It’s no secret that healthy eating includes home cooked meals and lots of vegetables. I always recommend that my clients eat vegetables with breakfast. But who has time to cook veggies before work in the morning? Success comes from planning ahead and batch cooking. Batch cooking is making large batches of food to eat with …
I’ve had an on-again, off-again relationship with meditation over the years. My most recent meditation stint was this time last year after my 15 year old dog, Elly, passed. Meditation was the only thing that helped me feel grounded during that sad time. I kept it up for about 6 months but gradually the routine …
If you’re like me you ate too much sugar over the holidays. And now you’re likely craving more. Sugar is addictive. Studies show that it’s actually more addictive than cocaine! Crazy, right? Both stimulate dopamine in your brain. That craving for something exciting or new is dopamine. You can also feel it from the constant …
Holiday parties have you eating more cookies than usual? Relatives staying at your house causing extra stress? Or maybe all the holiday cheer is keeping you up later at night? Tis the season for abandoning our regular routines and eating habits. Here’s a few tips to keep you feeling jolly during the revelry: Take digestive …
Finally, a Successful G-F, D-F, Paleo Pumpkin Pie Let’s face it when you don’t eat gluten or dairy due to food sensitivities, baking is a gamble. I’ve unsuccessfully tried a few versions of pumpkin pie over the years – experiments that are not worth repeating. But this year I succeeded, at least to my tastes …
Winter is here which brings the holidays, snow days, hot cocoa and unfortunately colds and the flu. Luckily nutrient-dense foods can strengthen your immune system to fight off those viruses and keep you and your family healthy and happy all season. Here are my top 3 favorite winter immune boosting foods: Winter squashes, such as …
It doesn’t happen often, but yes, I get sick too. We all do. This time it was the perfect storm of causative factors. I went to New Orleans with my family to celebrate my sister’s 21st birthday. (I wasn’t joking when I said I have four siblings 20+ years younger than me.) We had a …
A couple of weeks ago my 19 year old brother came to visit me. I have four siblings that are around 20 years younger than me so it’s always fun to teach them a thing or two about life. “Learn from my mistakes, kids.” My brother is a rock climber so he was ecstatic to …
Got Vitamin D? How and why to get it safely from the sun. We’ve been told that the sun is evil; that it will burn our skin and give us cancer. Yes, those things can be true, however the sun is also beneficial and purposeful for all living things, including us. It naturally helps our …
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