A theme that has been coming up lately with my clients and others I’ve been talking to about their health and fitness is that we need to start looking at our health as a marathon rather than a sprint. If you are a sprinter and you run a 100-meter dash, there is little room for […]
Ingredients: 1 cup fruit juice (cranberry, pomegranate, cherry,) 1 cup non-dairy milk (rice, oat, almond) 2 cups frozen fruit (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries,blackberries, peaches, bananas–alone or a combination) 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup (optional) A few drops of vanilla (optional) Preparation: Mix all ingredients in the blender until blended to your preferred consistency.
“I’m so stressed!” Sound familiar? If you are like many people, you either say or hear those words almost daily. We’re a stressed society. From annoying co-workers to traffic jams to lost phones, our lives are filled with situations that land on us as stress. The truth is, there is really no escaping stress. It’s […]
Each one of us is in constant motion. Time continues to tick whether we like it or not. There may be some areas of your life that are going well, and a lot of it has to do with the positive choices you are making in those areas. Think about the areas where you have […]
Some call it “The Day of Disgust.” I call it “The Defining Moment.” Whatever you call it, you must have had that “day” or that “moment” where you took a long, hard look in the mirror, deep into your eyes and said something like, “For things to change, I have to change and for things […]
Salad: 4-6 cups torn greens, Romaine and Spinach 2 ripe pears, cubed 1 pouch dried cherries Pecans (chopped or whole) Feta cheese (optional) Dressing: 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 2 Tbsp sugar (your choice of sugar: date sugar, honey, white sugar,etc) 1 clove garlic, minced/pressed Whisk together in small saucepan, and simmer until reduced by half, […]
When you think of what you would like to accomplish in life, what comes to mind? Would you like to learn a new skill Change some bad habits Restructure a relationship that has become unhealthy? And when you consider what is holding you back from bringing these desires to fruition, what is it? One of […]
There are currently countless people in Puerto Rico, Florida, and Houston, who have recently had their lives turned upside down. There’s nothing like a disaster (natural or self-imposed) that will bring what’s important to our attention. I’m reminded of a client of mine who started working with me a few years ago because she found […]
It’s all over the news. The stunning Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer. Her mother died of ovarian cancer when she was 56, which puts Jolie at a higher risk for ovarian and breast cancer, so she decided to undergo the surgery of removing her breast tissue. There […]
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait, and watch, and work: you don’t give up.” –Anne Lamott I work daily with clients, motivating them to just keep showing up, doing their best, and promising them […]
