Everyone has the power to make choices to improve their health and healthy eating doesn’t have to mean giving up delicious and satisfying food. With these cooking tips you and your family can enjoy the wonderful flavors of delicious food that’s healthy too. Healthy cooking doesn’t have to be bland and boring and cooking, in…
Your complete guide to all natural wellness for the body, mind and soul. The journey to wellness begins with you. Wellness is a holistic integration of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, fueling the body, engaging the mind, and nurturing the spirit. Although it always includes striving for health, it’s more about living life fully, and…
Creating a self-care plan of habits, treatments and rituals that will restore you, build you up, give you confidence and make you feel amazing. A self-care plan for body, mind and soul to renew and nourish the physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, and mental aspects of your life. Incorporating activities from a whole living perspective means you’ll be nourishing every aspect…
Essential goal setting guide to help set you up for success! Welcome to the second edition of Create Your Best Life, the ultimate goal setting guide to help you live with intention and become the best version of yourself. This is my favorite post of the entire year! I get the impression that many feel…
Inspiration from Brené Brown as she shares her personal quest to know herself and her dedication to understand humanity. Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, an inspiring author and storyteller. came to prominence after recording one of the most successful Ted Talks of all time with more than 30…
Do you get stressed-out around the holidays? These easy tips will help you relax and actually enjoy the holidays. This week marks the beginning of 24/7 Christmas music and, not gonna lie, I look forward to it every year. I look forward to the holidays in general. I love the hustle and bustle, crowded shopping…
How to create a personal home retreat. A place to escape to in the convenience of your own home expresses your commitment to self care- and a life well lived.
Is being happy a choice we make or does it just happen? Can we really change our level of “happiness”? Is happiness something you can measure, chart and increase? From the Declaration of Independence, where happiness is promised as a cherished right to the rows and rows of the psychology of happiness, self help and…
Cooking brown rice in an Instant Pot makes perfectly cooked brown rice every time. Brown rice has become a staple in our house, but that hasn’t always been the case. Cooking brown rice was always hit or miss- sometimes undercooked and crunchy and sometimes overcooked and mushy. It wasn’t until we perfected the recipe that…
Regular exercise is great for health, wellness and longevity. How much exercise do you *actually* need to get in shape? Twenty minutes three times per week? Half-hour per day? And how much is too much? Do you need to sweat it out for an hour or more every day? Let’s go over the amount of…
Personal growth challenge series. I have become healthy, both physically and mentally, and emotionally balanced. The journey to get there has taken unexpected turns with uphill climbs. It began with silencing my inner critic and believing in myself and all that I’m capable of. Let’s be honest, life isn’t all blue skies and sunshine, but…
Plateaus are the result of your body’s amazing ability to continually adjust the capacity to meet the desired needs. So, what does that mean for your workouts? You workout most days of the week, but you’ve stopped seeing progress. Sound familiar? You’ve hit a plateau. A plateau is when your body no longer responds to…
