Nutrition and lifestyle recommendations for reducing stress and improving mood. Topics include education about cortisol, tips for meditation and mindfulness, and healthy living.
Have you ever had a stomachache during a stressful time- or even just a busy day? What about constipation while traveling, maybe an early morning flight outside of your regular schedule? Or maybe it seems like your whole digestive tract speeds up when you’re anxious about something – a performance, public speaking, a new job? […]
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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
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Are you ready for the seasonal transition into fall? Today in yoga class the beautiful instructor said something that stuck with me: “be mindful in your transitions”. Yoga is such a great metaphor for life. In yoga and during life, transitions can be bumpy and not at all graceful and fluid. A downward-dog back to
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Got tummy troubles? So many of us experience digestion disturbances every day that we think it’s normal. But your gut should be a smooth running assembly line: food in, nutrients extracted, and wastes out, repeat three times a day. However many things can go wrong with this process resulting in gas, bloat, pain, constipation, diarrhea,
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