What do I think about New Year’s Resolutions? Truth be told, I don’t feel that the idea behind them is fundamentally right or wrong. I’m a big believer in personal growth, self-improvement, mindful awareness, and meaningful purpose - all concepts that are incredibly important steps on the path to happiness, wellbeing, and peeling back the layers so you can truly thrive and fulfill your potential. When you feel like constant garbage, unmotivated and dissatisfied, or when you’re overcome by serious issues like depression, debt, or disease, it’s a big challenge to live your “best life” so-to-speak. Where I do see the potential problems with “New Year’s Resolutions” is the way in which they are often presented in mainstream society…
Read moreWhat to Do (and What to Eat) to Boost Immune Health
Colds suck. Flus suck even more. Viral warzones, bad bacterial attacks, fungal assaults…it’s all bad. Not only do the many branches of pathogens and illness cause frustrating symptoms, but there is that horrible reality for those at-risk populations (pregnant women, newborn, elderly, people with chronic immune dysfunction, etc.) whereby even a seasonal flu can turn into something enduring, debilitating, and potentially fatal. The thing is, for most people it’s normal, healthy, and natural to get sick every so often…
Read moreThe Whole Happy Guide to Nutrition + Skin Health
The skin you’re in – it’s marvelous, amazing, truly an astounding organ that protects you from harm, perspires out pathogens, and helps regulate your temperature. It’s elastic, regenerative, and highly adaptable. It’s also a window into what’s going on inside your body. Sometimes our skin can be the most honest look at things that we don’t even know are happening inside of us like chronic and systemic inflammation, an overload of toxicity, digestive dysfunction, and an overactive or imbalanced immune or histamine response…
Read moreHow to Have a Happy (and Healthy) Holiday Season
One of the best parts of the holiday season is the delightful abundance of delectable goodies, festive libations, and social gatherings. In fact, for many, these elements are in and of themselves nourishing rituals creating a sense of cozy, joyful, and hyggeligt magic. Because they’re often so ritualized, and therefore incredibly abundant and seemingly set in stone, it can be hard to draw the line when surrounded by gingerbread cookies and rummy eggnog, and have about ten Christmas parties awaiting your RSVP. But fear not, a few simple tricks can help navigate the slippery slope of a sleigh-ride that is about to ensure…
Read moreFermented Foods: What They Are and Why You Should Add Them Daily Dietary Routine
It's pretty hard to miss these days: kombucha, sauerkraut, kefir, even cashew cheese. Fermented foods are a hot topic, appear on almost every healthful menu, and are part of almost every wellness protocol. But it’s not just some new trend! Fermentation has been around for as long as us humans have stored and saved our grub...
Read moreSay Goodbye to Seasonal Allergies
My husband and I have been together for nearly 9 years. Every year around this time our house was sprinkled with a snowfall of snotty tissues, and the constant sound of “achoo” was the soundtrack of our spring. Watery eyes, soar throat, leaky faucet nose – it was basically as if he was sick for 3 months straight. The worst right? Well about 2 years ago all that changed...
Read moreHow to Detoxify the Safe Way for a More Energized Body, Mind, and Soul
I absolutely love this time of year! Spring is all about new growth, new life, and new beginnings, and this often means “cleaning house” to make room for that sparkly fresh feeling. In order to achieve that sparkly fresh feeling, more often than not, we need to rid ourselves of accumulated toxins. Whether it’s emotional baggage, mental clutter, or physical gunk, all are seriously harmful to our bodies and lead to mood and energy fluctuations, inflammatory imbalances, and ultimately seriously harmful degenerative diseases...
Read moreHow to Have a Whole Happy Travel Experience
So many people complain about how they get sick as soon as they go on vacation. This is in part because we work extra hard, sleep extra less, stress extra more, before going away, and once our body is able to get into that parasympathetic mode (ie. calm and relaxed), it finally says “ahhh” and allows itself to fight off all those bugs that have been building up in it for weeks, even months. Another reason is that with the build-up of stress, sleepless nights, poor diet and digestion, and the works, our body isn’t as primed to deal with all the new and wacky things it comes into contact with while abroad.
Read moreHow to Have a Well-Nourished Summer
While in my humble opinion EVERY season is all about food, there is something special about summer eating. For many, it’s the only time of year to comfortably dine outside breathing in the fresh air and catching a few rays – the way nature intended it, and my absolute favourite way to feast. Everyone seems to be more relaxed in the summer (great for digestion), and open to exciting new flavours (great for dietary variation)...
Read moreWhat, When, and How To Eat For More Balanced Mood and Energy Levels
It’s a question I get asked constantly: how often in a day should I be eating? Three square meals? A bunch of small snacks? 1-2 large meals with intermittent fasting? The simple answer is that it depends on what you’d like to get from your meals. We are all bio-individuals after all, and based on our ancestry, health history, and wellness goals we all need different foods, in different macro-nutrient ratios, at different times of the times.
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