I write about this topic every spring because I personally know that spring allergies are so annoying and debilitating. It’s finally warm and light past 7 pm. You go for a walk after work and it’s lovely. But then you start sneezing. Your nose is running and you have no tissues. Farmer’s blow? Your sleeve? […]
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Since March’s Uplift theme is rest and restore it’s the perfect time to take a closer look at your sleep habits. Many people overlook sleep as an important healing and detoxing tool. Sleep is essential for maintaining and repairing your body, maximizing your metabolism, balancing moods, clearing toxins from your brain, and even preventing illness.
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Holidays got you feeling busy and stressed? Take it down a notch by finding some peace during meal time. Mindful eating optimizes digestion, reduces stress and tells your brain that you’re full. To prepare your body for digestion you must be in a relaxed state – in the “rest and digest” mode of your nervous
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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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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
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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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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
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What does your Gut Health have to do with the Flu? A lot! About 70% of your immune system resides in your digestive tract (or “gut”). The purpose of the digestive tract is to filter out nutrients and foreign invaders from all of the things we swallow. Whether we like it or not bacteria and
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Transitions: How to be mindful and avoid falling on your face 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
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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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