Barbara Ballinger

1 month ago | hvmag.com | Barbara Ballinger |Kayla Sexton

So, you’ve become quite adept at Pilates and yoga, mastered tough roads and hills in spinning class, and are actively gardening to grow healthy vegetables. What’s next? May we suggest meditation? Before you pooh-pooh what may seem to be a lot of brouhaha about doing nothing but sitting or lying still, it’s time for a mindset correction. Meditation done mindfully can provide big prizes: inner peace, happiness, stress reduction, empathy for others, and lowered blood pressure.

1 month ago | l8r.it | Barbara Ballinger |Kayla Sexton

So, you’ve become quite adept at Pilates and yoga, mastered tough roads and hills in spinning class, and are actively gardening to grow healthy vegetables. What’s next? May we suggest meditation? Before you pooh-pooh what may seem to be a lot of brouhaha about doing nothing but sitting or lying still, it’s time for a mindset correction. Meditation done mindfully can provide big prizes: inner peace, happiness, stress reduction, empathy for others, and lowered blood pressure.

2 months ago | nar.realtor | Barbara Ballinger

Architects, designers and wellness experts are curating wellness spaces for individual and group activities in large part because of demand for these kinds of features. Certain demographics such as Gen Zers and Millennials show extra interest, according to McKinsey’s latest wellness report, which pegged the 2024 global market at $1.8 trillion.

2 months ago | nar.realtor | Barbara Ballinger

ShareAgents prove their worth as essential partners to customers completing their first purchase. Buying that first house is a rite of passage that most Americans still dream of—but it’s not getting any easier to achieve. The median age for a first-time buyer today is 38, up from 31 a decade ago. Today’s buyers face challenges their parents often didn’t—a combination of student loan debt, inflation, high interest rates (though nothing close to the stratospheric 20% of 1980) and lean inventory.

2 months ago | l8r.it | Barbara Ballinger |Kayla Sexton

There are times when only a mug of hot chocolate (preferably topped off with a marshmallow or whipped cream dollop) will do to warm the soul. While a number of local shops specialize in the traditional creamy combination, some offer newer, more intriguing variations such as spicy Mexican blends with chili or refreshing options with cool peppermint. Regardless of whether you like your cocoa sweet, spiced, or over-the-top chocolatey, you’ll find just the mug for you in the Hudson Valley.