I speak with a lot of people that are ready and eager to “get healthy.”  They have BIG GOALS about the changes they want to see in themselves and they often have BIG CHALLENGES too!  And by challenges I mean – young kids, crazy busy job, no cooking skills, a spouse who cooks yummy but unhealthy food, no time to exercise, etc. Ironically,…

Ya’ know how sometimes you have to hear something a couple hundred times before it finally REALLY sinks in?  That happened to me today and it resonated with me so strongly, I wanted to share. In nutrition school we learned all about the negative impacts of chronic stress — how it can damage our brain, hinder our chances to lose…

It’s been a crazy 2 weeks! I turned 40 the first weekend of October and my sweetie planned such a FANTASTIC birthday for me, more than a week later and I’m still on cloud 9! My birthday weekend was full of great food, cocktails, late nights and early mornings!  The weather was a little chilly and rainy but the party…

I know most people work well over 40hrs a week even if they don’t necessarily “have to” — we’ve become this culture of people wherein working 12-16hr days is seen as a badge of honor. We joke about not having time for “life” and talk about how late we worked the previous night or how many hours we clocked in…