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My Favorite Autumn Foods That Naturally Ground You
My Favorite Autumn Foods That Naturally Ground You
Can you believe it? Autumn has arrived. Of course, here in Florida with the continuing heat and humidity, it’s always harder to believe fall is here.
Still, Autumn has arrived, and the busy back-to-school season that’s quickly met with the hustle and bustle of the holidays is among us. If you’re anything like me, this last part of the year flies by in a wink.
One of the beautiful things about nature is that it knows. It knows how insane this time of year gets and exactly what we need to find our way back to what we need from nature. So many grounding foods become available this season, and it’s of our highest benefit to take advantage of them. These foods can ground us and help us to re-balance when we are feeling out of control.
How To Have a Healthy Holiday Plate
It is finally here! The holiday season flew by again - all the stress, all the extra food, all the shopping and wrapping gifts. It is almost gone. With a couple of days left, I wanted to share a few tips with you as we fly to the finish line and then continue on...
5 Ways Gratitude Impacts Your Health
5 Ways This Impacts Your Health More Than You Know
When we think about our health, we think in terms of what we’re eating, what we’re drinking, how much we’re exercising — but we rarely think about our health being related to what we think about. In last week’s blog we discussed how having this positive attitude can turn your life, your mood, and even your physical body around.
How to Conquer Sugar and Keep Your Hormones Happy [Gift Included]?
Our society is addicted to sugar. It’s everywhere – even in the less obvious places.
Life-Changing Results With These Simple Healthy Habits
How are you doing with incorporating healthy habits into your daily lifestyle? Sometimes it can be difficult, but once you get into a routine – ah, that’s when the changes start to happen in your well-being. This month in our private Facebook group, The Energized...
A Happy Life is A Balanced Life. So Say Your Hormones
Who wouldn't like to feel a little more balanced in their lives? We feel balanced when each little piece of our lives makes up "the whole" puzzle and fits together nicely. At the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, we learned about the 'Circle of Life,' a tool to...
How to Avoid Hormone Disrupting Additives
It's no secret that processed and packaged foods are unhealthy. Wiser options include whole and organic foods and choosing them regularly has made a significant difference in my life since I began suffering from migraines when I had my first child. The migraines...
A Natural Approach to Beating the PMS Dragon
Do you want to avoid the painful symptoms of PMS? Are you in search of some natural remedies that can help to overcome the troubles caused by a hormonal imbalance? Don’t worry I've got you covered. I know how damaging the hormonal imbalance can be. I've been through...
7 Easy Food Swaps For A Healthier You
Do I have any fellow carb lovers here? Just about every comfort food you can think of involves carbs -- there's just something about carbs that we tend to love. And I most certainly do love carbs!! With the rise of the low-carb trend, people have become very creative...
6 Tips to Help You End Emotional Eating
Picture this: You hit the snooze button one too many times, had a last-minute project thrown at you at work, and then sat in an hour of evening traffic. Finally home, you breathe a sigh of relief, head into the kitchen, and decide you deserve a snack after the day...
5 Tricks for Effective Portion Control to Lose Weight
Portion control could be the trick to finally evening out your efforts to feel better. It's true, portion control matters even when you're eating healthy. I know the road of eating healthy is a winding and confusing one, with contradiction after contradiction...
7 Energy Boosts Without Caffeine
Do you faithfully begin your day with a cup of coffee? I know I do. But listen to these mind-boggling statistics - over 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide each day, so chances are, you're a coffee drinker. Sometimes it feels like the only way to add some...