Resources for a Healthier life
Love your Heart Health
Heart Disease is any condition that affects the structure and function of the heart, and is a major cause of death in North America. High blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, hart valve problems, heart failure, effect millions individuals and their families a year. My own father died at age 55 from having...
Banish Stress and Anxiety With These Key Foods and Nutrients!
There's a strong connection between what we eat and our ability to handle stress, keep our moods balanced, and bounce back from traumas. Being low on key nutrients can alter our brain’s biochemistry and neurotransmitter health and function. Proper nutrition can help manage stress and anxiety and their symptoms in the body. Additionally, proper...
The Connection Between Uncertainty and Food
Life can be uncertain at the best of times, but when your are faced with a pandemic onto top of family, work, health and financial worries, it can be a tumultuous endeavor to bring control and harmony back into your life. Although, there are many ways to cope with and to sooth feelings of being out of control, unsure, anxious and like we are...
Tired of not getting a good night’s sleep? Try these sleep inducing tips.
Insomnia is on the rise with an estimated 10%-30% of the population suffering, possibly even as high as 50%-60%. In these times of uncertainty, chronic stress, pressure to over achieve, and packed schedules, we are either sacrificing sleep or engaging in habits that don’t allow us to ease into a relaxing and calming nights slumber, or if we do...
The New Detox
Welcome to 2021! A new year brings with it new hopes, goals and dreams. One such goals that seems to be consistent among people this time of year is the annual detox. Time to re-calibrate the body after all that bingeing on not so healthy, but oh so yummy food. Everyone seems to wake up on January 1, look at their belly and panic! While detoxing...
A healing Journey Towards Loving your Body
We are constantly being bombarded with mixed messages from the media and inferences from friends, family and culture regarding what the “perfect body” should look like. Despite what these influences tell you, you are not meant to hate your body. The billion dollar weight loss and beauty industry would crumble if we started to love ourselves, so...
Need more energy?
Do you ever feel like there is a constant battle going on inside you between where you are and where you want to be? You dream and yearn for a better life for yourself, for your family, for your community, maybe even the world. However, a lack of energy, overwhelm, apathy, and /or sadness get in your way. Your dreams come to...
Top Foods to Eat for Optimal Brain Health
In this climate of change, global anxiety and unimaginable changes, taking care of our brain and mental wellbeing is more important than ever. Stress reduction techniques such as meditation, breath work, exercise, yoga, journaling, laughter, and self care are invaluable tools to staying mentally healthy and happy. Of course, what we eat also...
You Are Glorious and So Much More Than Your Body!
I recently saw the move The Greatest Showman (in fact I loved it so much I watched it twice and bought the soundtrack). I found the messages in the movie both inspiring and powerful. Simply put, love yourself and your own uniqueness, and don’t let other people’s opinions of you determine your self- worth. We are all special and have our own...