December 31st, 2019 … you were full of anticipation, hope, ambition, courage. The clock struck midnight, and whether you were out partying or already asleep (I feel certain I was the latter!), a shiver of excitement ran through you … “2020 is my year. This is the...
How to Recover from Burnout
A prelude: My own experience with burnout They say that teaching is the best way to learn, and I want to say upfront that this is something I have not personally mastered. I am teaching it here because I have studied every single angle of burnout. I can cite more...
How to Stop Drinking Every Night (and 7 Healthy Mocktail Recipes!)
If you’ve found yourself reaching for an extra cocktail or two over the past few months, you’re certainly not alone. Summer + pandemic + fear, anxiety, and boredom = a recipe for more alcohol cravings than ever. Newsweek reported that hard liquor sales spiked 75% in...
Why We Emotionally Eat (and a program to help!)
If you emotionally eat, you are not alone. It can feel shameful, like you’re the only one who secretly turns to food to deal with stress, or loses control of her appetite when celebrating with friends. But trust me, I’ve been there, too, and there are millions of...
10 Ways to Save Time While Food Prepping
By now, you’re probably bought into the idea that meal planning and food prep will save you time overall (in fact, by my calculations, doing my Sunday food prep, which you see on Instagram and Facebook, saves me about 5 hours per week!). But I often hear from clients...
Top 3 Wellness Game Changers
So often, I get asked, “if I could only do ONE thing for my health, what should it be?” The answer, as is the case with almost any health question, is “it depends,” but I think there are three that apply to almost everyone. When I think about my health journey, the...
Healthy and fun summer veggies to add to your meal plan
Ah, summer. Summer brings about an abundance of fresh, seasonal vegetables, including snap peas, asparagus, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and more! It can also be a time when people forget to eat as many veggies, but I’ve got you covered here – no need to...
Should you weigh yourself? (and how to measure progress without the scale)
Should you weigh yourself along your health journey? It’s one of the most frequent questions I get asked, and it’s one of those where the answer is a giant “it depends.” It depends on SO much … your starting place, your goals, your emotional relationship with this...
Taking Mini-Breaks for Productivity (Yes, The Pomodoro Technique Actually Works!)
With the increase of working from home, more and more of my clients are asking for productivity tips. Productivity while working from home is even one of the major sections in the Virtual Wellness presentations I’ve been giving to dozens of companies over the past...
Why Gut Health is Critical to Overall Health (and an at home gut health test that I love!)
Do you feel like you’re doing everything “right,” and still not getting the results you want? Are you gaining weight, or feeling digestive distress, despite doing all the things that have worked for you in the past? Do you feel like you’re more anxious, more...