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From Dieting to Thriving: Redefining Wellness Beyond Diet Culture
Join guest blog author, Coach Jen Mannarelli, as she dives into the ugly side of Diet Culture and why it’s time to break up! Learn how to go from dieting to thriving with a different view on wellness!
Sugar-Free Valentine’s Day Dessert Recipes
Whether you are looking for something cute and simple to send to school with the kiddos, or something delicious and decadent to enjoy with your special someone, I’ve got you! I put together this collection of simple, delicious, kid-friend sugar-free Valentine’s Day dessert recipes. Download it for FREE!
Stop doing the most, do this instead
Join guest blog author, Molly McNamee of MFit Workouts, as she dives into the topic of overexercising and how it can derail you from reaching your goals. It’s time to stop doing the most and do this instead…
Are you hearing voices in your head?
We often don’t give equal time to think about everything that could go right with that change. We just default to looking for the negative. Your brain goes to the dark side because it doesn’t want to change. Check out this tried and true mindset coaching tool!
Stop being a victim of your excuses
Do you live in your excuses? Have they become your reality? Are your excuses preventing you from moving toward your goal? Are they protecting you from facing some tough realities? Let’s change this and STOP being a victim of our excuses!
Setting goals like a boss. . . or at least like a sane person
Everyone has their own take on New Year’s Resolutions. Those who crush their goals often have a more positive outlook on the experience, while those who have either given up or not reached their goals in the past have a more negative take. Today, I’m sharing with you the exact questions I use to help my health coaching clients set realistic goals. Let’s set some goals!
My “why”. . .
My “why” is what makes me different from all the other practitioners out there. First, I wanted to change the world. Second, I wanted to solve my own health issues after Western medicine failed me. Here’s your chance to read my actual application essay for grad school, circa 2017!
Why Focus on Breath?
Breathing is what keeps us alive. As we enter into this life we inhale and as we enter out of this life we exhale. Yoga instructor Hailee Aune walks us through her journey of becoming an instructor and how she takes what she learns in yoga and uses it throughout her real life.
Festive Holiday Snack & Appetizer Recipes
From candy to cookies, it’s enough to send even the best of us into a sugar coma. To help you out, I put together a collection of 28 mouth-watering snack and appetizer recipes that are a little bit festive and a lot bit delicious! Download your copy for FREE!
Mindful Moments: Simple Steps to Elevate Your Everyday Experience
The concept of mindfulness has become a staple in modern holistic wellness. It is the practice of purposefully focusing one's attention on the present moment, and it offers a plethora of health benefits, including reduced stress, improved attention, and increased emotional intelligence. Let’s dig in!
Do this to lose weight
Gut health plays a major role in weight maintenance and weight loss. As a gut health practitioner, I’m inclined to look at the gut no matter the health goal because, without a healthy, flourishing digestive tract, there’s a good chance you will never fully reach your health goals. And that is particularly true for weight loss.
The most real Thanksgiving article ever…
My Thanksgiving wish for this wonderful community…I am incredibly grateful for this amazing community we’ve built over the past several years. Whether you joined this family as someone wanting to improve your health or you were drawn in by the work we do rescuing farm animals, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
It’s starting to look a lot like…sugar season!
Enjoy this FREE recipe ebook as my way of helping the 39 trillion microbes living in your gut. I now work for them and they requested these recipes! Give ‘em what they want so you can actually enjoy this magical time of year!!
Seasonal Eating: The Health Connection
In the latest blog article, we'll delve into the benefits of eating seasonally, celebrating the synergy between our bodies and the Earth.
Over-exercising is NOT a good thing…are you doing it?
Physical activity strengthens your gut by keeping things moving along your digestive tract, reducing overall inflammation, and helping to get more oxygen into your body. A happy gut is a gut whose owner exercises. But there is a thing called “over-exercising” and it has the exact opposite effect on your body and your gut. Let’s dig in…
A duel sneak attack on your gut
Good health in general is dependent on good gut health. Good gut health is dependent on maintaining an optimal supply of beneficial bacteria being colonized in the gut. Now, two new studies are reminding everyone that there are two “gut health killers” that people tend to forget about: poor sleep and high-fat foods. Let’s dig into the research!
Creepy Crawly Kid-Friendly Snack Recipes
Looking for something fun to do with the kiddos this Halloween season? Get those little monsters in the kitchen and whip up some creepy crawly treats! Check out the recipe collection I put together just for you!
The only way this doesn’t work is if I quit
Today, I’m taking you inside one of the topics I coach on most often. Mindset. We’re going deep. But this is really, really important. And for many people, it’s the key to reaching their health goals. We’re going to break the belief that this won’t work for you.
Bring on the chills!
Want to save money? With the price of everything - especially food - skyrocketing lately, it’s becoming even more important to plan our meals. Many people claim they don’t have enough time to eat healthy. Lack of time isn’t the problem. The real problem is they are not planning. Let’s dive into how you can utilize one of my favorite kitchen tools to make meal planning and prepping a dream.
What if your beliefs are wrong?
What if the behaviors you learned and have been doing since you were a child are not helping you become the best version of yourself? Your beliefs are the thoughts you have told yourself over and over again so now you believe them to be true. Why in the world would you choose to continue to think limiting thoughts if they make you miserable?!