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Slow Cooked Turkey Breast in a Crock Pot

Slow Cooked Turkey Breast in a Crock Pot

I haven’t used my crock pot in some time and I thought it was time to pull it out and start using it again. It is winter in Midwest which means cold weather. Using a crock pot is easy and allows us to make some delicious HOT meals without it taking all evening. You simply… Read More

Why Smiling Is Good for Your Health

Why Smiling Is Good for Your Health

  Smiling make us look more attractive, brings up our face (instead of gravity bringing it down). Smiling is contagious and there are even movements in the world to get people to smile more (because it makes a difference). One smile to someone having a bad day can make all the difference to you and… Read More

Holistic Holiday Gift Guide

Holistic Holiday Gift Guide

Doing some last-minute shopping for the holidays? Here are some no-fail gifts that you can feel good about giving as they infuse a bit of health and wellness into the lives of your loved ones!  There’s still time and you may even find these in stores. Kitchen Gadget They’ll eat more avocado with this one-of-a-kind slicer… Read More

6 Tips for a Healthier Thanksgiving

6 Tips for a Healthier Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving only comes around once a year, and what do we usually do? Splurge, right? We justify by saying “it is only one day, what can it really do to my waistline?” Gaining weight during the holiday season seems like something that just happens like it’s part of the tradition. It is very common for… Read More

The Magic Formula for Daily Pleasure

The Magic Formula for Daily Pleasure

What makes you smile? Laugh? Go giddy with glee? For some, it’s a walk through the park to enjoy the fall colors. For another, it’s a spin on a roller coaster, a solo movie date, or a perfectly ripe fall squash. So… when was the last time you did something that makes you happy? If… Read More

Keep Track of Your Water Intake

Keep Track of Your Water Intake

Here is a great tip from a fellow health coach (who got it from a Cleanse participant) on keep tracking of your water intake if you work in front of a computer all day.  Put 8 mini Post It notes along the side of your computer. Each time you have your glass of water, remove… Read More

Are toxins in your body are giving you the UGLIES?

Are toxins in your body are giving you the UGLIES?

Do you have a case of the UGLIES? I am sitting with a cup a tea getting ready to support people who are ready to reduce the toxins in their body and the inflammation it causes using my Lean & Clean Fall Cleanse Detox, and I’m being reminded of the problems that inflammation can create in our… Read More

Feel Beautiful Inside and Out

Feel Beautiful Inside and Out

Everyone has their own opinion of what beauty is and what it means. But really the most important thing is what it means to you. What do you value in yourself that makes you beautiful? Is it the clothes you wear? How you treat others? Or is it how healthy you are? We’re all different. For… Read More

Eating for Energy

Eating for Energy

March is the official National Nutrition Month but you can have any month be yours! National Nutrition Month is a nutrition, education and information campaign created annually in March by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The campaign focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. Let’s talk about… Read More

Top 10 Causes of Death in US

Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. Death is something that we will all face at some point. When we’ll have to stare death in the face is a mystery. What is not a mystery, is what we can do to help us make sure we bring… Read More

The Skinny on Fats. Dietary Fat – Is it Good or Bad?

The Skinny on Fats. Dietary Fat – Is it Good or Bad?

We are Thinking Spring and guess what topic always comes up? You got it – FAT.  There is a very popular question I get asked all the time throughout the year but a lot more as people start to think weight loss in the spring. The question is:  “Dietary fat, is it good or bad?” Let… Read More

Make Almond Milk at Home

Make Almond Milk at Home

Make your own almond milk at home – yummy! Making your own almond milk is so easy and a big plus is that you can personalize the flavor to suit what you like. To make a basic almond milk, you just need 1 cup almonds (soaked overnight makes about 1 1/2 cups), 3-4 cups of… Read More

Dry Skin Brushing For Your Health

Dry Skin Brushing For Your Health

The following tool will help the detoxification process in your body. I encourage you to incorporate at least one into your routine during this time of year (or any time of year really).  Dry brushing not only makes your skin look and feel great, but it provides you with a number of health benefits. *It… Read More

All It Did Was Leave Me Tired, Cranky & Pudgy.

All It Did Was Leave Me Tired, Cranky & Pudgy.

  All it did was leave me tired, cranky, and pudgy! Do you feel Tired?  Puffy?  Bloated?  Bitchy? Can’t lose those first or last 10 lbs? Tired of being a workout rat and not seeing results? That was me for a long time…… but I found away out…. by learning what to eat, why to eat it… Read More

Have a Mindset for Success.

Have a Mindset for Success.

“Stop looking for immediate results. Your body is a work in progress. Respect it. Nourish it. Love it.” Have a Mindset For Success: Ask the Bigger ‘Why?’ When you face challenges in adapting positive dietary, nutrition and lifestyle changes, and wanting to just go back to the old familiar way of eating, ask yourself – what is it… Read More

5 Tips to Increase Mental Clarity and Energy

5 Tips to Increase Mental Clarity and Energy

5 Tips to Increased Mental Clarity & Energy To maintain an even level of energy that will carry you through the day, you want to minimize spikes and crashes in your energy level. The key is to make sure your nutritional intake supports a sustained flow of energy by limiting fluctuation in blood sugar level.… Read More

NBC’s Ignorance on Vitamins – The Real Truth

Posted on November 13, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, November 12, 2013 NBC’s Vitamin Ignorance An Apology by Andrew W. Saul, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service Editor (OMNS Nov 12, 2013) I would like to apologize for NBC News. It seems that the organization that brought us Lowell Thomas, John Cameron Swayze, Chet… Read More

5 Ways to De-Stress in 5 Minutes

5 Ways to De-Stress in 5 Minutes

5 Ways to De-stress in 5 Minutes We’ve all heard that chronic stress is detrimental to our health because it weakens the immune system, leaving the body susceptible to disease. Yet despite our best intentions, we often put off relaxation until “more important” obligations are fulfilled, which can take days, weeks, or even months. It… Read More

Post Vacation Bulge? Not This Time!

Post Vacation Bulge? Not This Time!

Post-vacation bulge? Not this time! This past week I was on holiday with my family and I actually lost 2lbs!  🙂 When I weighed myself last Friday morning after returning from 8 days on holiday with my family in the Branson, Mo. I was so happy!  Yes – I was happy looking at the scale when most would… Read More

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