My "What The Health" Experience "What The Health" was released on my birthday this year (March 7, 2017), but as much as I love health and nutrition, I don't love movies, so I didn't think twice about skipping it. Over the past few weeks, though, so many of my family,...
Refined vs. unrefined carbohydrates Most traditional American breakfast options center around the wrong type of carbohydrates. Donuts, pancakes, waffles, muffins, toast, and bagels are mainstays of any continental breakfast, coffee shop, and most family breakfast...
About five years ago, I started a gratitude journal, and it changed my life. I had read studies showing that a daily practice of gratitude reduces stress, anxiety, and depression, and improves sleep quality, physical health, and body image (read more about that...
I was honored to be asked to contribute a chapter to The Better Business Book, a book of 100 business and life lessons, each from a different co-author. My chapter is titled, "The Power of a Single Step," and I'm sharing it here for a reason. So often, in January,...
Can you believe we are only one week away from Thanksgiving? It is time to start dreaming about time spent with family, crisp Fall weather, perfectly roasted turkeys, and a feeling of gratitude and thanks for all the positives in your life (and regardless of your...
With school in full swing for most of the US, most of my clients with school-aged children are thinking, “Oh my goodness! How in the world am I going to keep my family healthy while I am running a million miles an hour trying to keep all of the balls in the air?”...
I am constantly looking for ways to improve my overall health. I experiment with a variety of supplements (after thoroughly researching them ... not after hearing a recommendation on TV or reading the "promises" on the label!), I test things in my own diet so I can...
It is Monday morning, and chances are, your breakfast was an afterthought ... thrown together as you were running out the door, lamenting the end of the weekend, and hoping Monday morning traffic wouldn't be too bad. Wouldn't it be nice if you had had a balanced,...
If you've talked to me about The Biggest Loser, you'll know that I have always felt conflicted about liking it. On the one hand, I adore seeing the dramatic life changes the contestants achieve through the 10 week series. I love that they leave feeling empowered,...
Hope. A word that is so often absent from conversations about our health. A word that is full of so much possibility, so much promise. A concept that is free of charge, and available to anyone ... yet so widely underused. Many studies have shown the positive impact...