We all want to be healthy.  We want to eat healthy, feel healthy, and have healthy relationships.  There is no lack of articles on how to be healthy.  In fact, one could argue there are too many articles telling us the “secret” to feeling good.

You’ll read the generic stuff about eating whole foods, getting 8 hours of sleep each night, and drinking plenty of water.  And don’t get me wrong.  This is all good advice, but it’s so general and so… non-specific…. [Read More]

Feeling guilty about “sneaking” some “forbidden” foods…

Exercising as a way to “make up for” all those calories you ate (or as punishment)…

Binge eating because “I’ve already messed up so much today, what’s a little more?”…

This is what happens when you look at food not as food but as either a friend or a foe.

Too often, food becomes the villain in a bad B-movie. It tempts you. It controls you. It even laughs at you.

So you run to the nearest stationary bike, begging it to save you from the evil food villain. And you pedal like mad… or you do extra spin classes all week… or you starve yourself for a day…… [Read More]

When you stop to think about all the little tiny organisms you can’t see, and how many millions…billions…of them there are, it’s pretty mind-blowing. 

While many are floating around in the air, there are also hundreds of them inside your body.

No, this isn’t a new version of the movie Alien – none of them are going to try to take over your body – but in a sense, this really is a symbiotic relationship.

You thought your unique fingerprint is pretty cool, right? What about your unique microbiome?… [Read More]

Health is more than just calories in and calories out.  It’s how we feel physically and emotionally.

With 2018 newly gracing the stage many of us are focused on weight loss.

If we’re being honest… most of us are looking for the quickest and most painless way to reach our weight loss goals.  We’re not all looking to push ourselves to new fitness limits…. [Read More]

 There are some buzz words you probably hear so often, you end up tuning out when they come up. I’m going to guess that “inflammation” is likely one of those words.

Not only is it a buzz word, it’s also a bit ambiguous if you aren’t really familiar with it.

Inflammation is part of your body’s immune response, and occurs when your body tries to heal damaged cells, and fight off irritants and pathogens. Your arteries dilate, blood flow increases, and white blood cells, hormones, and nutrients flow freely. The injured area is swarmed by white blood cells, along with fluid that causes the often-painful swelling…. [Read More]

Last week I encouraged you to look in the rearview mirror before planning goals for your new year. Did you have a chance to do that? If not, take another look at that message, because looking at LAST year is a critical first step to achieving your goals for NEXT year.

And based on many conversations I’ve had with many clients, here’s the problem my clients encounter: they run out of time.

They know they “should” be taking care of themselves… that when they feel healthy they feel better about themselves… that exercise and proper nutrition give them energy to do all the things they want to do… [Read More]

Are you feeling inundated with offers to “create your best year yet”, or “goal-setting for 2018!” or any other way of saying the same thing?

I know my email inbox is full of subject lines like that.

And I’m not knocking forward thinking or planning. Not by any means. There are a lot of different ways of doing it – the “90 day year” or the “getting things done” plans. They are definitely valuable, and you should pick a system and work it…. [Read More]