and decide whether there is anything worth keeping.
How the Living Well Challenge Works
Each month, we’ll explore one small aspect of living well. Some challenges may focus on food or cooking. Others may invite you to move more, spend time outdoors, look at the products you use at home, practice gratitude, waste less, or simply pay closer attention to a habit you may not have thought much about before.
The idea is not to do everything perfectly for a month. It is to try something, notice how it fits into your life, and learn from the experience.
You may decide to participate fully, make one small change, share what you are doing with others, or simply follow along and think about the topic in a new way. There is no single right way to take part.
A challenge does not always have to mean pushing yourself harder. Sometimes the challenge is simply being willing to do something differently long enough to notice what happens.
At the end of the month, the most useful question may not be, “Did I complete the challenge?” but rather, “Did I discover anything worth keeping?”
This Month’s Living Well Challenge
Put More Plants on the Plate
This month’s challenge is to put more plants on your plate. That might mean building a meal around beans or lentils, adding an extra vegetable to dinner, trying a new whole grain, or simply noticing how often plant foods already show up in your meals. The goal is not to eat perfectly or give up foods you enjoy. It is simply to make a little more room for plants and see what you discover along the way.
How to Participate
There is no single right way to take part in the Living Well Challenge. You can follow along quietly at home, share what you are trying, or join the conversation with others.
If you’d like to participate socially, follow the challenge on Facebook and Instagram, where I’ll share prompts, ideas, check-ins, and opportunities to share photos or reflections throughout the month.
Choose the version of the challenge that fits your life. The goal is not to do more for the sake of doing more, but to give one small idea enough attention to see whether it makes a meaningful difference for you.
What to Notice Along the Way
As you move through the month, pay attention to what you experience rather than focusing only on whether you completed the challenge.
What did you try? What felt easy or difficult? Did anything surprise you? Did you notice a change in how you felt, cooked, moved, rested, or thought about the habit?
At the end of the month, ask yourself one final question: Is there anything here I want to keep?
Information is Helpful. Support Makes It Personal.
Trying a new habit can teach you a lot, especially when you have the time and space to notice what works for you. But sometimes the harder part is figuring out how to turn a useful idea into something that fits your own routines, preferences, and season of life.
That is where personalized coaching can help. Together, we can look at the bigger picture of how you eat, cook, move, rest, and care for yourself, then build practical changes that feel realistic enough to keep.
If you are ready for more individualized support, learn more about my coaching program and schedule a no-cost consultation.
Practical Wisdom for Living Well
Living well is rarely about changing everything all at once. More often, it begins with understanding what supports your body, learning a few practical skills, and finding small changes that fit naturally into the life you are already living.
The resources throughout this website are organized around four connected areas—Nourish, Cook, Strengthen, and Restore. Together, they offer practical ways to support healthy aging through food, cooking, movement, and recovery, with different places to begin depending on what feels most useful to you right now.
Explore the area that feels most useful to you today.
Nourish
Practical guidance for eating in a way that supports energy, resilience, and healthy aging.
Strengthen
Support for maintaining strength, mobility, balance, and physical confidence.
Cook
Tools and techniques to help you cook with more confidence, ease and enjoyment.
Restore
Practical ways to support sleep, recovery, stress management, and a steadier rhythm.
Keep Exploring
Looking for more ideas for living well? Explore the blog for practical, evidence-informed articles on food, cooking, movement, recover, healthy aging, and everyday wellness.