Mindset, Nutrition, and Lifestyle Tools to Live Your Most Vibrant Life

  • Why I Believe in Energy Healing

    Why I Believe in Energy Healing

    Biology was my favorite subject in high school. The study of life – I can’t imagine anything more intriguing!? In college I studied psychology and biology and where they intersected as neuroscience.  I had not discovered grit, so I talked myself out of trying hard enough to pursue medical school. After college, I moved to Read more

  • Why rest is SO important

    Why rest is SO important

    This past month has been a hard time for me. After 4 long years, I finally finalized my divorce and all the emotional and financial worries that entails. I am also going through a restructuring at work, as well as the usual struggles of parenting teens and dating. I have found that I don’t have Read more

  • Addictions, Triggers, and Why I Eat Low Carb

    Addictions, Triggers, and Why I Eat Low Carb

    Most people practice some kind of eating restraint. Generally, this is easily guided by hunger. When you feel full, you stop eating! For people who have struggled with weight most of their lives, this mechanism is out of service. It is harder to feel “full”, if not impossible. People are told to eat fewer calories Read more

  • How to stay on track when you really want a cookie

    How to stay on track when you really want a cookie

    I have struggled with my weight my entire life. I tried every diet out there including Weight Watchers, South Beach, Zone, Atkins, paleo, and keto. I got a graduate degree in nutrition biochemistry, and became a registered dietitian. I got a certificate of training in weight management, and tried an assortment of supplements. None of Read more

  • The Food Supply is Changing and What to Do

    The Food Supply is Changing and What to Do

    It was a common refrain throughout my training as a dietitian that we can get everything we need from food. This is likely no longer the case. Modern crops are lower in nutrients than they were 100 years ago. Changes in farming methods, crop variety, how we transport and store foods, and even the environment Read more

  • My 5 favorite stress-busters

    My 5 favorite stress-busters

    I use to buzz with tension most of the time. I was juggling a stressful job, young children, and a fizzling marriage. I didn’t make time to prioritize myself and it showed. Throughout my transformation I have  many changes, from the way I eat and exercise to a mindset that prioritizes gratitude and self.  With Read more

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