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  • The Trick to Staying out of the Halloween Candy!

    When I was a kid, my mom and I used to go to the store weeks before Halloween and pick up several bags of candy to  pass out to tricker-treaters.  ...
  • Criticizing your way into a thinner body (PS: it doesn't work)

    I spent most of my teens and a good portion of my adult life telling myself I needed to lose ten pounds.  Sometimes it was five pounds or sometimes...
  • Healing and Nourishing your Body the Old School Way!

    I grew up in a very Western Medicine based house.  For any ailment, there was a pill.  We were pretty much pill poppers.  Now don't get me wrong-We...
  • Probiotics and the Importance of Gut Health!

    Probiotics are live micro-organisms (bacteria, yeasts) that live inside of our digestive tract that are highly beneficial for our gut health.  Rese...
  • Making Mornings Great Again-5 Simple Tips!

    For many people, especially those who have kids at home, mornings can be incredibly challenging.  I used to be the person who would wake up 15 minu...
  • What's the deal with Intermittent Fasting? (Said in your best Seinfeld voice)

    If you follow health and fitness blogs, Instagrammers and Facebook pages like I do, you've most likely heard about intermittent fasting (IF). IF is...
  • What I'm eating this week!

    Sometimes the hardest thing about eating well is thinking of what to make and committing to a little cooking each week.  As much as possible, I'll ...
  • Easy, nutritious green smoothie!

    No matter what dietary theory you subscribe to, pretty much all of them promote eating lots of leafy greens.  Too bad there are times that you just...
  • Exercise that works for you!

    I imagine that many of you, much like me, hear so many different opinions about what kind of workout you should  be doing.  Every time I go into a ...
  • To food journal or not to food journal. (The question and four possible uses)

    As someone who has a bit of an all-or-nothing personality, food journaling is a bit of a controversial topic.  Now, I realize my use of the term "c...
  • Why work with a Health Coach?

    With information cheap and readily available these days, it's a fair to ask "why work with a health coach"?  We can pretty much google anything abo...