Spring Into Wellness & Love Your Liver
Spring has finally arrived and that means we will be spending more time outdoors, enjoying the sun, cookouts and all sorts of fun things. Spring is beloved as the season for renewal, love, vitality, spring cleaning of the mind & body and for growth. This lovely season is also notorious for triggering allergies, headaches, itchy eyes, scratchy throat, sneezing and more. Although…
Clean Eating versus Dieting
Speaking from experience, I cannot tell you how many diets, and how much money I spent many years ago (as a young health-conscious woman) on pills and programs to lose weight, only to gain it right back. You know those programs where you must “count this or that,” and write everything down, or eat certain specific packaged meals…
The GI Tract: Food Sensitivities Might be the Cause of Your Symptoms
You’re ready to throw your hands up in the air with frustration because you have been to multiple doctors and had endless tests yet you’ve learned nothing definitive. You may have symptoms like chronic headaches or migraines, muscle aches or joint pain, fatigue, digestive or tummy issues, rashes, foggy brain, fatigue and more and you’re at a loss when it comes to learning how to…
Health Coach or Wellness Consultant: Do You Need One?
These days a health coach might be your personal trainer, registered dietitian, nutritionist, massage therapist, life coach, yoga instructor, or nurse wellness consultant, like me. 🙂 It is interesting that we have so many laws limiting what a certified health professional can teach their clientele…of course they cannot diagnose or prescribe because practicing without a…
Natural Health & Digestion
Natural Health & the Digestive Tract Do you struggle with poor digestion? The purpose of the digestive system is to break down the foods we eat so that vital nutrients can be absorbed into the blood and used to fuel body processes. When a person’s digestion is poor, these goals cannot be achieved in full. If the…
My Newest VIP (Very Impressive Product) Holistic Skin Care Line: Tammy Fender
Many of you already know that I am an advocate for the use of high quality, pure, natural and organic skin care products. In my view, it is an absolute must…and not only for those like me who have autoimmune or other chronic health issues, but for everyone. Did you know the average woman is exposed to 515 chemicals per…
Do Diets Really Work?
Does this sound to familiar? You hear about this wonderful diet that will guarantee weight-loss, and all the celebrities and mainstream media are raving about it and you feel you just have to try it! So you do, and it does work at first – and then you are left with gaining more weight back almost as…
Kick the Sugar Habit!
Sugar is practically lurking everywhere. It’s not only in pastries and desserts, but it’s also often in our coffee, soup, and even salad dressings! Sugar robs the body of nutrition…it is essentially a nutrient mugger. It can cause teeth to rot (bacteria feed off sugar) and contribute to the build up of fatty deposits in…
Where to Spend & Save on Organic Produce
Have you ever heard of the Dirty Dozen? It’s is a reference to the 12 kinds of fruits and vegetables that you absolutely must buy organic produce because these are heavily sprayed with pesticides. Pesticides contribute to toxicity in the body, which means that we are more likely to suffer from allergies, a weakened immune system, and…
Why are Smoothies Important for Breakfast?
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and sometimes it just doesn’t fit into our schedule the way it should. How we begin the day definitely determines how the rest of the day goes: it is the foundation for whether we feel energized or experiencing a sense of dragging around lacking in energy. Does…